[TheForge] Vise Prices

[xlch58 at swbell.net]

schade at acegroup.cc wrote:

> I am a sucker at an auction for a $20 post/leg vise
> of any size and almost any condition. That's why I have a dozen
> in various states of repair in my shop and shed. 

I am the same.  Graduated from anvil hoarding to post vise hoarding

> I keep thinking
> that eventually they will all be worth $100+.
>
They are all worth $100 plus right now to someone out there, just got to 
find them.  Seems they all seem to go in that range at a minimum on 
Ebay, though, so if you really want the money for them....

> Most buyers are hobbyists and want to steal everything.

Have you paid new list price for every tool you ever wanted?    Damn it 
must be nice.  I have to balance the funds I have available vs my 
wants/needs and hope for the occasional great buy.    If I was in the 
business, I could work out a cost benefit analysis.  Being a hobbiest, I 
just have to determine what I am willing to piss down the drain for my 
own amusement.   Most often that means biding my time until I find a 
seller that has no idea what it is  worth, or more often finding a 
seller that is tired of loading  a heavy chunk of iron on the trailer, 
unloading it at home, dragging it into a storage room, then dragging it 
back out again loading it back on the trailer and trying to sell it on 
another the day with the prospect of repeating the process all over 
again ......and again.   Often, that is exactly my conversation on the 
last day of any swap meet. It is amazing how often the seller finds 
middle ground with me.   As a hobbiest, you can't "steal" it if the 
buyer isn't willing.