Gary Greenberg wrote:
> Want a complete cabinet shop?!?
> Somethings are too funny; look at this Ebay listing
>
> http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2564693265&category=11810
I guess now we have an answer for the guy who posts:
"I want to get started in woodworking.
Money is no object. What should I buy?"
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Greetings and Salutations.
On Thu, 16 Oct 2003 15:18:52 GMT, Joe Shmoe <[email protected]> wrote:
>Gary Greenberg wrote:
>
>> Want a complete cabinet shop?!?
>> Somethings are too funny; look at this Ebay listing
>>
>>
>http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2564693265&category=11810
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Gary
>
>
>At least he's offered to help load your semi.
Hum...I saw that list, and, after a quick check on it, I
suspect that it would all fit nicely on a 24' truck from Ryder/U-Haul.
It also KIND of looks like that bid amount was calculated by taking
the current, full retail price for everything. Not rational
when dealing with used equipment like that. Now...If they had
set a reserve of 15k, and an opening bid of $1.00, I suspect that
there would have been a frenzy of bidding. Shucks, there are
several tools there I would *LIKE* to have, but, not at those
prices.
Regards
Dave Mundt
"George M. Kazaka" <[email protected]> wrote:
> I'm Curious what is so funny, it says estate sale which means someone died
> and it looks like ...
I absolutely didn't read it that way; call me a skeptic but even though it
says estate sale my gut reaction was someone bought all the toys then
didn't use 'em and wants to get their money back. Most of what can be
seen in the pics looks clean, shiny, and dust-free.
Even if it adds up to $26,500.00 new, no one would pay that much for
equipment that isn't new. IF it's truly an estate sale and someone's widow
is tryin' to recover some costs, they have my sympathies.
I remain skeptical.
Cheers,
Gary
On Thu, 16 Oct 2003 13:49:45 -0500, Secret Squirrel <Secret> wrote:
> I've never done this myself, but as well experienced Ebay seller, I
>can tell you that EVERYTIME I run a sale for a large lot, I get ALOT of
>inquiries about individual items.
Right on, this also can hold true for single, very expensive items.
The only people who think stuff like this is funny, are this who don't
understand the potential circumstances that can arrive from such a
listing.
The bicycle shop I work at has listed several used, but very high end
or rare bikes on eBay. A local sees the listing, comes to the store,
buys the item, and the auction is killed off. The only cost was the
listing fee, as there is no final value charge for an item that
"dosen't sell". <G>
Barry
On Thu, 16 Oct 2003 22:29:23 -0500, "Halon1211"
<[email protected]> wrote:
>Notice some of it is Delta as well. Not that anything is wrong with that
>because I own several Delta tools, but that's because they are cheap.
DJ-20's certainly are cheap. <G>
Barry
I wouldn't mind having the 48" Delta Bandsaw though... BTW, I think
this is the same shop that was listed at $35,000 a week or two ago. I
assume there were no takers so they've lowered the price.
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"Swingman" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Ditto ... I've kept a spreadsheet of the bigger items for the past few
years
> for insurance purposes and I am not all that far from the "starting
bid"
> figure in my small shop. It is obvious that whoever did the inventory
is not
> a woodworker, but that it neither surprising, nor funny ... well,
except for
> the "Porter Cable Plunging Cutter". ;>)
>
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> Last update: 9/21/03
>
>
> "George M. Kazaka" wrote in message
>
> > I'm Curious what is so funny, it says estate sale which means
someone died
> > and it looks like whomever it was probably spent years building up
which
> > appears to be a pretty well equipped shop.
>
> >
> > I am contemplating doing and inventory on my current tools and
machinery,
> > this would more than likely take me a week to do it a week which I
do not
> > have the time.
> >
> > Maybe soon one day, awe the hell with it to much work <G>
>
>
"Larry C" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> I wouldn't mind having the 48" Delta Bandsaw though... BTW, I think
> this is the same shop that was listed at $35,000 a week or two ago. I
> assume there were no takers so they've lowered the price.
Except that it looks like a 14" saw... they must have measured something
other than the wheel diameters to come up with 48"...
John
"George M. Kazaka" <[email protected]> wrote in
news:[email protected]:
> I'm Curious what is so funny, it says estate sale which means someone
> died and it looks like whomever it was probably spent years building
> up which appears to be a pretty well equipped shop.
>
> Possible the person selling knows jack about woodworking tools,
> and was listening to some know it all lawyer and may have been
> ill-informed on the cost of all this stuff and what it would sell for
> Don't have the time to add it all up it may actually be a good buy,
> It will be interesting to watch this one.
>
Thats one possibility and probably the right one. Another possibility is
that he is just using EBAY as an advertising medium. Rather than make an
individual listing for each item which is time consuming, and potentially
expensive, it's quite possible that he just made one for everything
knowing that it wouldn't sell, but that he'd get 100 emails asking to
sell individual items. Now he has lots of potential buyers all from that
one simple ad and with a small fraction of the Ebay fees.
I've never done this myself, but as well experienced Ebay seller, I
can tell you that EVERYTIME I run a sale for a large lot, I get ALOT of
inquiries about individual items.
In article <[email protected]>, UnisawA100
@wi.rr.com says...
> This is the second time around for this auction. The last
> time it was listed the description read, "he (the dead man)
> was meticulous". I guess that's why they threw his shit
> into a pile and listed the pile on eBay. Kinda off sets any
> good the man (the dead man) did in the world.
>
> UA100
>
When I saw the pictures, my first thought was "midnight
requisitioned" or "off the back of a pickup in the parking lot". All
the stuff thrown in piles the way it is looks more like somebody
unloading stuff too hot to keep rather than auctioning off the estate of
a "meticulous woodworker".
Ditto ... I've kept a spreadsheet of the bigger items for the past few years
for insurance purposes and I am not all that far from the "starting bid"
figure in my small shop. It is obvious that whoever did the inventory is not
a woodworker, but that it neither surprising, nor funny ... well, except for
the "Porter Cable Plunging Cutter". ;>)
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"George M. Kazaka" wrote in message
> I'm Curious what is so funny, it says estate sale which means someone died
> and it looks like whomever it was probably spent years building up which
> appears to be a pretty well equipped shop.
>
> I am contemplating doing and inventory on my current tools and machinery,
> this would more than likely take me a week to do it a week which I do not
> have the time.
>
> Maybe soon one day, awe the hell with it to much work <G>
I'm Curious what is so funny, it says estate sale which means someone died
and it looks like whomever it was probably spent years building up which
appears to be a pretty well equipped shop.
Possible the person selling knows jack about woodworking tools,
and was listening to some know it all lawyer and may have been ill-informed
on the cost of all this stuff and what it would sell for
Don't have the time to add it all up it may actually be a good buy,
It will be interesting to watch this one.
One would be amazed on how it all adds up.
I was once in a position to see what it would cost to replace my entire shop
at the time with buying everything new this including all tooling and work
benches and lumber racks which were steel storage system shelving like at
HD.
I was in shock to find that it conservatory came to 250,000.00 twice what I
would have guessed and I'm the one that
purchased every bit of it.
I am contemplating doing and inventory on my current tools and machinery,
this would more than likely take me a week to do it a week which I do not
have the time.
Maybe soon one day, awe the hell with it to much work <G>
George
"Gary Greenberg" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Want a complete cabinet shop?!?
> Somethings are too funny; look at this Ebay listing
>
>
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2564693265&category=11810
>
> Cheers,
> Gary
On Thu, 16 Oct 2003 19:07:43 GMT, Chris Merrill
<[email protected]> wrote:
>"I want to get started in woodworking.
>Money is no object. What should I buy?"
Or a local goes to look at the tools, brings real data with him, and
makes a reasonable offer.
The seller gets thousands of people viewing the ad, for an inexpensive
listing fee.
Barry
Notice some of it is Delta as well. Not that anything is wrong with that
because I own several Delta tools, but that's because they are cheap.
Definitely not worth $26k. Guess someone is trying to pay off a crack habit
in one shot.
"Dave Mundt" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Greetings and Salutations.
> On Thu, 16 Oct 2003 15:18:52 GMT, Joe Shmoe <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> >Gary Greenberg wrote:
> >
> >> Want a complete cabinet shop?!?
> >> Somethings are too funny; look at this Ebay listing
> >>
> >>
>
>http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2564693265&category=1181
0
> >>
> >> Cheers,
> >> Gary
> >
> >
> >At least he's offered to help load your semi.
>
> Hum...I saw that list, and, after a quick check on it, I
> suspect that it would all fit nicely on a 24' truck from Ryder/U-Haul.
> It also KIND of looks like that bid amount was calculated by taking
> the current, full retail price for everything. Not rational
> when dealing with used equipment like that. Now...If they had
> set a reserve of 15k, and an opening bid of $1.00, I suspect that
> there would have been a frenzy of bidding. Shucks, there are
> several tools there I would *LIKE* to have, but, not at those
> prices.
> Regards
> Dave Mundt
>
On Thu, 16 Oct 2003 19:07:43 GMT, Chris Merrill
<[email protected]> pixelated:
>Gary Greenberg wrote:
>> Want a complete cabinet shop?!?
>> Somethings are too funny; look at this Ebay listing
>>
>> http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2564693265&category=11810
>
>I guess now we have an answer for the guy who posts:
>
>"I want to get started in woodworking.
>Money is no object. What should I buy?"
That might be worth $10k new.
Hey, that same arse wants $12 to ship a pair of gloves
within the US. Whadda maroon!
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"Swingman" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Good to see you back, Larry!
>
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>
>
> "Larry C" wrote in message
>
> > I wouldn't mind having the 48" Delta Bandsaw though... BTW, I think
> > this is the same shop that was listed at $35,000 a week or two ago. I
> > assume there were no takers so they've lowered the price.
>
>
On 16 Oct 2003 08:05:04 -0700, [email protected] (Gary Greenberg) wrote:
>Want a complete cabinet shop?!?
>Somethings are too funny;
This isn't one of them. <G>
Barry
Had to do an inventory for tax purposes and had one wall with no power tools
on it that came to more then what this guy is asking. The real heck of it
is that half of that wall is full of tools that were given to me, found, or
just appeared and are never used. They do look impressive hanging there
though.