Model 68 FW Table, ONLY $24K!
 

Good grief...lol

http://www.ebay.com/itm/132075978447?ul_noapp=true

lol!

I have the early version with the spring loaded drop down tray (much harder to find than the later version) and only paid $1,000 for it - and it came with a FW too!

You can bet though, if I thought it was worth $24,000 I sure would not haul it out to the porch to take pictures. At that price, one little scratch could knock a few grand off the price.

And they are offering the bonus of free local pickup!!

Not surprised. Seller has '0' feedback.

And when you read the description it says "wood does have cracks in it due to its age" and it has been "semi-restored" Lordy hard to imagine how someone could seriously be that clueless.

OMG, that's hysterical. And I thought the eBay add I saw for a 301 in a cabinet for $1,200.00 was the best yet!

LOL! They're only a little optimistic aren't they?

That is the most idiotic listing I have ever seen! Anyone agree???

I didn't see any gold plating anywhere. :)

To quote Ann Murray..."Dreamin'...I must be dreamin'"

I'm sure it's a typo. Otherwise they sure are proud of that cabinet!

Well the posting has finally been removed because "it's no longer available". Do you think it sold? Not likely. There is one on auction starting at $999.00 (buy it now for $1399) that has the lift like macybaby mentioned. Pretty cool and a much better deal plus it comes with a machine.

They sure seem to be proud of this cabinet. I didn't see any gold plating or diamonds on this baby! Surely had to be a typo, or else the seller thinks everyone hit the Power Ball jackpot and some crazy person would by it. I have to agree with wesing they must be dreaming or they are high on something. If anyone keeps up with ebay, let us know, perhaps it will come back up with a corrected price, lol. I just had check I out to see what kind of cabinet someone was selling for that price.

I sent an email to this seller asking if his listing price is correct because he might have added the zeroes incorrectly. He replied that it is listed correctly. I'm thinking he has another angle to this.

I think he had an antique appraiser or estate dealer tell him what they think it's worth and he decided he could make a down payment on a house with it. I've never seen an antique dealer have a realistic appraisal of anything sewing machine related. It did have a sorry looking FW included, and the cabinet was in pretty good shape but even so it won't be worth that asking price even a hundred years from now. It's worth maybe 2k. The other one that's listed is a steal for one with the lift and a machine with it. They could get at least another 1k for it.

Cari

my suspicion is that there was never any intention for a sale. sellers will do something like this as a signal, as a draw to their other listings, or to "test the waters". just this morning, there was a music book from the 80s listed as 3.99 by one seller, and 23,000 by another. you can bet the second one has no intention of getting that kind of cash...

Not this time. The seller was new to Ebay, had no previous sales and no other listings.

Cari

$24k - "Wanting and getting are two different things." Good luck at that price.

Or selling under a new name. . .

Some people have inflated values on items they have no real knowledge about. Even though most of "Pawn Stars" is scripted it amazes me on some of the demands people make. At first I thought it was "Grandma's" so they thought they had something of value in the family, but there is mention it came from a local estate sale so maybe the seller bought it at an inflated value and trying to make money on it anyway.

Looking at the add it appears this is a start up estate sales person. The disclaimer at the bottom talks about what they sell is from estate sales and the other items for sale clothes and shoes.

I have this little table. Anyone want to buy it? I will give a great deal...only $20, 000. Just send me a PM. lI am sure there are going to be many takers and I cannot wait. If there are a lot of you interested, I will just have to have a bidding war. :) It is a lovely table and I was so excited when I found it.

Lol, I thought about saying something like this too. It really was crazy and I just couldn't see the point of the listing being it was so far out of reality.
I was so excited when I found my FW cabinet I almost peed myself, hahaha. CL garage sale for $25.

Cari

That is crazy -- I did notice no one bid on it. I have seen some crazy prices on ebay for things that are still available for retail and the prices are way higher than Amazon. The other thing that is crazy is some of the shipping charges on ebay -- I was looking for a holiday dinner plate and shipping went from free to 19.99 and all the shippers were in the US.

It was mentioned in another thread today that sometimes ebay sellers do this while they are out of stock... so they don't have to take down a listing. They just put a high price in there to hold their place while they find another (whatever) to sell. They know no one will be buying.

Ebay sellers are not as dumb as you think they are. Craigslist seller... YES. Ebay sellers... no.