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alpink

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huh?

:pI didn't read it that way myself, but, I guess it could be construed that way.
he certainly doesn't say WHAT brand of wheels they are, but I don't see anywhere that he claims he manufactured them.
I buy lots of wheels from Vincents and when I have paid for them and they are in my possession, they are MINE.
tomayto/tomahto
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Car Salesman

Just another "Blingus McScrewdriver" winding bodies onto whatever chassis he can get his hands on, and then mashing on a complimentary set of Vincents...complete with the BOGUS stock Vincent tire. Big add, purdy pix, and blah blah blah.

He professes not to be a tuner, so he's a creator of pre-assembled slot car cores or kits? You pay a premium and still have to supply yer own voodoo to get them sorted out. Note that he doesnt realize or care that the chassis dont line up with his Cobra combinations. All the feel of Magilla Gorilla and the soul of Count Chocula.

Maybe there's a market for this service? :freak:....Really? :confused:

Kinda makes me weep for our hobby :cry:
 
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Here is the reply I got when I questioned his tactics.


sorry sonny, It is people like you who hurt this hobby that doesn't understand a business requires a profit to exist. I suppose my time building, tuning and shipping the car is worthless too? Do not contact me again or I will report youto ebay. kirb
 
Harold Sage

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Okay time to be Devil's advocate again.
What is this guy doing that is so wrong?
To me, He is filling a niche in the hobby for those that are either to lazy to do it themselves or they Just would rather pay somebody else to do it. He does not say that he fabricates any parts, he just says he "HAS" them. Granted most of us on Hobbytalk won't be buying from him because we already know how to work on the cars and get the parts cheaper. "BUT" he's playing to everybody else that might dabble in slot cars and not be as UP to date on the Info on where to get bodies/chassis's/Tires and Rims.
 
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Best 2 outta 3 ?

Gerome said:
I suppose my time building, tuning and shipping the car is worthless too?
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Apparently so, if we're to read his own listing... "Chassis will require some tuning and oil, I am not a chassis tuner 'yet', but this is an excellent Brand NEW platform to start with."

Seems to me it's not "wrong"... it just ain't quite right. This in a nutshell is actually what hurts this hobby.
 
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Harold Sage said:
Okay time to be Devil's advocate again.
What is this guy doing that is so wrong?
To me, He is filling a niche in the hobby for those that are either to lazy to do it themselves or they Just would rather pay somebody else to do it. He does not say that he fabricates any parts, he just says he "HAS" them. Granted most of us on Hobbytalk won't be buying from him because we already know how to work on the cars and get the parts cheaper. "BUT" he's playing to everybody else that might dabble in slot cars and not be as UP to date on the Info on where to get bodies/chassis's/Tires and Rims.
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Thank You.
What difference is this to people paying 10 times as much for coffee at Starbucks than they can make it at home?
Convenience costs money.
JMHO, don't know the seller, don't care, your mileage may vary,
Keith
 
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Dang it Harold! I wanted to be in league with the devil!

Be he a tuna, or be he not a tuna?

Nuther Dave read my mind. It's that he's operating up close to the treeline, where light and shadow confuse lil bunnies and tweety birds; and we cant get a clean shot at him.

What IS known is that using Vincent tires is the slot car equivalent of the Way Back machine, a land where the tractive efforts of sink washers was considered state of the art. (so clearly, if yer paying anything above zero for his services, you've already over paid...snicker)

That auction reads like a game of three card Monty.
 
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This is the same guy with all the Batman "villian" or "goon" cars he has listed as NEW. I have reported him to fleabay and nothing happened to his false listings.


keep this in mind, I got warned by fleabay to change a listing or face suspension for listing a johnny lighting/autoworld car as ....... like afx.


Mr Kirby also did a buy it now on a white thunder cop car of mine for $55.00. I saw he had the 3 cop car set for buy it now $205.00. Didn't pay till I reported him to fleabay.

He's a idiot....period.
 
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Kirby sets the record straight:


silly boy,I tune because I can and I do it for FREE.You never claim to be something you're not.A good seller ALWAYS gives more than they advertise. That is why I don't claim to bea tuner. (yet)

You, on the other hand, are exactly what youadvertise.You have been reported to EBAY for yourharrassing emails to me.

DO NOT RESPOND TO THIS EMAIL OR CONTACTME AGAIN. Or I will pursue this to thefurthest extent that Ebay will allow me to.

Oh, and as far as Hobby Talk Forum is concerned?If the rest of our hobby and those on the websiteare as eloquent, tactful and intelligent as you?

I fear for our hobby.kirb
 
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IMHO the correct quote would be:

You can tune a guitar but you can't tuna fish - REO Speedwagon

And so it goes full circle as we are back with cars oops trucks.

BTW is there a great REO conspiracy on? There slot models of Macks and Merc etc but none of REO. See there's something really fishy.

Mario
 
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