Estes RTF selling for ridiculous amount

One to watch out for...

Rocketry is expensive here in Australia, but this is outrageous.

This eBay seller is gouging on price severely. This item:

https://cgi.ebay.com.au/SPECTACULAR...6QQihZ004QQcategoryZ34055QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Selling for $99.40 AUD ($78.45 US) as a 'Buy it Now' with postage, is the same little Estes RTF Cruise Missile that Discount Rocketry was selling for $9.51 US before it went OOP.

Feedback is not too good either:

https://toolhaus.org/cgi-bin/negs?User=lonesky1&Dirn=Received+by;v=os1

Be careful out there.

I bid $128.99... But I SWEAR I won't go higher than that.

Originally posted by skippy-2
Rocketry is expensive here in Australia, but this is outrageous.

This eBay seller is gouging on price severely. This item:

https://cgi.ebay.com.au/SPECTACULAR...6QQihZ004QQcategoryZ34055QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Selling for $99.40 AUD ($78.45 US) as a 'Buy it Now' with postage, is the same little Estes RTF Cruise Missile that Discount Rocketry was selling for $9.51 US before it went OOP.

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That quoted price is the biggest load of **** for a product that is equally a piece of ****. Christ almighty .... I could purchase TWO Semroc SLS Lil' Hustlers with shipping costs factored in AND still have leftover change compared to the price for that Estes thing. No wonder model rocketry here in Australia is so small if that's what Australian vendors do.

https://toolhaus.org/cgi-bin/negs?Us...ceived+by;v=os1

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See how Toolhaus is so great for gauging Ebay vendor negative feedback?

Cheers ...... Pete

Buy it now tends to be a way to troll for unsuspected "suckers" with more money than sense. Remember PT Barnum's comment.

Just don't buy it. Capitalism at work.

Doug

You guys are right I just lowered my maximum bid amount to $98.23.

He's listing it for the third time, so everyone thinks his price is a bit high.

At least this one is a collectible ......

https://cgi.ebay.com/LINDBERG-5-SPA...91QQihZ005QQcategoryZ1194QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

But then again, it doesn't fly.

Originally posted by Motörhead
That quoted price is the biggest load of **** for a product that is equally a piece of ****. Christ almighty .... [snip]

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Don't hold back Pete, tell us how you really feel

And yes, Toolhaus rules. I have it on my Firefox search engine bar.

Originally posted by skippy-2
Don't hold back Pete, tell us how you really feel

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I feel that Estes thing and its asking price is the ummm .... biggest load of ****??

Howzat!!!

Cheers ...... Pete