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Originally Posted by 2.7RS
New scams every day
New scammers with new accounts everyday.
Dishonest sellers miss representing items(big surprised at arrival)
Paypal fees.
Professional re sellers and no hobbyist
Shipping costs (making it prohibited)
Lots of junk that belongs in a dumpster
One of a kind items shooting for the stars
It's just not was it used to be.
I prefer to go to a swap meet and deal personally, Maybe I'm old
What do you guys think?
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I've noticed a lot of that, very frustrating when you have a few projects to finish. Shipping and PayPal fees are really painful. But, the dumpster comment, well, back in the 80s, I was at a Swapmeet in Greenville, SC, back in the 80s, and I had some rusty long hood fenders that I was about to toss in the dumpster. A older gentleman came up to me and explained that I would regret doing that, since the turn signal area could be grafted into a SC fender, and other parts as they became harder to find, the ratty ones would be desirable. Dang if he wasn't correct. Even with vintage BMX parts, a lot of people prefer to restore a ratted out part then buy a repop part. Some of these guys are so nuts that they will pay a premium price for a dated brake cable housing instead of an identical new one.