For Sale Suggestions

[Michael Laggis]

Ed,

I for one don't mind buying used planes.  I do look for newer designs, but
my first pattern plane which I bought a couple years ago was a Goldberg
Finesse 120.  It was ready to fly minus engine, receiver and battery.  I
paid $450.  It was a great flying plane.  It was bought from a local club
member, no shipping issues.  My second plane was a focus version 1.  Paid
$400 for it with no equipment installed.  It only had a dozen flights.  It
was also a local seller so there were no shipping issues.

Problems seems to be is that getting a plane from the seller to my door is
pretty much next to impossible unless they are within driving radius.  That
cuts the market available to purchase down to a very small percentage of
people available to buy.  If people were willing to ship planes and could
get a ball park figure for shipping it might make it more enticing

I myself need a plane for next season.  Problem is that with a very busy
schedule between work, 2 kids, and my wife's business it makes it very
difficult to build. I saw a couple planes I would like to have.  The PL
Luzulite that Bill posted last week is a great deal and the Focus is a great
flying plane, especially at my level of flying.  Where I live if the
individual was willing to ship the plane it would end up costing me another
$300 or $400.  

I hope this helps getting perspective from a used plane flyer and buyer.  

 

Michael Laggis

NSRCA 3618

 

 

 

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From: discussion-request at nsrca.org [mailto:discussion-request at nsrca.org] On
Behalf Of Ed Deaver
Sent: Sunday, October 02, 2005 4:00 PM
To: NSRCA Disscussion
Subject: For Sale Suggestions

 

Hey everyone, am looking for opinions and suggestions.

 

Have been unable to sell a very decent pattern plane, my Piorun Oly.  Have
been asking $650 RTF minus engine and rcvr.

 

My question is why it isn't selling and should I dismantle it to sell the
parts seperately.

 

Could be my paint scheme doesn't suit some, could be it is an older "pencil"
design, could be it has retracts, could be it is the end of the season and
demand is very low.  Any thoughts??

 

If I desmantle to sell parts seperately, may end up giving the plane
away(which we all know $650 is already giving it away) but for a new guy to
refit it will be quite expensive, actually more than the total now so would
it actually be doing anyone a favor??

 

Or should I just hold on to it till next spring and try again, hoping the
demand is a little higher.  Sadly the interest in my local is very very low,
except for the 3 pattern guys.

 

Thanx in advance and am really interested in anyone's thoughts.

 

ed

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