21 Apr
2004
21 Apr
'04
12:49 a.m.
I suggested that probably wouldn't happen and
offered that I'd bid if he
did
put them up for auction rather than make an offer here
that was far from
his
dream. His response was that he'd scrap them for
not much less than that.
I'm not sure what will happen because there's clearly some serious
bargaining going on, however, he's quite adamant about the scrap value and
prepared to throw stuff in the scrap that I won't pay this price for. His
claim is that he actually sends stuff out for custom refining and gets the
recovery value of what he sends.
These valuations really scare me because it'll put the value beyond what
I'm
interested in except for a few exceptional pieces.
This reminds me of typical people who think their stuff is worth way too
much and when you point it out, they become defensive and start to get angry
and say you don't know what you are talking about.
A semi-example of this: The other day I won an Octane on eBay for $50, and
the guy called me at home and said "man, I am really sorry but I can't send
you this," (which is good as I didn't realize that I didn't have $50 ),
"I
meant to set a reserve, this is my friends and he told me they typically go
for around $30,000, you should've seen me yelling and screaming in hysterics
when I saw that it sold for $50 without a reserve!"
I kindly told him that they routinely go for eBay for $30-$100 and he
mumbled something and kept insisting it was worth at least a few thousand.
I guess he is free to say it is worth $30,000, as long as he doesn't sell it
to me. ;)
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Thanks,
Torquil MacCorkle, III
Lexington, Virginia