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Yea, a whole discussion could be debated on how to sell something and what its actually worth. Well, it's only worth what someone is willing to give you. For these folks, time will have a way of forcing them to come to the "grips" of reality.

Of course, they could get lucky and run into a fool and his money!

pieceseeker wrote:http://macon.craigslist.org/tls/4365118637.html

I thought this was funny at first, then I realized how sad.

Listed as used few hours, looks like more time was spend painting and defacing than woodworking.

That thing, (monstrosity) shouldn't go for over $120, not the asking price of $1200. (And, if he would deliver it to me, I'd offer $1.20!)

Those diagonal braces scare me. Why are they there? The bog-standard Mark
legs are sufficient to do the job.

"That thing is almost as ugly as Elanor Roosevelt." (Thanks to DB5.
She comes on second place, (as ugliest First Lady) to the former junior Senator from New York, and former SecState, Hillary the broom rider. Although, the current occupant's wife's facial expressions may change that.

Oh, Elanor was the first "first lady" to marry a cousin. Her father was Teddy's brother. (So she couldn't change her name when she got hitched.)

Dis I wax political, sorry, it won't happen again. (At least, for the remainder of the night.)

steve

As much work as that machine would need, it would have to be a "delivered" gift.

That's a travesty. Looking closer at the picture, the speed control dial is missing too.

heathicus wrote:That's a travesty. Looking closer at the picture, the speed control dial is missing too.

Yea, I noticed that also.

That price is ridiculous. That baby needs a ground up refurb. Those cross-struts seem to indicate that even the legs might not be attached properly.

Someone must’ve looked at the cost for a new machine with all the trimmings. Then, having considered most of the structure being present, figured about a third of the price might sell it.

But it’s all work and no play for some time to come if you wanted to do more than sell off the parts. I wouldn’t offer more than $100 for it.

That's about 4 times what I'd offer for it!

heathicus wrote:That's about 4 times what I'd offer for it!

That’s actually how I feel about it too, but I considered that one might be able to recoup a fair amount above $100 parting it out. Maybe collect a few parts to keep handy for repairs.

idcook wrote:That’s actually how I feel about it too, but I considered that one might be able to recoup a fair amount above $100 parting it out. Maybe collect a few parts to keep handy for repairs.

I can't imagine being able to recoup $100 on ebay for any number of parts off of that machine. Mark V parts don't go for much, and there is far more work required to clean up/paint/shine any of it to make it worth while. Time is money. Listing and shipping costs on ebay after a sale would be prohibitive also on larger items. It's just not worth anything but scrap. Do you think there would be anything inside the headstock worth saving? Probably can't use the belts/ 1 bearing quill no doubt/rusted and lack of lubrication thru out. I wouldn't give a counterfeit penny for it, much less use gas money to go pick it up.

It's picture is in the Webster under "basketcase".

garys wrote:Somebody had a painting fetish. Never paint the tubes.

Really?

They(bench tubes) came painted from the factory. They were not red however!:D

Do not tell the seller that it is the first model made(the price might go up for a museum piece:rolleyes:).

It always amazes me that these folks with 0 experience put these things together in ridiculous configurations by not even thinking about how it might 'need' to go together. Nice pepper grinder!:D