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So... what's the most overpriced thing you've found for sale lately??

Dangeruss wrote: ↑Wed Nov 22, 2023 5:38 pm Funny Price.JPG



So... what's the most overpriced thing you've found for sale lately??

Either they forgot to put the decimal point in after the 5 or that person needs to put the pipe down.

I like how he covered up the actual photo of cliff letts winning car with a photo of his car

Yeah he did that with the other one too lol.

I'm trying to figure out the pricing structure of Japanese sellers on eBay.

You mean the same item listed several times by different sellers for different amounts? That's super common, I bought an item listed that way and got a great deal.

Or if you mean the way they describe the items as garbage and trash etc there must be something lost in the translation.

Used translates to the Japanese as junk.

I look at their motor listings and sometimes they want $1000 for a brushed motor. Other times it might be 4 for $50.

I'm guessing he was getting lots of questions on the cliff lett besides just from me because he pulled it

Cliff was known for his chassis lightening skillz He also has good pensmanship

The flipped rear arm mount was a popular trick for Cliff.

GoMachV wrote: ↑Wed Nov 22, 2023 6:49 pm You mean the same item listed several times by different sellers for different amounts? That's super common, I bought an item listed that way and got a great deal.

I’ve seen this and thought it was a weird scam somehow. I considered buying something recently but wasn’t willing to take a chance.

romulus22 wrote: ↑Wed Nov 22, 2023 10:44 pm

GoMachV wrote: ↑Wed Nov 22, 2023 6:49 pm You mean the same item listed several times by different sellers for different amounts? That's super common, I bought an item listed that way and got a great deal.

I’ve seen this and thought it was a weird scam somehow. I considered buying something recently but wasn’t willing to take a chance.

They are just flipping em. They will see something in a shop or wherever and list it hoping they can go buy it after it sells. Super sketchy and against eBay policy but they get away with it. On the item I bought, the seller that I got it from was 1/2 the price of the other resellers.

^ Now this makes sense. I was wondering why I kept seeing items listed this way.

GoMachV wrote: ↑Wed Nov 22, 2023 6:17 pm

$55k? ...Show off

I wonder what the logic is behind that listing. Just to get a rise out of people? 15 minutes of infamy? Practical joke?