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Re: Ahhhhhhh. Army Building!

Posted: 21 Aug 2009 12:27
by ODB
gung-hoeddie wrote:finishing times are important, if a lot ends on wednesday at 1300hrs you'll have an easy time winning at a good price, if it's on a sunday afternoon you'll have problems.
Not always true I wanted the Killer Whale Hovercraft finishing today in the morning and it went for £60 something. Too much for me and it was really low for ages as well. :-(

Re: Ahhhhhhh. Army Building!

Posted: 21 Aug 2009 14:03
by AnnieM
that seems a bit harshly high for a WHALE - was it boxed?

Re: Ahhhhhhh. Army Building!

Posted: 21 Aug 2009 14:17
by AnnieM
Hopper wrote:who lives in a house constructed entirely from cobra troopers
so you've been round our new gaff, then? ;)

Re: Ahhhhhhh. Army Building!

Posted: 21 Aug 2009 14:20
by ODB
It was loose and missing a few of the rudders on the back but did have its slightly battered box. The price probably went up as it was an Action Force issued one not a GI Joe one.

Re: Ahhhhhhh. Army Building!

Posted: 21 Aug 2009 14:25
by Monkfish
I was watching that Whale too, but just out of interest to try to gauge prices, didn't think it was going to go cheap.

It apparently had the sledge and bike accessories too.

There are a few of them on the ebay US and Canadian sites, including one with a buy-it-now price of over $1200. Shurely shome mishtake?

Re: Ahhhhhhh. Army Building!

Posted: 21 Aug 2009 14:27
by The Kraken Wakes
Monkfish wrote:I was watching that Whale too, but just out of interest to try to gauge prices, didn't think it was going to go cheap.

It apparently had the sledge and bike accessories too.

There are a few of them on the ebay US and Canadian sites, including one with a buy-it-now price of over $1200. Shurely shome mishtake?
I feel a bit silly cannibalising my complete one for a custom now...

Re: Ahhhhhhh. Army Building!

Posted: 21 Aug 2009 14:31
by ODB
I'm thinking about getting one from the States it just the shipping seems too high, people can't be arsed to ship internationally on large items any more.

Re: Ahhhhhhh. Army Building!

Posted: 21 Aug 2009 16:12
by Golden Puma
what was postage on that WHALE, would have to have been free for it to be worth close to that price. Incomplete, battered box, your having a laugh mate. The problem with shipping large items overseas is that, and I would imagine it's the same in the US, is that once the package goes over 2kg the price more than doubles. I shipped a Hydrofoil, a Moccasin and some figures to Chile, took some clever packaging to keep that under 2kg.

Re: Ahhhhhhh. Army Building!

Posted: 21 Aug 2009 18:13
by ODB
The P&P on the Whale was £7.50.

Re: Ahhhhhhh. Army Building!

Posted: 21 Aug 2009 22:22
by The Baron
Does anyone know what the maximum weight an international delivery can be before Customs Charges, please?