My experience with eBay is that it's a place for people with too much spare
money and not enough common sense on how to spend it.
A few years back, I was searching for a large scale HMS Hood model. Every
time I'd bid, this other guy would bid ridiculously large amount for it and
get it. Then he'd sell it on his own web biz for 2x what he paid on eBay.
There was poetic justice though, after 6 months of this and probably hauling
down 10 to 12 of them, Trumpeter models released a 1/350 version and sold it
for $150, 50% of what he was selling the eBay ones for.
RLM
-----Original Message-----
From: CBQ@yahoogroups.com [mailto:CBQ@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Jan Kohl
Sent: Saturday, February 16, 2013 4:34 PM
To: CBQ@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [CBQ] Frustrating...
...anyone noticed how hard it is to purchase CB&Q slides/photos on ebay
anymore?
I realize it's a free country and that's how capitalism works, but it's
really annoying to try to get decent slides when apparently some people have
no problem spending any amount of money to get a slide...I'm talking $60-$80
bucks PER SLIDE (and sometimes more) for some.
I just can't justify that kind of expenditure for single slides, because I
will just scan them and put them on my website for people to view for
free...I suppose some people are intent on making a buck by selling copies
to others. It has jumped tremendously in just a year or so.
Just venting some frustration is all...
Jan Kohl
castlegraphics.com
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