Estes Saturn V K Kit for just $15,000.00

[Cohetero-negro]

I was book shopping when I came across this great [sic] deal on an Estes
Saturn V K-Series kit. Its just $15,000.00 and no I am not the seller but I
wish I was!!!

http://www.amazon.com/ESTES-APOLLO-SATURN-FLYING-Original/dp/B004BKZ4OM/ref=pd_sbs_t_4

Jonathan

[Cohetero-negro]

Tinyurl link: http://tinyurl.com/4bcdn8p

[BPRescue]

And you don't even get free shipping....

[Randy]

Verna has that one but not wrapped in plastic... I don't think it ever was. She says since the package is only average she'll let it go for only $10,000 and if you wire your payment directly into her account, she'll bring it to you anywhere in the continential U.S. (Include your address with payment)

That's a 33% savings and FREE delivery!

Better hurry! Offer won't last long.

Randy
www.vernarockets.com

[jflis]

Check out the shipping weight of 50 pounds....

hhmmm

must include motors, perhaps?

that'a'lotta motors!

[jeffyjeep]

At 50 pounds, maybe it includes a gold bar.

[BPRescue]

I paid $80 for mine, with free shipping. Just received it last night. I think I will print the Amazon add and show my wife how much I “saved”. She will be ecstatic; looks like the checkbook just opened up a little… Hmm, I do want to do a glider, or space shuttle thing…

[jeffyjeep]

The same Amazon seller also has a 1/35 Redstone and a Space Shuttle kit for $800 each.

[jeffyjeep]

AND---the shipping weight on each is 25 pounds.

[tbzep]

What do you expect? Unobtanium is very dense. :rolleyes:

[jeffyjeep]

Ah yes. Of course. ;)

[jeffyjeep]

I published a brief review at Amazon: "$15,000? Are you high?"

[jharding58]

Aha! But all things balance out. I can obtain, from the same seller, the sountrack to "Flashdance" for only $2.49! Ridiculous! The man's giving things away...

Shipping weight: 9lbs. 11oz.

[jeffyjeep]

Maybe it includes Jennifer Beales' skivvies.

[Cohetero-negro]

OK trying of late to not be political in my postings (good luck on that) but perhaps with the way our curreny is going down the tubes, maybe by 2012, $15,000.00 will be worth what $200.00 is today? Just a thought ;)

Jonathan

[Rocket Doctor]

Too muc h black powder fumes I guess...........

"I love the smell of black powder in the morning"

[LeeR]

I was book shopping when I came across this great [sic] deal on an Estes
Saturn V K-Series kit. Its just $15,000.00 and no I am not the seller but I
wish I was!!!

http://www.amazon.com/ESTES-APOLLO-SATURN-FLYING-Original/dp/B004BKZ4OM/ref=pd_sbs_t_4

Jonathan

I've been away for about a month ... looks like my rocket kit investments are doing VERY well! I may just have to move up my plans to retire ...

[cas2047]

I was book shopping when I came across this great [sic] deal on an Estes
Saturn V K-Series kit. Its just $15,000.00 and no I am not the seller but I
wish I was!!!




I had some extra cash laying around so I bought it. I'll let you know if it was worth it when I get it. Oh by the way I paid $5,000.98 for shipping. I have to admit I think that was a bit much. :rolleyes: :chuckle:

[Rocketflyer]

What do you expect? Unobtanium is very dense. :rolleyes:


So is what is in this guys head! :eek: :chuckle:

[ghrocketman]

He must have pure LEAD in his head to think he will get even 2% of his ASININE asking price !
The K36 is just not all that rare.
They pop up on ebay REGULARLY as they were massively overproduced.

[tbzep]

He must have pure LEAD in his head to think he will get even 2% of his ASININE asking price !
The K36 is just not all that rare.
They pop up on ebay REGULARLY as they were massively overproduced.

I wouldn't say so much that they were massively overproduced as that they were purchased by people who overestimated their building skills or the time needed for construction and never got built.

....Or are they all old stock from old hobby shops? :confused:

[RocketOtt0]

Wonder if he thinks it's a "real" Saturn V

[Cohetero-negro]

I contacted the seller on amazon who is selling this.

They said that the price more than reflects what this kit is fetching on ebay!?

See this is what burns me... there is a guy on ebay who lowered his uprated 1b from $700 down to just a mere $400 ... don't people get it: With collectibles, they are only worth what the market is willing to pay at any particular point in time.

Just because a heated bidding battle takes a kit from $0.99 to $485.00, doesn't mean that the kit from then on has a starting value of $485.00 or does it? :)

Honestly, I wold rather pay a seller in person the $485.00 than to make that amount public via ebay.

I will never forget seeing a seller at a train show asking $150.00 for a 1970's bagged Star Trek Enterprise kit. You might say, well it is from the 70's; well the bag was tapped closed and the long body tube pod was bent in Z form. I just kept walking by his table...

Jonathan

[ghrocketman]

That Star Trek kit in MINT condition regularly goes for under $50.

That K-36 is worth 15,000; in CENTS but certainly NOT dollars.
There is no way it will sell for 10% of that in the next FIFTY YEARS unless the buyer is an absolute numbskullian IDIOT !

[Doug Sams]

There is no way it will sell for 10% of that in the next FIFTY YEARS unless the buyer is an absolute numbskullian IDIOT !GH,
As an engineer, you should know better than to speak in absolutes :D There's always somebody who's gullible enough ;) Otherwise, idiot-proofing would be truly achievable rather than merely an asymptotic ideal :D

Doug

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[Cohetero-negro]

GH,
As an engineer, you should know better than to speak in absolutes :D There's always somebody who's gullible enough ;) Otherwise, idiot-proofing would be truly achievable rather than merely an asymptotic ideal :D

Doug

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Doug,

well said. But what gets me is that the Amazon.com seller is using prior ebay sales to arrive at the starting price of $15,000.00... when the H*LL did an Estes Saturn V ever sell for that amount of money on ebay?!?

Jonathan

[ghrocketman]

I don't think I have ever seen a K-29 Saturn 1B go for anywhere near even $1000 and that kit is far more rare than the K-36 Saturn V.
Even the giant Polecat Aerospace Saturn V is only $800.

That package better include a few free 24K gold bricks as a bonus.

[Joe Wooten]

What do you expect? Unobtanium is very dense. :rolleyes:

Scratch that, make it Moronium.... :D

[Randy]

Ok, here's the deal...

We have 9 Saturn V's in various states from built single engine to 3 stage cluster to mint in the box and all versions of Estes. That gives you several versions ready to fly, build or collect.

For a wire transfer of only $15,000, we will BRING all 9 of them to your door anywhere on this planet. NO CHARGE for delivery!

This won't last long, order now!

;)

Randy
www.vernarockets.com

[mojo1986]

I contacted the seller on amazon who is selling this.

They said that the price more than reflects what this kit is fetching on ebay!?

See this is what burns me... there is a guy on ebay who lowered his uprated 1b from $700 down to just a mere $400 ... don't people get it: With collectibles, they are only worth what the market is willing to pay at any particular point in time.

Just because a heated bidding battle takes a kit from $0.99 to $485.00, doesn't mean that the kit from then on has a starting value of $485.00 or does it? :)

Honestly, I wold rather pay a seller in person the $485.00 than to make that amount public via ebay.

I will never forget seeing a seller at a train show asking $150.00 for a 1970's bagged Star Trek Enterprise kit. You might say, well it is from the 70's; well the bag was tapped closed and the long body tube pod was bent in Z form. I just kept walking by his table...

Jonathan

You're probably going to see a lot of auctions with higher opening bids for a while..................Ebay offers sellers, on a regular basis, free listings (about 50 a month). They're even giving free Buy-It-Now as well. So some folks are just saying 'Why not pie-in-the-sky it and take a flyer?'

This is to supposedly offset Ebay's higher fee schedule which they have gradually inched up to a whopping 9%. When you add in other listing costs, such as photos, and consider that Paypal takes almost 5% (also owned by Ebay), and EVERYBODY pays by Paypal, Greedbay is skimming about 15% of all the sales on their site! Now that's a pile of dough!

[mojo1986]

Oh yeah, I meant to mention (see above post) that, while browsing Canadian coins a few days ago on Ebay, I came upon this auction...................

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=320605740110&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT

Gerry, you're the coin expert..................what do you think of this??

[tbzep]

Thirteen sales of a single digital image, no transactions over 55 cents, and no coin sales. Now he wants 2.5 million. :rolleyes: (we need a smack up side the head smiley)

[luke strawwalker]

Ok, here's the deal...

We have 9 Saturn V's in various states from built single engine to 3 stage cluster to mint in the box and all versions of Estes. That gives you several versions ready to fly, build or collect.

For a wire transfer of only $15,000, we will BRING all 9 of them to your door anywhere on this planet. NO CHARGE for delivery!

This won't last long, order now!

;)

Randy
www.vernarockets.com

For $15,000 it better be delivered by a busload of Victoria's Secret models and Hooters girls! :chuckle:

Later! OL JR :)

[Cohetero-negro]

Oh yeah, I meant to mention (see above post) that, while browsing Canadian coins a few days ago on Ebay, I came upon this auction...................

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=320605740110&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT

Gerry, you're the coin expert..................what do you think of this??


Gerry may have died laughing at this auction?! Lets hope not!

OK so lets get this straight, a coin, one of only 3 on Planet Earth is 166 times more valuable than an Estes K-Kit Saturn V? I think not!

Obviously, the Saturn is way to under priced and valued!

Jonathan

[Bill]

For that price, it had better come with a moon rock...


Bill

[jeffyjeep]

Thirteen sales of a single digital image, no transactions over 55 cents, and no coin sales. Now he wants 2.5 million. :rolleyes: (we need a smack up side the head smiley)
There's always the "make offer" option. Make an offer of one dollar and call his bluff!

[Dannycolossus]

well well well. i guess it includes crawler, tower, fuel, and miniature astronauts.