[TR] Price of B. Piggott's Original TR2,3?

[Greg Lemon]

I can't remember if this particular book was on e-bay or not, I think this 
topic started what, in April? Anyway, e-bays switch to policies that 
basically make it free to list but you pay them (and paypal) a bunch when 
things actually sell, and the general big return on investment (so to speak) 
that you can get for exposure vs. advertising price has encouraged this type 
of thing.

While I agree that everybody has a right to ask as much as they want for 
things, I sort of get tired of wading through all the same old ads by the 
same old vendors that list them over and over again,  like the guys in 
Florida who seem to think every old grungy British car part they come across 
is rare and valuable and list at about 3-5x  market.    But since it costs 
little or nothing to advertise and hope springs eternal, things with crazy 
prices seem to be popping up more and more often, there is a 70s Spitfire on 
Ebay for $14000 asking price, the description notes a problem with the shift 
linkage, nothing against Spits, but if I were paying that kind of money for 
one I would expect it to be low miles, everything in perfect running order, 
formerly owned by Elvis, and hell even then it is still a 70s Spitfire.

Old man insomniac rant off.

Regards,

Greg Lemon

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From: "Randall" <TR3driver at ca.rr.com>
Sent: Monday, June 23, 2014 8:40 AM
To: <triumphs at autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: [TR] Price of B. Piggott's Original TR2,3?

>> But $625 for Piggott's book probably isn't enough to justify
>> anything illegal,
>> it's more likely someone just trying to test the market.
>
> Agree.  I believe it was PT Barnum that said there is one born every 
> minute.  And there seem to be several book sellers that
> speculate in this type of book, waiting for someone to come along that 
> just has to have one, no matter the price.
>
> Someone asked for a link:
> http://tinyurl.com/kdedfy6
>
> Randall
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