Stupid Ebay Prices

[TonyG2]

Save for some few and far between examples, it seems that most F-Toys are now selling for between £15.00 and £30.00 so E20 is probably not far off the average. Gone are the days when I could pick up most new releases for little more than £5.00

just $US198 postage to Oz from Japan. And, as I said elsewhere, all parcel post is coming surface mail only to our neck of the woods. Cabins must be pricey on the SS Minnow

According to Japan Post they were supposed to have restarted using EMS to many destinations including Oz and the UK. However I enquired with Manna Toys and they are still sending via surface mail only. His prices are high but not too bad (combining shopping for roughly 6 items at about £30.00). But the delay is crazy. I am still waiting on two orders (maybe 12 kits) from the middle of May. I made some enquiries and it seems that Japan Post changes its rules on a daily basis and the seller can never be certain when accepting an order if they can ship by EMS or not so the majority are defaulting to surface mail.

In the same period I have ordered numerous times from MTCC in Oz and ITYG27 in Hong Kong and the average time from order to delivery is no more than 2 weeks.

I am probably not going to order from any Japan based seller until Japan Post gets its act together but Japan Post is really shafting their home based sellers business.

[Silenoz]

I understand, both are are Revell kits...

[TonyG2]

Sorry, thought you were referring tom the Super Puma from F-Toys

[MerlinJones]

I'm still not sure about the 'Stupid' in the title of this thread.

If I was to put an Academy 1/144 Mig-29 onto eBay for £50 and nobody so much as touched it, then you could easily argue that I was stupid to do so in the first place.
If, however, it went for more than £50, on account of a bidding war between people who I would consider having more money than sense, (he said, diplomatically), then who is stupid?

[TonyG2]

Stupid is as stupid does I guess.

Or rather, stupid is in the eye of the beholder.

[bluedonkey99]

So you listed at a fair price and competitive bidding push up the price. Sounds like a good outcome around. Ultimately the market on that day decides.

Though to be fair, the orifong of this thread was often stupid prices for readily avail kits and and/or what seemed like money laundering schemes

[MerlinJones]

Though to be fair, the orifong of this thread...

You can't beat a good orifong when it's at home!