Crazy ass people

[stunks]

Why do people moan about the the price when u put something up for sale(even if its new)but when they go to the shops and would spend the full price for the item with out any complaint.

I bet if u were giving it away for free there would be NO moaning/complaint




JUST SAYING

[Mart61]

This has been the subject of several threads over the years. Whilst I don't know the particular instance of which you speak, I have (once or twice) offered advice to some sellers that have listed things for sale on here that I think their price expectations are unrealistic.

It's not so bad now that the For Sale items don't appear on the home page. However in the past, seeing the same item being bumped day after day after day, with the seller making no reduction in the price, got a bit tiring.

I firmly believe that if an item is priced right, it will sell.

:D

[Mark_T]

Since you asked ...

The problem is that as an individual you are not offering the same support as a retail store or the same options if a problem appears after the sale.

Also in one recent case you were asking more than the item was costing new from some retail oulets.

Deosn't matter if it is brand new in an unopened box, you can't expect to get full retail price for it in a personal sale.

[stunks]

[quote=Mark_T;575262]Since you asked ...

The problem is that as an individual you are not offering the same support as a retail store or the same options if a problem appears after the sale.

Also in one recent case you were asking more than the item was costing new from some retail oulets.

Deosn't matter if it is brand new in an unopened box, you can't expect to get full retail price for it in a personal sale.[/quote]



yes u are correct about the support the shops offer but as we know it in the model world most stuff we bought realisticly they have no warrent reason y because if u have a crash and its a bad one its hard to prove that a part cause the crash and i bet we all have been threw that

[Planehazza]

My way of selling is to put it up for the price I want. After a few days, once it reaches page 2 I will bump it. Then if there's no interest, I'll drop the price and bump it again.

[Mart61]

[quote=stunks;575267]yes u are correct about the support the shops offer but as we know it in the model world most stuff we bought realisticly they have no warrent reason y because if u have a crash and its a bad one its hard to prove that a part cause the crash and i bet we all have been threw that[/quote]

Blimey! There's a post that illustrates the point I made [URL="http://www.rcheliaddict.co.uk/off-topic/50346-brought-instead-bought-2.html#post575268"]here[/URL] almost perfectly.

:D

[Vanquish]

You will always struggle to sell a complete heli on a forum for anything close to its retail price. Your much better off splitting it down into airframe/engine/servo's etc as there's much more chance someone will be interested. Yes, it requires more effort for the seller in terms of adverts/packaging/posting but your much more likely to see a decent return on your items. Personally I probably wouldn't be interested in buying anything the scary side of £500 on a forum.

[Mart61]

I think you've hit the nail on the head, Sam. Personally I have found that, although it takes more effort to split helis, you can often get a higher return by doing so.

[Smoothound]

I assume you are talking about your 700 here?

You can buy a new one from one particular dealer for a shade over £870 plus delivery. Obviously there are a few more bits needed but it comes with full shop backup and is untouched. As yours is built it is no longer new but 2nd hand even if it's not had 1 tank of fuel through it. Sorry but thats the way it is!

As others have said you would get more for it splitting but if you don't want to split you have to take a pill just like I did with my N5 recently :(

[gorber]

[quote=stunks;575254]Why do people moan about the the price when u put something up for sale(even if its new)but when they go to the shops and would spend the full price for the item with out any complaint.

I bet if u were giving it away for free there would be NO moaning/complaint




JUST SAYING[/quote]

I am not suprised about this.

Although I am not one of the people who contacted you, I have noticed a theme with your 'for sale' posts, and now only open them for novelty value to see what crazy price you will be asking for the items.

But the novelty wears off when you bump those posts several times a day.

Sorry, you asked.

Andrew