I thought that I was the only one doing that. I just bought a Thermic 72
on Ebay. Will outfit for RC and hopefully have it the air this Summer.
JakeInHartsel
On Sun, 11 May 2008 11:22:39 -0700, fubar1 wrote:
> Well, its us older guys trying to re-capture our youth by buying up
these
> old kits from our childhoods that we are never going to build in our
dotage.
> I have several Lil Wizard and Baby Ringmaster kits that I bought on
Ebay. I
> remember mowing lawns to get the $10 or so the kits cost back in the
60's
> along with the dope, paint, glue and silkspan to build it.
> Paid something like $30 for one of em a year ago because it is still
> shrink-wrapped.
> Old fool etc....
>
>
>
> "High Plains Thumper" <highplainsthumper@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in
message
> news:48268d3f$0$22076$6e1ede2f@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> fubar1 wrote:
>>> Sam wrote...
>>>
>>>> Maybe it's because the dollar is so low overseas, but if
>>>> anyone is watching rc gear auctions on eBay, it's unreal the
>>>> prices that things are going for. In many cases, if not all,
>>>> I can buy brand new through TowerHobbies, cheaper and with
>>>> the Tower Hobbies service and warranties. It's stupid what
>>>> people are bidding for stuff on eBay.
>>>
>>> A lot of people don't do any research on what they are bidding
>>> on. I have seen people bid better than $100 over what they
>>> would pay for the same item if they bought it from one of the
>>> online hobby houses.
>>>
>>> I always tell friends and such that have never used Ebay that
>>> they need to know: What the item should cost. If they could
>>> get the item for less at some store. If its unavailable
>>> anywhere else, what that item is really worth to them. And,
>>> lastly, CHECK THE SELLER'S FEEDBACK RATING.
>>
>> I bought some nostalgia era engines for nostalgia planes for a
reasonable
>> cost. They were a 1/4 of what I would have paid for a new engine from
>> Tower.
>>
>> All have like new compression, just needed a little clean-up. But then,
>> one needs to know what they are looking for.
>>
>> Kits OTOH have been going recently for ridiculous prices. I bought
some
>> nostalgia kits, 60's vintage stuff several years ago for a reasonable
>> price. Now, people have gone nuts, I saw a kit like a Sterling
Mini-Mambo
>> go for over $100, not bad for $7 back in the mid 1970's. A Competition
>> Models B-70 profile scale free flight for .049 went for close to $80.
In
>> the mid '60s, the kit was several bucks, all sheet balsa.
>>
>> One can buy the plan from AMA and build from scratch cheaper.
>>
>> --
>> HPT
>> Quando omni flunkus moritati
>> (If all else fails, play dead)
>> - "Red" Green
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