I participated in two auctions today. One local and one online. Both were foolish madhouses. The local one, I went too, to get two big block chevy motors that will go into a scarab racing boat. Oddly enough I got them at a rock bottom price, for rebuildable cores. I picked up a few other pieces that no one even considered. Some older engle cam shafts that are no longer made, a couple of manifolds and such. The tools went through the roofNow the rant. People were paying 4 times what they could purchase new for most of the items in the auction. I watched a man dole out 5k for an identical Snap-on tool box to one of mine, and it looked like the Hulk had used it for bashing practice. (No tools were included) He was talking about he was going to put it on Ebay and make a nice profit. The online auction is even worse. I went and inspected the items, and what people were paying for them was outrageous. I all but gave up after the first 15 lots.
Ebay ,TV and the internet has all but destroyed the used market in tools, and auto parts. People are paying way too damn much. I used to really finds fair deals at the auctions, but since the storage auction show, and the picker show it has turned unreal. Everyone thinks they are going to get rich and find that 100k treasure find.
Ebay ,TV and the internet has all but destroyed the used market in tools, and auto parts. People are paying way too damn much. I used to really finds fair deals at the auctions, but since the storage auction show, and the picker show it has turned unreal. Everyone thinks they are going to get rich and find that 100k treasure find.