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Seems to be a good deal on Pudgy P-38s.
Posted: Wed Apr 26, 2006 11:05 am
by hotrodrock
Was cruising around ebay and found a seller who had 20 Pudgy p-38s up for auction starting at $55 and there didn't seem to be much interest in them. Shipping seemed a little high at $20. Don't know how $75 total compares to other online offers since I'm not in the market for one and haven't been looking. Guess I was more suprised at what seemed to be a lack of interest reflected by the bidding. Were the Pudgy and PPMaru ever available in big box stores or were they hobby only?
Posted: Wed Apr 26, 2006 11:15 am
by flpickupman
To my knowledge (albeit limited), they were a hobby store only item. As for the price shipped, it looks to be decent. Most online shops have em for $65-$68, and sometimes for more. Not including shipping of course.
Posted: Wed Apr 26, 2006 11:16 am
by Teamski
The Maru P-38 was seen at TRU quite a few years ago, albeit only very sparsely.....
-Ski
Posted: Wed Apr 26, 2006 5:17 pm
by hotrodrock
Went back to ebay and thought I would put one of the P-38s on my watch list and they were gone. I thought it was a little odd that someone would have 20 of them on ebay. Also, as I said, they weren't drawing any bids at $55. He might have ended the auctions early. Kind of unusual.
Posted: Sat Apr 29, 2006 8:27 am
by hotrodrock
This auction is getting pretty weird. I've tried for the last three days to find these P-38s that disappeared off ebay. This morning, I put in the same exact search words and they are back except there are 28 of them now instead of 20. Ending times stretched from today to 6 days from now. I've never seen an ebay item do this. Anyway, 28 planes and not a single bid at $55.
Posted: Sat Apr 29, 2006 8:32 am
by scbvideoboy
Sometimes ebay will pull a listing for various reasons. Having "20" or more of a single plane seems to me a warning flag.
Especially since these are supposed to be rare...
DH