They gotta be CRAZY!!

mandrake

Member since
April 2003
From: Mexico

They gotta be CRAZY!!

Posted by mandrake on Saturday, April 3, 2004 4:11 PM

I have been trying to get this model since a long time a go, and there it was standing on the shelf, big and shiny, like waiting for me... it was the 1/48 Revell-Germany B-24D, i run for the door, and all excited get the box, amazed by the drawings start reading over and over the same things, then, i finally make up my mind and ask the guy on the store about the price of it.... then a nasty silence.... he looks at me and thinks.... and finally after what seemed to be a long wait he answers "cuesta 950 pesos (the price is $94bucks) and i am like WHAT!!! 94 BUCKS FOR THAT MODEL! YOU GOTTA BE CRAZY!! i dont know if here in Mexico someone may pay 94 bucks for such a model but of course i wont! i rather get it somewhere else...... Angry [:(!]

have you ever been in a situation like this??
regards
Hector.

Thanks! My Best Regards Hector Reymundo

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Mogwa

Member since
January 2004
From: atop a UH-60

Posted by Mogwa on Saturday, April 3, 2004 4:34 PM

I had the same thing happen. I was gonna pick up the Tamiya F-15 in like 1991 in Seoul but they wanted like 120000 won which was well over a 100 bucks at the time so i decided to let it go. Well its 2004 and I still havent bought it. I still need to finish the Tam F-14 I bought when it was released. When was that 86?
Mog

UH-60 Crewchief / Technical Inspector and Modelling Addict

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stoomfluit

Member since
January 2004
From: The Netherlands

Posted by stoomfluit on Saturday, April 3, 2004 4:43 PM

94 bucks? I could buy two of them for that kinda money here. Can't you get it at squadron or something like that? They have it for a little more than 30 bucks. http://www.squadron.com/ItemDetails.asp?item=RG4529

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Swanny

Member since
February 2003
From: Sandusky Ohio, USA

Posted by Swanny on Saturday, April 3, 2004 4:48 PM

Just order it from Great Models or Squadron. If your LHS is so crazy as to ask that then they will most likely not be around for long. They are even going for reasonable prices on ebay right now.

Swanny's Models

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mandrake

Member since
April 2003
From: Mexico

Posted by mandrake on Saturday, April 3, 2004 4:56 PM

Yeap actually that´s what i am gonna do, i will get it at Squadron along with other little things that i want, why would a hobby shop price their models so high? doesnt make sense to me, they are so so crazy! and as you said Swanny i am sure they are not gonna be in business for long, see how it works...

my best regards fellas!

Thanks! My Best Regards Hector Reymundo

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, April 3, 2004 4:56 PM

mandrake,

That particular model is on the list at greatmodels.com for $26.00.

Take a look.

Richard

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, April 3, 2004 6:30 PM

I agree, they're crazy ! Maybe the owner has come up short on his rent payment or somethin' ! We had (notice HAD) a hobby shop like that in my area. He was always 10-20% higher than any other shop around. You wonder what he was thinking. Anyway, he's gone, his inventory got bought up by the other shops and sold at much reduced prices ! Guess us modelers got the last laugh after all !!

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72cuda

Member since
July 2003
From: USA

Posted by 72cuda on Saturday, April 3, 2004 7:20 PM

hey mandrake;
try greatmodels.com , or squadron.com because the kits are going for about $30.00 US and they'll even send it to your door, also I've been getting Historic Aviation Catalogs and hey have them for $29.95 + S&H, so check them out if you really want the kit and it's Revell Germany too

84 of 795 1/72 Aircraft Competed for Lackland's Airman Heritage Museum

Was a Hawg Jet Fixer, now I'm a FRED Fixer

'Cuda

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, April 3, 2004 10:29 PM

RSaddlemire,

Where did you get that cool picture??

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oldhooker

Member since
July 2003
From: Piedmont Triad, NC (USA)

Posted by oldhooker on Saturday, April 3, 2004 11:30 PM

Hector,

Isn't the price marked on the kits, or do customers have to *request* the price? It sounds like he was trying to capitalize on your excitement, by the "Thinking" and the "long wait"! If it were me, I think I'd find some girl with an incredibly sexy voice, to call that hobby shop up sometime, and in her *best* voice, ask if he has a 1/48 Revell-Germany B-24D! You might end up getting it for around $15 then!!! Big Smile [:D]