words fail me ...

[Joe Bailey]

item # 181071852441

I guess this is to be expected following last weeks' 500+ dollar backsaw and late-model MF mitre box auction.

[Harold Burrell]

Oh, man...I was hoping nobody else would see it! This will probably drive the price up. Thanks alot!

[Chris Griggs]

I initially assumed that he must be selling that to collectors and that there was something really collectable about it I wasn't aware of.. BUT he says right on it that its been restored (thats a collector no-no right?) and that it works great. Sounds like its being targeted towards user.... I'm going to put that on my watch list just to see if it ever actually sells. That's even nuttier than the 2k+ lot of MF planes that's been up for months.

[Scott M Perry]

I saw that $500 backsaw - what was up with that?

[Adam Petersen]

Free shipping. That's a nice afterthought....

[David Weaver]

Back when ebay was similar on listing fees and sellers fees, you didn't see any of this goofiness.

[Jim Foster]

Fellow must be trying to win a vacation

[David Keller NC]

If you guys are referring to the NOS Grove's saw as the "$500 backsaw", it didn't actually sell for that. E-bay has a funny quirk - it will list an item as "sold" (in this case, for $630), but won't actually let you know that it went for "best offer accepted" until you click on the specific item.

The explanation for the miter box is that it was set up and sharpened by azmica90405. I don't know who the person actually is (real name), but he has a tremendous reputation on the 'bay. Search for his "completed" listings for examples - the Disston Acme 120 typically brings about $150-$200 at MWTCA meets in unrestored bu undamaged condition.

[Paul Saffold]

But honey, I tried to sell it.

[Scott M Perry]

I was refering to a W. Cresson London Springs backsaw that recently went for $535 (330855921050). I'm guessing there's some historical significance to the saw, as it was in pretty ugly condition (at least to my newb eyes)...

[Gary Herrmann]

This is why I watch auctions on that site. They really make me wonder.

There is also a $499 yankee push drill on that site.

[Jessica Pierce-LaRose]

If you look at the sellers completed listings, it looks like he's already tried to sell this before with no bids. The 608 he's selling looks like it's been listed 4 or 5 times with the same price and no bids. (I'd balk at that price too considering what a Lie Nielsen goes for.) I wonder how many times this will go up. I mean, if you're in no hurry to sell and just keep listing until a sucker comes along, I guess it works.

[Jim Koepke]

He says it all in the listing:

Very difficult to part with this tool.

So now he won't have to.

One way to "try" to sell your cake and eat it too.

jtk

[Augusto Orosco]

If you guys are referring to the NOS Grove's saw as the "$500 backsaw", it didn't actually sell for that. E-bay has a funny quirk - it will list an item as "sold" (in this case, for $630), but won't actually let you know that it went for "best offer accepted" until you click on the specific item.

The explanation for the miter box is that it was set up and sharpened by azmica90405. I don't know who the person actually is (real name), but he has a tremendous reputation on the 'bay. Search for his "completed" listings for examples - the Disston Acme 120 typically brings about $150-$200 at MWTCA meets in unrestored bu undamaged condition.

I believe his name is Michael Merlo (he is also a registered Creek member, but I don't believe has posted anything as of late), and indeed he seems to have a great reputation, that extends beyond EBay. I have never dealt with him personally, so everything I know is just from trolling the web. Seems that California is a great place to find good saw restorers, though (yeah, I am thinking of our own creeker, Mike Allen)!

[David Weaver]

The explanation for the miter box is that it was set up and sharpened by azmica90405. I don't know who the person actually is (real name), but he has a tremendous reputation on the 'bay. Search for his "completed" listings for examples - the Disston Acme 120 typically brings about $150-$200 at MWTCA meets in unrestored bu undamaged condition.

Yeah, Michael Merlo almost has a subculture of buyers following him around. That's just the nature of ebay and looking at past sales and feedback, though. I wonder how many of his buyers are in the states...they might be coming from places where tools are more scarce.

I know when I sold George's stones for him, it was a lost cause trying to find a buyer in the states for them, but as soon as I opened up the auctions to international, most of the stuff sold shortly after listing.