Model Forum / General / Models / March 2007

On Mar 31, 1:31 pm, jontom_...@hotmail.com wrote:

What it is is anything that I need for one goes for a fortune.
Conversley,anything I sell for one, like the brand new genuine QCTP
goes for the reserve amount, which after P&P, paypal and ebay fees
means I made less than £5, meaning I have less money for the things
that I need that go for a fortune.

I don't think you are missing anything, but I get the impression there
are plenty of people buying on fleabay that don't know Myford still
exist. If Myford sold their stuff on ebay, they'd clear up!

Stu G.

I think the problem with selling by auction is that you must have more
than one person who desparately wants the item, and they must both
want it at that time, and must both spot it. As there are so many
Myford owners out there, then you always stand a better chance of
having a proper competitive auction (on eBay).

As a buyer its a dream to spot something with low reserve and find you
are the only bidder. So as a buyer it might be worth you having a
lesser known lathe - of course the downside is that parts come up a
lot less often, especially as the manufacturers will mostly have gone,
and few people will make aftermarket bits for them. This is my
situation.

I think its easy to overlook how good eBay is at allowing buyers to
find sellers. Many a time I have found something I had stashed away
and thought that "somebody somewhere will be wishing he had one of
these", the problem has always been finding that person. Better it
goes to someone who appreciates it, than to the scrapyard.

Cheshire Steve