I think this is the guy who trolls the boards to find kits and sells them at a 200-300 percents markup.
There is a fellow that used to buy from he yard sale. He bought a few kits from me and reported them to eBay within days. He told some sob story about wanting a particular rocket but did not want to pay $50 to get a kit that his kids lost in a tree.
The same kit showed up within days of delivery on eBay. $40 was my price. He placed it on eBay for 105 plus shipping.
Maybe this is not the same guy but his prices are similar.
I remember that guy. Always had a story about how he had a stash of kits that he built (justifying his purchases from TRF rocketeers) and others that he sold... Haven't seen him around in a while (good riddance).
This goodrocks guy is nuts, but it only takes one sucker in an auction to make his strategy work.
Interestingly, he has a Fliskits Tres for $17.99; list price on Jim's site seems to be $32.95. Maybe the goodrocks forgot to add a 2 in front of the 17.99... 217.99 seems more his style...
Marc
(From a different thread where people reported actual personal bad experiences with a particular vendor, apparently a friend of certain forum administrators, shortly before the thread was locked.)
Personal attack will not be tolerated on this site.
I guess personal attacks are OK if the vendor isn't your friend, you don't actually have ANY personal experience with them, and if most of what you are posting is simply utter conjecture.
I don't know Goodrocks other than on several occasions I have bought from him and sold to him in the past and found him to be honest, friendly, and easy to deal with. I also know that the five kits he is offering in the above-mentioned auction are, indeed, extremely rare. 3 of the 5 appear nowhere in the Fortin lists and all 5 are in exceptional condition for 50 year old kits. I, too, think his prices are usually higher than what I want to pay, but most of what he offers are pretty rare kits in outstanding condition, and are never far off the high end of the Fortin lists.
I always like looking at his auctions because he has a lot of old, unusual stuff that he's actually willing to sell, he really knows what he's offering and does a great job of explaining why he thinks it's valuable. Unlike a lot of what gets listed on ebay he really doesn't over state what he's selling. If you were willing to spend the money you could quickly acquire a truly outstanding collection from this guy.
Since virtually nothing of significant rarity is ever offered for sale here on TRF, I really doubt Goodrocks amassed his collection by "trolling" here. The personal attack on him here suggesting, without any proof, that he is actually some guy who at one time behaved dishonorably here seems way over the top and way more of a "personal attack" than reporting that a particular vendor didn't deliver what they promised.
There was a time in the past on this website where honest critiques of vendors were allowed, provided the person doing the reporting was the one who had the actual experience. Reporting such information, both good and bad, was considered of value to the community. What was not allowed was the kind of stuff going on in this thread where folks without any actual experience with a vendor just tee off on him because of some personal bias.
I guess that's changed under the latest management. Apparently the tolerance for "personal attacks" now depends on who's doing the speaking, rather than the veracity of what they are saying. I think the old rules were better.
Steve
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