This ebay listing left me shocked

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This ebay listing left me shocked

Post by dannyc » Wed May 24, 2017 4:43 am

https://www.ebay.com/itm/182549459846
$425 for the sherman is a little steep even considering the work he did on it

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Re: This ebay listing left me shocked

Post by normandy » Wed May 24, 2017 1:57 pm

It cost that much because its been "Re-worked and accurized" :shock:

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Re: This ebay listing left me shocked

Post by dannyc » Wed May 24, 2017 6:01 pm

normandy wrote:It cost that much because its been "Re-worked and accurized" :shock:
ill admit he did a decent job but $425 hell i would pay that for an F4 phantom

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Re: This ebay listing left me shocked

Post by flyboy_fx » Thu May 25, 2017 12:45 pm

Jeez, I wish I could get that kind of dough. Haha

I did this guy for $290...

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Re: This ebay listing left me shocked

Post by Studly » Thu May 25, 2017 1:05 pm

I am afraid that is a bit steep , i wouldn't pay that for it i would have bought flyboy_fx Sherman nice job Alex.

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Re: This ebay listing left me shocked

Post by Light.Inf.Scout » Thu May 25, 2017 1:05 pm

nice work
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Re: This ebay listing left me shocked

Post by tmanthegreat » Thu May 25, 2017 3:27 pm

Flyboy, your Sherman Firefly has far superior craftsmanship and quality than the Sherman in that eBay listing. You should be asking for more for your customs :D
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Re: This ebay listing left me shocked

Post by dannyc » Fri May 26, 2017 5:12 am

maybe someone should tell him that for way less than that there is grunts hedgerow cutter

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Re: This ebay listing left me shocked

Post by Razor17019 » Fri May 26, 2017 6:14 pm

Fellas,
He reduced it down to 375 and you can pay it off installments of 34 a month- WHAT A STEAL!!!!

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Re: This ebay listing left me shocked

Post by dannyc » Fri May 26, 2017 7:23 pm

Razor17019 wrote:Fellas,
He reduced it down to 375 and you can pay it off installments of 34 a month- WHAT A STEAL!!!!

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:lol: someone should see how much it cost him for material and add that to the normal price of an ultimate soldier sherman i bet it still would be way less than that

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Re: This ebay listing left me shocked

Post by pickelhaube » Sat May 27, 2017 6:22 am

Well...

Back in the day my bud the Hun used to get prices like this and more. He was probably paid the most ever for his work.

But XD was VERY popular back then and people were happy to pay for custom work back then.

If I were able to make my Hind back then I probably would have sold over 60 of them by now.
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Re: This ebay listing left me shocked

Post by pickelhaube » Mon Jan 11, 2021 6:35 am

I saw this post searching for something else.

Times are a changing.

Now Shermans are running for around $200

This post is about 4 years old when you could still get Shermans for $50-$75 !!!
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