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dreid posted 09-21-2003 10:50 PM ET (US)
A beat but restorable RPS on ebay just attracted five or six bids in the final minute, finally selling for $300. Add about $50 shipping, another $50 for 15 inches of stainless tubing and a couple of new welds, ground and polished to repair an upright, add $10 for a bag of teak bungs to replace all the old ones that have swollen and popped out from what looks like years of sitting outside, and the buyer has about $410 into it before he refinishes the teak and replaces the seat bottom, which was beyond repair. Halls gets about $220 for that, so we'll call it $630, plus labor. Still beats the $1,200 cost of a new one from Whaler, if they'll still sell you one.
Thought some of you'd like to know, as all I got out of the auction is this little page of numbers.
waterwal posted 09-21-2003 10:52 PM ET (US)
Yeah, I bid $99. I wanted the wood only. When I went up to $120 and it wasn't enough, I was out. That price is nuts, but hey, if you want it badly enough....
brisboats posted 09-22-2003 06:20 PM ET (US)
You guys moan, but the seller is a poster here and he offered it here first and cheaper. Obviously it was worth the price to someone.
Brian
waterwal posted 09-22-2003 08:22 PM ET (US)
I didn't mean to belittle Steve.
As for his posting it here first, I had in fact emailed him a couple of weeks before he decided to list on ebay.

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Author	Topic: Old Teak RPS: So what is it worth?
dreid	posted 09-21-2003 10:50 PM ET (US) A beat but restorable RPS on ebay just attracted five or six bids in the final minute, finally selling for $300. Add about $50 shipping, another $50 for 15 inches of stainless tubing and a couple of new welds, ground and polished to repair an upright, add $10 for a bag of teak bungs to replace all the old ones that have swollen and popped out from what looks like years of sitting outside, and the buyer has about $410 into it before he refinishes the teak and replaces the seat bottom, which was beyond repair. Halls gets about $220 for that, so we'll call it $630, plus labor. Still beats the $1,200 cost of a new one from Whaler, if they'll still sell you one. Thought some of you'd like to know, as all I got out of the auction is this little page of numbers.
waterwal	posted 09-21-2003 10:52 PM ET (US) Yeah, I bid $99. I wanted the wood only. When I went up to $120 and it wasn't enough, I was out. That price is nuts, but hey, if you want it badly enough....
brisboats	posted 09-22-2003 06:20 PM ET (US) You guys moan, but the seller is a poster here and he offered it here first and cheaper. Obviously it was worth the price to someone. Brian
waterwal	posted 09-22-2003 08:22 PM ET (US) I didn't mean to belittle Steve. As for his posting it here first, I had in fact emailed him a couple of weeks before he decided to list on ebay.