uneducated consumers

[Mike mandry]

Wow, I think I have five or six of these in the shed. four of which are in good running condition.

maybee i should try to unload them now while the market is hot.

absolutely amazing.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2312942606&category=20538

 

[Bill G]

Mike,

I would suspect that there may be a plug bidder in the works. If you have 6 of the 150"s you may want to unload them now as the market is hot. I would take them off your hands as long as it was at the price I normally give for them. I am a sucker for Homelites. Come to think of it, if you sold the 150's what would you use the chains I sold you on ?

Bill

 

[Mike mandry]

Bill; I would use them on one of my SEZ's of course. Yeah, I am a sucker for old Homelites too.

Mike

 

[Bill G]

Mike,

I have a couple piles of SEZ's also. I was using one of them today. So how about those (6) 150's. do you really want to sell those anchors.

Bill

 

[Robert]

uneducated sellers

There's an XL12 that has been relisted at least four times. The buy it now (and I assume the reserve) is always $149. Maybe the guys bidding on the 150 should check it out

 

[Bill G]

The XL-12 is not worth anywhere near the $175 it would take to buy it with shipping but it will make a 150 look like a hand saw. There is an SXL on ebay tonight that had an opening bid of $100 and has a bid on it. I love Homelites but I buy them with common sense. I just bought a XL today that is one of the originals with the green and red paint. I just had to have it. I guess it was worth a half a tank of gas.

Bill

 

[BillW]

WOW! $305... Just 5 cents more than the saw alone sold for new in 1984. One of the things that make an auction interesting is 2 determined bidders that have their own value system.

 

[Tony Snyder]

There are many uneducated consumers (me included)of about everything. Are you an uneducated consumer? Many have just a little info and they think they have it nailed.

 

[Bill G]

I am surely missing something here. Why would anyone push that saw that high ? Also although that saw is worth no where near $305 we really cannot compare it to the price it was new. The original price has little to do with older equipment. A case in point is anyone who has tried to buy a John Deere 4020 tractor. I am not sure but I believe they sold for under $10,000 new but now choice ones are selling for near $15,000. Another case is a 1989 Case IH 7120 that was roughly $50,000 new and sold used in 1991 for $29,000 with 1000 hours on it. The same tractors are now 14 years old with 5000 hours on them and selling for well over $30,000.

Bill