dodgy said:Hiya,
Not to derail this thread too much, but I saw an odd thing on ebay the other day. The item being sold was a fatboy replated in rhodium. Looked to be in nice shape, and it sold for just over $200.
Now what exactly is up with that?
Martin
missingskin said:dodgy said:Hiya,
Not to derail this thread too much, but I saw an odd thing on ebay the other day. The item being sold was a fatboy replated in rhodium. Looked to be in nice shape, and it sold for just over $200.
Now what exactly is up with that?
Martin
Easy one Martin, someone on your side of the pond has bought a load of Fatboys (cheap?) and has been selling them for a few months. Guess they send them to a certain re-plater to get them re-finished and re-plated. They all sell well and at 1st used to fetch well over $200.00....... :shock:
Good luck to the guy, at least he is honest and people know what they are getting.......
dodgy said:missingskin said:dodgy said:Hiya,
Not to derail this thread too much, but I saw an odd thing on ebay the other day. The item being sold was a fatboy replated in rhodium. Looked to be in nice shape, and it sold for just over $200.
Now what exactly is up with that?
Martin
Easy one Martin, someone on your side of the pond has bought a load of Fatboys (cheap?) and has been selling them for a few months. Guess they send them to a certain re-plater to get them re-finished and re-plated. They all sell well and at 1st used to fetch well over $200.00....... :shock:
Good luck to the guy, at least he is honest and people know what they are getting.......
Hi Steve,
Well, I guess if someone wants a $200 razor that's worth zero as a collectable, those would be the ones to get. Personally, I'd go about things a little differently if my goal was to have an excellent condition replated fatboy.
First of all, I'd find a real beater looking of a razor for very little cash. The place I had my razors replated charged $65 for a refurbish and the rhodium plating, with shipping included. So ideally I'd have less than $100 in the razor when completed.
I'm just sorta surprised that so people are bidding on the flash more than the substance. I mean jeeeez, it's not like a fatboy's an especially rare type. Heh, I obviously am missing something here.
Heh, I guess maybe an even more unusual razor like a replated President in nice shape might fetch even more cash. Oh, didn't I sell you one of those things recently Steve? I coulda really cashed in on that razor. Sigh........continued sellers remorse.
Nice typing at you as usual,
Martin
Oh, I wonder how those expensive replate jobs would sell on a shaving forum. You think the seller could get that kind of cash?
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