04-01-2010, 12:09 PM
The folks who come up to me at a show with their 30 year old TYCO set asking me to price it for them, then treating me like I'm a liar who's trying to rip them off.
The use of the words "rare", "vintage", "antique" blah, blah blah in an Ebay listing, for the most part greatly overused terms, sellers at best are naive, at worst deceptive when using them.
The phrase, "Oh, how cute..."
The question, "I'm just starting out in the hobby, _______________?" It took me 35 years to get this far in the hobby son, relax, put your wallet back in your pocket and read a few more magazines---about 2 dozen would be a good start.
People dissing TYCO, Life-Like and Botchmann...they were in the hobby long before you came along, and laid some serious coin, R and D and time down to pave the way for the hobby as you know it.
The use of the words "rare", "vintage", "antique" blah, blah blah in an Ebay listing, for the most part greatly overused terms, sellers at best are naive, at worst deceptive when using them.
The phrase, "Oh, how cute..."
The question, "I'm just starting out in the hobby, _______________?" It took me 35 years to get this far in the hobby son, relax, put your wallet back in your pocket and read a few more magazines---about 2 dozen would be a good start.
People dissing TYCO, Life-Like and Botchmann...they were in the hobby long before you came along, and laid some serious coin, R and D and time down to pave the way for the hobby as you know it.
...prophesy not unto us right things, speak unto us smooth things, prophesy deceits...
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