Somebody Help me . . . . . .

[gwrdriver]

. . . . understand what Saturated Steam could possibly be thinking.

It appears they've re-entered the Stuart engines castings market and have posted a number of engine sets for sale on eBay. The one that caught my eye was the castings for the Half-Beam, offered at a starting bid of $600 and a Buy-it-Now of $1000, with a $20 shipping charge.

My current 2004 Stuart list prices this engine set at the equivalent of $338.00. Can someone tell me what Saturated Steam is thinking? Everyone is entitled to a little profit, maybe even a generous profit, but 300%?? [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/confused.gif"%20alt="[/img]

[catalpa]

What was it P.T. Barnum said about what was being born every minute?

[dampfwilli]

And we say in Germany: All morning awakes a fool, only you must find him!!

[Doug_Edwards]

Harry,

Satuated steam carried the Stuart line from before. I suspect they are
clearing out their stock. Probably who ever is setting up the listings
didn't get the right numbers for that engine.

Doug.

[gwrdriver]

That's probably what happened, the price would be about right for the MAJOR Beam.

[willy]

Up here the saying that is very close to what you say is........

"Everyone has a stupid pill jar. And from it each day we are to take one a day.

How ever.......

Sometimes we forget and take a handful instead"

-willy-

[Tel]

That $338 sounds a bit suss to me Harry. Over here the castings for the 10V go for well over $400 - you sure you've converted it the right way?

[Tel]

My apologies Harry, this mob got the half beam castings listed for $390.25

http://secure.enginemodels.com/cgi-bin/ ... d=!ORDERID!

Still, that comes out at around $700 Aust. Mind you, these are the cheapest Stuart prices I've seen for a long time

[Tel]

Here's the word from Emco, who finally condescended to reply to my query 4 days later,

The castings are $635.85, machined are $ 2546.80, and fully assembled are $4036.75
----- Original Message -----
From: Terry Lane
To: info@emcoaustralia.com
Sent: Sunday, September 19, 2004 4:50 PM
Subject: stuart castings


Hi, can you give me a price on the Stuart 34 50 71456 Half Beam Engine Castings

Thanks,

Terry

[raylrodr]

Holy Sh*t!!! Mark-up or what?

[gwrdriver]

But is that in $/OZ or $/US?

[Tel]

That's in Oz Dollars - which go about 2,000,000 to the peso