crazy e-bay sell cox chaparral

[65slotcar]

i had been watching a 1/24 scale cox chaparral 2e on e-bay . started at $2,500 and with a minute to go was at $4,950

in the last few seconds it went to the final price of $8,300 insane! item # 151236731465

[jbwelda]

kinda makes you wish you had picked up a couple when they were on the shelves for $12.99.

and driven away in your brand new 5000$ out the door stingray hardtop.

jb

[Jairus]

Now you know one reason why I like Slot Cars!

[PappyD340]

[DPNM]

And the way things usually go for me, if I was the seller, I'd have been lucky to get the original $12.99 .

[Belugawrx]

kinda makes you wish you had picked up a couple when they were on the shelves for $12.99.

and driven away in your brand new 5000$ out the door stingray hardtop.

jb

Too true

LAFF

[blunc]

2 days ago I saw a set of BRM 1/32 scale PE wire wheels with tires go for $81....you can buy them new for $25

[henry57]

Yeah, but just think about how much the free shipping saved them.

How do you even ship a package worth $8,300?

[Jairus]

Insured!

[Dave Van]

hmmmmm....where's that vintage Revell 250 GTO I have.....

[Maindrian Pace]

Real magnesium wheels.

-MJS

[johnbuzzed]

If one has the $$$ and the desire to possess, so be it. As I've said in a previous post in a similar thread, I might buy some crazy expen$ive $tuff if I were to hit Lotto.

[jbwelda]

>Real magnesium wheels.

that was a hallmark of Cox slot cars, that and, in most cases, cast magnesium chassis. very light weight and you should see them collect oxidation with age. some I have look like they are covered in battery acid or salts. a good scrubbing or gentle bead blast and they are clean as new though.

jb

[Dwight55]

Wow. I still have my Ford GT cox sidewinder my mom bought me for CHRISTmas, somewhere around 65. Plus the original box although it pretty beat up. Makes me wonder what it would bring..........

[jbwelda]

don't plan your retirement yet there Dwight, those are very common and go for maybe up to a hundred bucks in the shape you describe.

obviously this current auction was not for an ordinary car. the starting price was 700$. there were 38 bids from 13 distinct bidders. the price shot up immediately after the first bid and then cooled off a bit, then increased spectacularly on the day of the ending, in fact the last hour of the auction, as mentioned above and as often happens. there is no question from that bidding pattern that the item is pretty highly sought after and attracts a pretty wide audience. pretty darn amazing...I personally wouldn't even think it would go for the opening bid but there you go...

jb

Edited March 4, 2014 by jbwelda

[Jantrix]

That's insane. When I build a kit and I have say, $50 invested, when its done I feel like I got $50 of enjoyment out of it and now have a completed model (not a build, right ) that I'm very proud of.

But for $8300? To get $8300 worth of enjoyment out of it, it had better come with a lifetime supply of Sam Adams and a 1:1 version.

[jbwelda]

well then keep looking around until one comes up for 50.00; meanwhile those with the wherewithal will be paying what they bring and you will be completing models and buying your own beer.

jb

[bobthehobbyguy]

Classic case of something be worth what somebody is willing to pay. However I can't see spending that much money for a slot car. Might justify spending that for a Wingrove model. To each his own.

Edited March 4, 2014 by bobthehobbyguy

[gtx6970]

I know nothing about slot cars , other than they have a very different crowd than the modelers crowd. ( in most cases )

But never in my wildest dreams would I have thought something like that was worth that kind of coin.

But to some degree I understand the need and/or want to add something like that to a collection.

I know if I had the means , I would easily pay some insane money for a few select dealership promotionals and especially some old drag car model kits .

ps, and btw, Need and Want are two very different things

[ChrisBcritter]

If I wanted a Chaparral, I wouldn't get nearly as much satisfaction from paying eight grand for it as I would if I found it in a yard sale for five bucks, even if I were rich. Where's the fun in saying "I spent lots and lots of money" as opposed to "I just got a screaming deal"?

[Maindrian Pace]

It's all about perspective. If the buyer was a divorce attorney in Manhattan, it was a drop in the well.

-MJS