pete sheridan (Login redcoat1941) Registered Users from IP address 67.133.163.108
I have in storage a considerable stash from earlier (foolish) incarnations...many winged creatures in 1:72, 1:48 and 1:32. Flotation devices in 1:700. Grossly over-sized tracked vehicles in 1:35. You can see how deranged I must have been. I'm contemplating E-bay, but have never been there (except as a bewildered onlooker to Bandai madness). Could approach local hobby shops, I suppose (although that feels like visiting a pawnbroker somehow). Any advice from those of you that have previously taken the plunge??
Pete, it seems daunting at first, but really eBay makes it as easy as possible for the new seller. They have done some dumb things recently, like deleting the ability of sellers to write negative comments about bad buyers, but overall, it can be a rewarding and almost enjoyable experience. Also, when you use PayPal as your payment system (something eBay may make mandatory anyway), every part of the transaction is tied together in eBay's computers, and you can even print your mailing labels with postageoff the eBay site. Every transaction gets a unique number, so you can track each kit. I put a letter-number code at the front of each listing, so when I sell a kit, I can find the model immediately. Other people have other systems. It's still the best way to dispose of excess kits and other stuff, unless you want to buy a trailer and lug your collection around to model shows for the next ten years. Try it, you may like it......
Pete, If you are talking unbuilt...Bruce is very right...and he does WAY more on there than me. If built up stuff, Ebay has been surprising in getting pretty good prices for these. I have a couple of friends who have sold some of their built models- have gotten pretty good prices for them. The biggest hurdle is packing them to be able to survive the postal nazis onslaught......
HTH, Dave
...for the info, guys. (Odd how often the proper response comes from Bruce C., eh?) I'll start making a list and see what develops. Just wish I had the kits I really started with...Aurora fighters in blue, red and yellow plastic...seven or eight parts to the kit, retailing for 69 cents. Remember them, Bruce?
I'm intrigued. Why have so many people got such a downer on eBay? I can't begin to count the clutter, sorry, rare and exciting bargains, I've been able to clear from my cupboards, let alone the rare and exciting bargains, (my wife would say clutter) that I have put back in my cupboards, all with the wonderful help of eBay. I reckon the sun shines out of eBay.....
Tim (100% feedback of 659, last time I looked. Smug smirk...... Oh no, I just checked, 662. Even smugger smirk.)
I LOVE EvilBay, master Tim. I know a lot of people don't, but like you, I have found things on eBay I never would have known still existed. And, as I mentioned above, eBay has enabled me to sell off a host of stuff that would otherwise have rested in a storage building for decades, or required me to drag it to model shows for years trying to get rid of it. I have sold off collections to the old kit vendors, but you get just pennies on the dollar. With eBay, you get what the market, on that day, with those bidders, determines to be the fair price. So, when I say "EvilBay," I'm just tossing red meat to the eBay haters...... Sometimes I'm very naughty......
I LOVE EvilBay, master Tim. I know a lot of people don't, but like you, I have found things on eBay I never would have known still existed. And, as I mentioned above, eBay has enabled me to sell off a host of stuff that would otherwise have rested in a storage building for decades, or required me to drag it to model shows for years trying to get rid of it. I have sold off collections to the old kit vendors, but you get just pennies on the dollar. With eBay, you get what the market, on that day, with those bidders, determines to be the fair price. So, when I say "EvilBay," I'm just tossing red meat to the eBay haters...... Sometimes I'm very naughty......
I LOVE EvilBay, master Tim. I know a lot of people don't, but like you, I have found things on eBay I never would have known still existed. And, as I mentioned above, eBay has enabled me to sell off a host of stuff that would otherwise have rested in a storage building for decades, or required me to drag it to model shows for years trying to get rid of it. I have sold off collections to the old kit vendors, but you get just pennies on the dollar. With eBay, you get what the market, on that day, with those bidders, determines to be the fair price. So, when I say "EvilBay," I'm just tossing red meat to the eBay haters...... Sometimes I'm very naughty......
It is still one of the best venues for a casual seller to display his items to a large audience. I had several collectable motorized Japanese tank kits. They cost me between $5-10 a piece many years ago. I sold about a half dozen kits and made about $1000.
