Anybody else get a chuckle (and then a groan) from sarah_redd's listings? Selling all those pens and pencils AT COST! If $65.99 was her cost for a badly brassed stripey Duofold pencil, then she has no business buying and selling pens.... FINAL PRICE DROP and GREAT DEAL, and so on. Silly prices on No Nonsense pens, et cetera, ad nauseum.
ebay watch: AT COST!
Started by matt, Dec 15 2012 01:04 AM
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Posted 15 December 2012 - 09:32 AM
Gee, hard crowd here !! I've actually given this TM TD a lot of thought. It's not bargain priced then again it's not over the top...how it looks "in hand" determines the real value and the listings a bit weak in the photo and description area. For the info provided probably an element of "gamble" but I'd hesitate to say it's way over priced. Still I'm clearly in the only one thinking that way here....and as the set I linked to has been doing the rounds for a while....everyone else thinks it overpriced too !!
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Posted 15 December 2012 - 01:31 PM
Gee, hard crowd here !! I've actually given this TM TD a lot of thought. It's not bargain priced then again it's not over the top...how it looks "in hand" determines the real value and the listings a bit weak in the photo and description area. For the info provided probably an element of "gamble" but I'd hesitate to say it's way over priced. Still I'm clearly in the only one thinking that way here....and as the set I linked to has been doing the rounds for a while....everyone else thinks it overpriced too !!
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Hugh
Personally I think that set is rather high priced considering it needs restoration...... or at least high for a US sale...
Don't know what they are going for in OZ.....
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Posted 15 December 2012 - 09:15 PM
Gee, hard crowd here !! I've actually given this TM TD a lot of thought. It's not bargain priced then again it's not over the top...how it looks "in hand" determines the real value and the listings a bit weak in the photo and description area. For the info provided probably an element of "gamble" but I'd hesitate to say it's way over priced. Still I'm clearly in the only one thinking that way here....and as the set I linked to has been doing the rounds for a while....everyone else thinks it overpriced too !!
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Hugh
Personally I think that set is rather high priced considering it needs restoration...... or at least high for a US sale...
Don't know what they are going for in OZ.....
A TD restoration...5 min. and a sac and seal ...not really that big an issue to me ( of course paying some one else to do it is a factor for some ). Add in a short production run and these entry level TM TDs in good condition are rather thin on the ground ( I'm finding these open nib models in good order far harder to aquire than the triumph ones now I'm filling in the gaps) I'm not so sure the pricing is over the top, yes at the top end though. Still "price" is an oddball "thing", I've picked up most of the "unusual" TM TDs for less than $50 ( reverse trim, rule of 4, uncatalogued Sovereigns, Signatures) yet the basic all black pens do make far more than that and sometimes over $100, and I can't figure that out !! . I've never found a TM TD here in Aust. so I buy mine out of the US.
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