Found 3 feet underground

[rickertmork]

Landscaping find. It’s not gold but I never thought it would be selling for so much.

 

[rickertmork]

And used for target practice

 

[xr7ator]

That one won't fetch a quarter unfortunately.

 

[guest]

You never know?!🙄😄
Congrats on your truck. WTG

 

[rickertmork]

This one actually sold on eBay for 389$ wow, I wonder if mine is In good condition.

 

[Red-Coat]

The problem with auction platforms is that you see what the seller wants, rather than what the item is actually worth (unless it actually sold at that price.) Of all the platforms, Etsy is probably the absolute worst for having vendors speculating with unrealistic asking prices and excessive, unjustified use of the word "rare".

More realistically, in virtually mint condition with the original box:

In beat up condition, without the box:

Even then, neither of those are sold prices.

 

[robertk]

The problem with auction platforms is that you see what the seller wants, rather than what the item is actually worth (unless it actually sold at that price.)

I assume items with vastly inflated prices are either a joke, or money laundering.

 

[E-Trac-Ohio]

Cool find !

 

[Red-Coat]

This one actually sold on eBay for 389$ wow, I wonder if mine is In good condition.

I assume items with vastly inflated prices are either a joke, or money laundering.

Not saying it’s the case for that listing, but when an item is actually sold, rather than unsold with a "Buy it Now" inflated price... despite eBay’s (best?) efforts, the platform still suffers from instances of ‘shill bidding’. The seller uses a fake account to bid on their own item and drive up the price (or gets an accomplice to bid).

The benefit to the seller can be two-fold: It may encourage inexperienced people to join in the bidding and end up paying far more than market price for an item; and it can create a false history such that further similar items from the same seller can rely on the fake sale record to justify an unrealistic asking price.

It’s of course not only a breach of eBay’s terms and conditions, but also illegal as a form of fraud. Difficult to police though, and some sellers still get away with it.

 

[rickertmork]

Not saying it’s the case for that listing, but when an item is actually sold, rather than unsold with a "Buy it Now" inflated price... despite eBay’s (best?) efforts, the platform still suffers from instances of ‘shill bidding’. The seller uses a fake account to bid on their own item and drive up the price (or gets an accomplice to bid).

The benefit to the seller can be two-fold: It may encourage inexperienced people to join in the bidding and end up paying far more than market price for an item; and it can create a false history such that further similar items from the same seller can rely on the fake sale record to justify an unrealistic asking price.

It’s of course not only a breach of eBay’s terms and conditions, but also illegal as a form of fraud. Difficult to police though, and some sellers still get away with it.

That’s most likely the case, or money laundering the only
Other one sold for 70$. I know mine isn’t worth anything but it’s still cool to find something like that.

 

[rickertmork]

The problem with auction platforms is that you see what the seller wants, rather than what the item is actually worth (unless it actually sold at that price.) Of all the platforms, Etsy is probably the absolute worst for having vendors speculating with unrealistic asking prices and excessive, unjustified use of the word "rare".

More realistically, in virtually mint condition with the original box:
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In beat up condition, without the box:
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Even then, neither of those are sold prices.

The eBay page listed it as sold. There’s a way to filter it to look at only sold items. One sold for 380 one sold for 70$ idk it’s hard to tell what’s going on with those,,, money laundering?

 

[Red-Coat]

The eBay page listed it as sold. There’s a way to filter it to look at only sold items. One sold for 380 one sold for 70$ idk it’s hard to tell what’s going on with those,,, money laundering?

See post #9

 

[russau]

That one won't fetch a quarter unfortunately.

Ya just CAN'T put a $$ amount on a memory of the hunt !

 

[scruggs]

Congrats on your nice recovery!

 

[Trezurehunter]

This one actually sold on eBay for 389$ wow, I wonder if mine is In good condition.

Most of the items we dig are considered environmentally damaged and as they say, condition is everything and a big factor in whether something is valuable or not. It's my personal opinion that your truck would not be worth anything, but it is a neat find none the less.

 

[rickertmork]

Most of the items we dig are considered environmentally damaged and as they say, condition is everything and a big factor in whether something is valuable or not. It's my personal opinion that your truck would not be worth anything, but it is a neat find none the less.

I am aware it’s worth nothing but, coolest and oldest toy I’ve found

 

[russau]

These vehicals are surely for some small time crime gang !