The Daily Rant Thread

[Serea71]

*sigh* well so much for the tool stand I bought. Even with all the different holes, they're either too big or too small for my screwdrivers

 

[Suburban_Hooligan]

belt on my belt sander broke and I'm outta belts and don't feel like going and buying more right now so i can't finish the ESC/receiver tray I'm fabbing up. at least with the quality id like it to have. so that's on hold until Tuesday when i take my ruff cut mount to work and use the belt sander there.

and my garage is 95 degrees. luckily the dew point is down a bit and the humidity is low, so while sweating like a waterfall its tolerable.

 

[Suburban_Hooligan]

like seriously. $550?
there's like one buyer in the world for this and it's me. like WTF.

 

[Littlemotor]

like seriously. $550?
there's like one buyer in the world for this and it's me. like WTF.

Yeah-nah… HARD pass…

 

[TeknoJ]

When they say *RARE* I say, no, it probably isn't then.

 

[Littlemotor]

When they say *RARE* I say, no, it probably isn't then.

Clearly not a Snap-On Traxxas…

 

[CertifiedMike]

When they say *RARE* I say, no, it probably isn't then.

"VINTAGE!!! VERY HARD TO FIND-PARTS LOT- Unknown RC parts- Associated Kyosho Yokomo..."

OMG!!!
Hard to find, even harder to buy!
Parts lot sellers make me fear ebay.

 

[Suburban_Hooligan]

When they say *RARE* I say, no, it probably isn't then.

it's not rare at all, that's the kicker. it was about as popular as the Super Nitro was. but for whatever reason the mini is just harder to come by today. and it uses a lot of the parts from the standard 1/10 RS4 2. the entire RS4 series of cars was so popular that parts are still relatively easy to find and usually reasonably priced. that seller is just looking for a sucker.
the electric version isn't any better. actually been semi seriously looking for one of those the last several months. it's like if there aren't at least 10 listed it's rare and therefor must be valuable. so the seller thinks they're sitting on a gold mine.

idk i think my fantasy of having an AWD mini 1/10 that still uses a standard size stick pack just needs to leave the chat.

 

[TeknoJ]

it's not rare at all, that's the kicker. it was about as popular as the Super Nitro was. but for whatever reason the mini is just harder to come by today. and it uses a lot of the parts from the standard 1/10 RS4 2. the entire RS4 series of cars was so popular that parts are still relatively easy to find and usually reasonably priced. that seller is just looking for a sucker.
the electric version isn't any better. actually been semi seriously looking for one of those the last several months. it's like if there aren't at least 10 listed it's rare and therefor must be valuable. so the seller thinks they're sitting on a gold mine.

idk i think my fantasy of having an AWD mini 1/10 that still uses a standard size stick pack just needs to leave the chat.

Those sellers find a sucker every day.

 

[Littlemotor]

Those sellers find a sucker every day.

 

[Suburban_Hooligan]

Those sellers find a sucker every day.

that guy hasn't found one yet. i remember seeing that listing almost a month ago.
and i don't remember if it was the same seller but there was another one in NOS condition back in like April that i don't think sold.
how F'ed up are your prices when not even suckers are buying?

 

[TeknoJ]

that guy hasn't found one yet. i remember seeing that listing almost a month ago.
and i don't remember if it was the same seller but there was another one in NOS condition back in like April that i don't think sold.
how F'ed up are your prices when not even suckers are buying?

He just needs a snap-on sticker added to it.

 

[Littlemotor]

He just needs a snap-on sticker added to it.

Beat me to it.

 

[Suburban_Hooligan]

He just needs a snap-on sticker added to it.

that would cause the price to up another $150.
he'd no doubt find a sucker though...

 

[Littlemotor]

He just needs a snap-on sticker added to it.

Plus he could sell 150 of em to the same guy to be put on display.

 

[TeknoJ]

 

[Littlemotor]

that would cause the price to up another $150.
he'd no doubt find a sucker though...

$1000, dummy. ‍♂

 

[9x19]

Plus he could sell 150 of em to the same guy to be put on display.

We're talking about 1/8 buggy/truggy wheels & tires, again?

 

[Littlemotor]

We're talking about 1/8 buggy/truggy wheels & tires, again?

My stuff gets used. I don’t order the same exact tire/compound every two days repeatedly, nor do I think they’re “rare”, or pay ten times more than they’re worth for them.

 

[9x19]

My stuff gets used. I don’t order the same exact tire/compound every two days repeatedly, nor do not think they’re “rare”, or pay ten times more than they’re worth for them.

I guess I just don't understand why you have such a burr under your saddle for the way someone else enjoys the RC hobby.