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Model Forum / General / Models / February 2010Well, he'd only need to sell one, I guess...
Maybe they're the rare, platinum-plated versions? http://shop.ebay.com/katsflyby/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_from=&_ipg=&_trksid=p4340 MH The most successful modelers I know are Shep Paine and Bill Horan and they don't get prices like this. This guy is seriously misguided! Cookie Sewell "> Maybe they're the rare, platinum-plated versions? I'll bet there's a great explanation - like maybe he's been telling his wife this is what a $100 kit is worth after he builds it, she believed it - ........... - and is now selling the models and other possessions. Wasn't this in an episode of Murder She Wrote? This could be the start of a really long weird thread!!! > "> Maybe they're the rare, platinum-plated versions? > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > this in an episode of Murder She Wrote? This could be the start of a really > long weird thread!!! Another theory is that he's laundering money for the mob. <> Another theory is that he's laundering money for the mob. There was a Pizza restaurant in new york some years ago that got flagged by the IRS for making many times what any other Pizza restaurant in the country was making - they reported it to the FBI - guess what they were really selling. : There was a Pizza restaurant in new york some years ago that got flagged by : the IRS for making many times what any other Pizza restaurant in the country : was making - they reported it to the FBI - guess what they were really : selling. 1/700 scale ship dioramas for GBP 100,000?  Signature------------------------------------------------------------------------ "I like bad!" Bruce Burden Austin, TX. - Thuganlitha The Power and the Prophet Robert Don Hughes the best part is that he is only charging $10.00 to ship from Greece. Craig : the best part is that he is only charging $10.00 to ship from Greece. I guess that is one way to help Greece solve their budget woes. Like that the 1/350 is $100,000, the 1/700's are GBP100,000. Bruce Signature------------------------------------------------------------------------ "I like bad!" Bruce Burden Austin, TX. - Thuganlitha The Power and the Prophet Robert Don Hughes "> the best part is that he is only charging $10.00 to ship from Greece. Does that include insurance? > "> the best part is that he is only charging $10.00 to ship from Greece. > > Does that include insurance? Yeah but if you buy one of the more expensive kits for $157,230, you get FREE SHIPPING!!!! > Maybe they're the rare, platinum-plated versions? > > http://shop.ebay.com/katsflyby/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_from=&_ipg=&_tr... > > MH He didn't mean USD! He meant Korean WON!!!! 1,000KRW = 1.12USD That makes it far more realistic! :) "I'm a millionaire! In WON!" MJH wrote the following: > Maybe they're the rare, platinum-plated versions? > > http://shop.ebay.com/katsflyby/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_from=&_ipg=&_trksid=p4340 > > MH I'll sell you mine for $50,000 US. No Diorama, just the model. I'll include free shipping and insurance. But wait, there's more! If you act now, I'll double the value. I'll send a second Bismarck model free (only pay the shipping). But you have to act now. SignatureBill In Hamptonburgh, NY In the original Orange County. Est. 1683 To email, remove the double zeroes after @ > Maybe they're the rare, platinum-plated versions? > > http://shop.ebay.com/katsflyby/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_from=&_ipg=&_trksid=p4340 Maybe the explanation is quite different. In USA comma is used as thousand separator and dot is used as decimal point. In many european countries it is opposit, that is, comma used as decimal point and dot as thousand separator. If that is the explanation, the price drops quit a bit :-) SignatureUffe Bærentsen On Feb 18, 5:24 pm, "Uffe Bærentsen" <leiti_NOSP...@hotmail.com> wrote: > > Maybe they're the rare, platinum-plated versions? > [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > -- > Uffe Bærentsen That is NOT the explanation;he doesn't want to sell anything, however he DOES "take work on commission". It's an ePay advertisement. >he doesn't want to sell anything, however >he DOES "take work on commission". >It's an ePay advertisement. I believe you've hit on the answer. He may want to rethink his marketting strategy - the ludicrous pricing is more than likely going to scare away more potential clients than it attracts. Even someone in the market for museum grade work would probably not scratch into it any further than the first few chuckles and laughs. Maybe it's just me - but when I see people "throw down the glove" like this - I start looking for features and value on the one hand and flaws on the other. For 100K, I better be able to see thru the bridge portholes and see the helmsman standing there - and his ribbons and medals better be right. ;-) WmB > >he doesn't want to sell anything, however > >he DOES "take work on commission". [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > > WmB So... Are you guys suggesting that I didn't get a great deal when I talked him into giving me BOTH a Hood and a Tirpitz for just $147,000 - with FREE shipping? > >he doesn't want to sell anything, however > >he DOES "take work on commission". [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] >talked him into giving me BOTH a Hood and a Tirpitz for just $147,000 >- with FREE shipping? For that kind of scratch, I'd have to be getting an actual artifact from *THE* Hood and *THE* Tirpitz. But... did you say FREE shipping! WmB WmB said the following on 21/02/2010 00:21: >> So... Are you guys suggesting that I didn't get a great deal when I >> talked him into giving me BOTH a Hood and a Tirpitz for just $147,000 [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > WmB Or for a few million dollars more (it's a special deal), find a picture of a dry dock and get some CGI wizard to overlay a copy of the real thing being built over time with fake webcam pictures put up on a website. Uffe Bærentsen wrote the following: > >> Maybe they're the rare, platinum-plated versions? [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > If that is the explanation, the price drops quit a bit :-) It says it is $100,000.00 US. Whatever the delineation, there are still 8 numbers;. 3 +3 +2 What would be the last 2 if not cents, or pence, or yen, or whatever? SignatureBill In Hamptonburgh, NY In the original Orange County. Est. 1683 To email, remove the double zeroes after @ That's the "Buy It Now" price....maybe he just wants to discorage somebody from doing that and see where the bidding settles? OldSchool wrote the following: > That's the "Buy It Now" price....maybe he just wants to discorage > somebody from doing that and see where the bidding settles? > It's not open to bidding. SignatureBill In Hamptonburgh, NY In the original Orange County. Est. 1683 To email, remove the double zeroes after @ > It's not open to bidding. > > -- so I see (now). ah well, at least he can say he tried to get them out of the house (or wherever) I think he's completely serious. The diorama photos are beautiful; this guy seems to have done remarkable work. There are a fair number of folks in the world with more money than they can possibly spend in several lifetimes. $100K to them for a plastic model, however beautifully built, is like one of us dropping $100. -- david > I think he's completely serious. The diorama photos are beautiful; > this guy seems to have done remarkable work. There are a fair number [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > -- david > It takes a big chunk of my personality to drop $100 on anything. $5 is more my comfort zone. Bill Banaszak, MFE Sr. David Young wrote the following: > I think he's completely serious. The diorama photos are beautiful; > this guy seems to have done remarkable work. There are a fair number [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > -- david > I don't think that he does any better than some of us here. I've seen a lot of similar models built as well as his. Even if the ships were scratch built, they are way overpriced. Why is the 1/350 model of the Bismarck priced less (US $100,000.00) than the 1/700 models (US $154,170.00)? I have a lot of nitpicks regarding his 'museum quality' models. SignatureBill In Hamptonburgh, NY In the original Orange County. Est. 1683 To email, remove the double zeroes after @ : I have a lot of nitpicks regarding his 'museum quality' models. For GBP 100,000, I'd hand deliver the damn things myself. For the matter, I'd hand deliver them for US $100,000. :-) Bruce Signature------------------------------------------------------------------------ "I like bad!" Bruce Burden Austin, TX. - Thuganlitha The Power and the Prophet Robert Don Hughes Uh oh. Look here: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=160408095543. This one is going for 1,000GBP, *not* 100,000GBP. Maybe this fellow mismanaged his decimal points and commas? Guess I was wrong; he's serious but not *that* serious. -- david |
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