curious2day

Here there Crownvic,

I'm somewhat new to the ebay scene and the recent purchases have been out of excitement more than anything else I guess. I'm an avid collector of Aero Minis and a commercial aviation geek. I used to get these models as B Day and X-Mas presents when I was a kid and have always treasured them. To make a long story short, I gave up looking for them at hobby shops etc. since they were almost as expensive and in much worse shape. When I discovered them on Ebay, some in their original boxes (along with the "new" line of aero minis), it was like the back of my head got blown clean off! I couldn't believe what I had discovered and think I have totally lost my mind.

Anyway, I know they are expensive on Ebay, especially the rare ones like the Piedmont 737 which I didn't have. I didn't go for the recent JAL DC-8 since even I thought that one got out of control.

However, I did purchase the Air Canada DC-8 yesterday since I don't have one and believe it to be quite rare. I figured that if I purchased it under the buy it now option, that it wouldn't go close to the $2,000 mark by the end of its 9 days of bidding, like what happened to the JAL one.

I've slowed down my Ebay usage considerably though and am only interested in a rare find every now and then. As you know, I have also branched off into the Inflight models (still waiting on two of them that I ordered off of their UK site about 2 months ago, a Delta 727-200 and TWA DC-9-30). I've received the Delta DC-9-15 and its gorgeous. Also have gotten three DC-8 Starjets (National/Eastern/Braniff). A new scale for me and much smaller but really good detail in my opinion. I only wish we could find a line that has that amount of detail with retractable landing gears.

I'd be glad to chat with you about what better value I can get for the aero minis. Thanks man! Whats your e-mail address? --

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Curious2day