Gian ebay rocket sale

[Rocket Doctor]

The giant ebay sale that was posted in another thread and was pulled will be relisted on Sunday April 6th.

The seller decided to sell the items individually after receiving 45 emails to do so. The last posted amount that i saw was $3550.00. I don't know if he is making a mistake by posting them individually or not, time will tell.

Check back on eby Sunday to follow the posting, not items numbers yet.

[cas2047]

Thanks for the update RD!

I had that on my watch list just to see how high it would sell for. I was amazed that it had gotten up to over 3,500.00 and then when I went back to check it had ended so I didn't know what the heck had happened.

I'll go out on a limb and say I think he's making a mistake selling individually. I doubt he will get more than it was at when he pulled the auction selling the stuff individually, but I've been wrong before so who knows. ;)

[Rocket Doctor]

Thanks for the update RD!

I had that on my watch list just to see how high it would sell for. I was amazed that it had gotten up to over 3,500.00 and then when I went back to check it had ended so I didn't know what the heck had happened.

I'll go out on a limb and say I think he's making a mistake selling individually. I doubt he will get more than it was at when he pulled the auction selling the stuff individually, but I've been wrong before so who knows. ;)

So, sometime tomorrow you should see the listing again, but, for individual kits. And, like you said, I don't think he will get the same price as he did in a lot. Time will tell.

[Tom Swift]

Any chance you got the seller's name so we can find the auction(s)?

[cas2047]

Any chance you got the seller's name so we can find the auction(s)?

2cherubs is the name and here's the auction that was pulled:

http://cgi.ebay.com/VINTAGE-ESTES-ROCKET-KITS-MASSIVE-HORD-ESTATE-FIND-L-K_W0QQitemZ110238130676QQihZ001QQcategoryZ2567QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

He hasn't listed anything yet and I'm wondering if he got an off-ebay offer he couldn't refuse. On the other hand it would take a ton of time to list all that stuff out individually so maybe he's just working through the details.

I believe people do sometimes pull items down and sell them off-ebay though if the price is right.

I guess time will tell.

[Rocket Doctor]

2cherubs is the name and here's the auction that was pulled:

http://cgi.ebay.com/VINTAGE-ESTES-ROCKET-KITS-MASSIVE-HORD-ESTATE-FIND-L-K_W0QQitemZ110238130676QQihZ001QQcategoryZ2567QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

He hasn't listed anything yet and I'm wondering if he got an off-ebay offer he couldn't refuse. On the other hand it would take a ton of time to list all that stuff out individually so maybe he's just working through the details.

I believe people do sometimes pull items down and sell them off-ebay though if the price is right.

I guess time will tell.

You are correct, I got an email from 2cherubs earlier telling me that he was going to relist the items starting today.

He went on to say that he received 45 emails requesting that the items be posted individually.

At the last bid price of $3550.00, I thought that was kind of high for what he was offering. No doubt, he has gotten a better offer off of ebay and that will be that, I could be wrong.
his sale.
If the items don't appear again today, or within a couple of days, we will know that he made a deal off of ebay.

Keep checking the ID of 2cherubs, I am going to email him again for more "information" about

[cas2047]

At the last bid price of $3550.00, I thought that was kind of high for what he was offering

I agree RD. I think he should have taken the money and ran! However given the eventual $3,550.00 bid price I found the Q:A below interesting. Granted this did take place before the price went off the charts...


Q: I'm sure your answer is going to be no, but would you put a buy it now on this?? I have tried to win a couple of big auctions like this, and I always loose out by a dollor or two, very frustrating. If you would consider it, please let me know what the buy it now might be.. I was thinking around 500.00 Mar-29-08
A: Hi Sorry cant do buy it now I personaly think the phantom electro launch is worth more than 500 Good luck bidding!


Now I don't know if the phantom electro launch is worth 500 or not, but I do think the entire lot was worth more than that. I found it funny for the potential buyer to suggest that the seller set a buy it now price around 500 so he could grab everything up before anyone else has a chance to bid the stuff up. Funny Stuff!

[Rocket Doctor]

I agree RD. I think he should have taken the money and ran! However given the eventual $3,550.00 bid price I found the Q:A below interesting. Granted this did take place before the price went off the charts...


Q: I'm sure your answer is going to be no, but would you put a buy it now on this?? I have tried to win a couple of big auctions like this, and I always loose out by a dollor or two, very frustrating. If you would consider it, please let me know what the buy it now might be.. I was thinking around 500.00 Mar-29-08
A: Hi Sorry cant do buy it now I personaly think the phantom electro launch is worth more than 500 Good luck bidding!


Now I don't know if the phantom electro launch is worth 500 or not, but I do think the entire lot was worth more than that. I found it funny for the potential buyer to suggest that the seller set a buy it now price around 500 so he could grab everything up before anyone else has a chance to bid the stuff up. Funny Stuff!

I sent 2cherubs an email asking if he was going to relist his items, no response yet. But, I would say that an off ebay deal was made.

In my opinion, I don't think the Phantom Electro Launch would be worth $500. If that was the case, i have an Electro launch in the original packaging as well as an addition batterey box.

And, if it's true that he had 45 inquiries, maybe, just maybe someone came up with mega bucks and purchased the wholde lot for well above the last bid of $3550.00, at least the $3550.00 was a sure deal.

Let's just see what happens.

[ghrocketman]

+1 to the opinion that this is already sold off ebay for some exorbitant RIDICULOUS amount of money by someone most likely will never use/enjoy ANY of it as INTENDED by the manufacturer.
Most likely they will all be "Shelf/Display Case Queens" just like most Ferraris are Garage/Trailer Queens.

[Rocket Doctor]

+1 to the opinion that this is already sold off ebay for some exorbitant RIDICULOUS amount of money by someone most likely will never use/enjoy ANY of it as INTENDED by the manufacturer.
Most likely they will all be "Shelf/Display Case Queens" just like most Ferraris are Garage/Trailer Queens.

I just checked his list6ings, only one iterm not related to rocketry, so, he was giving me a line when he said that he was going to relist, i sent him another inquiry yesterday asking the same question, are you going to relist, no answer, so, he maee a deal and the price had to be much higher than the last posted bid of $3550.00.

[mojo1986]

IMHO there is no way that the seller would top $3550 for that lot by selling the kits individually. And I'm betting that you won't see any more of the lot because the seller dropped off Ebay and took the bid price privately to beat Ebay out of their final value fee (which would have been in the neighborhood of $100). Incidentally, the last BUILT Phantom ElectroLaunch that sold on Ebay went for $46.67 (and the one in that lot was built). One more thing..............normally when you buy a large lot you expect to get things for a somewhat lower average price because invariably there will be things in the lot that you don't want, don't need, already have, etc. Furthermore, you are sparing the seller the work and hassle of listing everything separately (work that you will eventually have to do when you get rid of the stuff you didn't need) so that you expect a discount for that reason as well. In this case, and again, this is just my opinion, the buyer paid absolutely top dollar for those kits (and then some!) and would almost certainly fail to get his money back if he resold them individually.

Joe

[Rocket Doctor]

IMHO there is no way that the seller would top $3550 for that lot by selling the kits individually. And I'm betting that you won't see any more of the lot because the seller dropped off Ebay and took the bid price privately to beat Ebay out of their final value fee (which would have been in the neighborhood of $100). Incidentally, the last BUILT Phantom ElectroLaunch that sold on Ebay went for $46.67 (and the one in that lot was built). One more thing..............normally when you buy a large lot you expect to get things for a somewhat lower average price because invariably there will be things in the lot that you don't want, don't need, already have, etc. Furthermore, you are sparing the seller the work and hassle of listing everything separately (work that you will eventually have to do when you get rid of the stuff you didn't need) so that you expect a discount for that reason as well. In this case, and again, this is just my opinion, the buyer paid absolutely top dollar for those kits (and then some!) and would almost certainly fail to get his money back if he resold them individually.

Joe

I agree 100% Joe, having a bid at $3550 and then pulling his sale down didn't make much sense. And, the seller himself emailed me back stating that he had 45 requests to sell the items individually. We both know how that went. So, what happened to his individual sale, like we both said, it has been sold and he hasn't responed back to me after two emails.

Maybe client 9 changed his mind???

RD