Some people are NUTS

[Murphy]

I think I'll get my cousin to sell my 'RARE, COLLECTABLE' one identical for that. It's 'used' but casts perfect boolits.

BUY NOW!!! $250.00!

Maybe the 2nd nut in that bidding war will buy just to show the other one, by golly! I STILL got me one!

Sheeesh,

Murphy

[1hole]

Anything is worth what a buyer will pay for it and no buyer can say he got chearted in an auction.

[wills]

It would be interesting to be able to inquire of the purchaser as to why he was willing to pay that price. Anything else would be speculation.

[jcwit]

Name of the game when it comes to auctions, top bidder wins. Reason for his spending are known only to him.

[GT27]

Ahhhhh bidding wars, gotta love em' as a seller!!!!!!!

[Longwood]

[QUOTE=jcwit;1817222]

Name of the game when it comes to auctions, top bidder wins.

QUOTE]

If,,,,,,, he pays for it.
Sometimes that does not happen.

[Longwood]

I recently sold a Lee DC mold on Ebay for more than it cost new. The bidder was not a caster and didn't know anything about casting. He was an artist who worked in glass, and wanted to try to make glass bullets. He saw my listing and decided that he had to have this shape mold and bought it regardless of price. When I told him that the temp. of molten glass would probably melt the mold, he said that he would try it anyway! No common sense, but had the money to do what he wanted. I just got lucky.

Ken
NRA life Member

Bottles were blown into wood molds for many years.
I would think that glas could be molded with aluminum molds if they are not allowed to over heat.

[Jim]

A smart and savvy man will buy something like that, resell it and have a half dozen custom molds made with the profit.

[Dave Bulla]

When I see auctions like that the first thing I think of is money laundering... Though I'd never make the accusation, it's one of those thoughts that crosses the mind.

That or "Stupid is as stupid does."

[nanuk]

a 1968 Superbee sells for well over $100k, yet you can get a 4 year old one for under $12k


same thing


some things have collector value that you may not recogize.

I also have a 13ft JD Toolbar Deep Till Cultivator that I paid $25 for.... worth $75 as scrap.

Collectors around here are paying over $500 for that same model. Even more for the coil spring field cultivator.

Good thing I am not a collector.

[smokeywolf]

Wish I'd been the seller.

[PS Paul]

So what lube would we use with a glass boolit? Man, this opens up a host of unanswered questions! .002 over-grooves? Lubrisizing? Gas checks? LOL!!!

[ROGER4314]

A FOOL AND HIS MONEY ARE SOON PARTED!

Flash

[cbrick]

That mold is no longer listed on fleabay, just checked. What came up instead was a well used & rusty 2 cav (vintage w/original box) Lyman 429215 with a starting bid/buy it now of $71.99.

That mold is still in production so I went to the Midway site and they have it in stock, brand new of course but without the rust for $65.99.

No wonder it's so rare I ever go to Ebay and much rarer I buy anything.

Rick

[root]

I bought this one for 86 bux after shipping
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...#ht_500wt_1282

My logic was bid about 3/4 what it cost to have a custom mold made and leave the high bid at that.
So I bid 100 bux figuring a custom was about 125 + shipping.
I also saved the pix so the who ever made it had something to go by.

Ya 400 and change is a little crazy. But people on ebay can get a little crazy.

I just watched a USED hornady digtal scale go for 45 bux when there are two there with buy it now for 36 after shipping.

Some people have more money than brains.

[zuke]

And the seller's probably looking for more to sell!
Can't say I blame him

[warf73]

You never know when you will get a good buy or watch something go for more than new price(inproduction item). I bought a Mec 9000G 28ga. reloader for $330 to the house, it was still in the factory box with all the papers. Couldnt tell if it had been used or not other than a little wear were the shells move from station to station. When I first started looking I was after a Mec Grabber but after watching several auctions I pulled the trigger on the 9000 which was cheaper than all the Grabbers I seen.

[John Boy]

Here is a mold that is worth every dollar one wants to pay for it, the adjustable Ideal 375084 for a 38-55 ...
http://www.three-peaks.net/images/37...-301g-322g.gif

The weights are 156g, 176g, 197g, 218g, 238g, 259g, 280g, 301g, 322g.

Even during Ideal's mold production period, the adjustable mold was scarcer than hen's teeth. It is a very accurate bullet for the 38-55 with the long bearing surface. I have the 322gr one and was out bid at $410 for the adjustable. Why pay so much? Kind of like a Ford Cobra Kit Car vrs the original Cobra
With black powder I have shot the 322gr bullet at 500m on the Rams with accuracy. For a Schuetzen shooter, having the mold in the lesser weights is a plus for bullet stability from 50 to 200 meters

My intention is to have a custom mold made for the 375084 Ideal

[olaf455]

Sometimes fleaBay is completely illogical.

Ebay = great idea, and was a decent site for a long time.
Then they got stupid. Greedy, bloated.
I have never understood why business types must continually change, update, upgrade, foul things up.
When you get something right,,, LEAVE IT ALONE!!!


Now I am sure there are dozens of arguments as to why...
Just a heads up, I am taking the decision to ignore every last 1 of them...lol...

Just think of the millions of things that were just right, and then somebody tweaked them some more....

Sent from a cold damp basement near you.

[thegatman]

I wish I would have seen it early. I guess I have to wait for the next one. What a bargain.