aldel
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There are currently two 'Rats for sale on Ebay!!
- and two more just completed in the last 2 days - is there some Pied Piper somewhere flushing them out ? :lol:aldel":32nt6g5j said:There are currently two 'Rats for sale on Ebay!!
Auction fever, or market value for something that is even more bloody expensive new and scarce secondhand?One on ebay went for £396 second hand with no cutters
If you're pricing it on the basis of the raw materials, then yes, it is. But then so is practically everything else, including the Incra...Tony":1e0yagnc said:Roger, I agree with your point but, as an engineer, I feel that the Rat is very much overpriced for what it actually is (ali extrusinon and a phenolic plate + a few knobs). Clearly others feel differently to this.
Not really pricing it on the materials Alf, more the technology and manufacturing involved. I mean, they use a piece of wire to adjust in the x direction. Low tech but high price :wink: :lol:Alf":8k6i18d2 said:If you're pricing it on the basis of the raw materials, then yes, it is. But then so is practically everything else, including the Incra...Tony":8k6i18d2 said:Roger, I agree with your point but, as an engineer, I feel that the Rat is very much overpriced for what it actually is (ali extrusinon and a phenolic plate + a few knobs). Clearly others feel differently to this.
Cheers, Alf
Agreed and I'm not prepared to pay more than £300 for a rat (wood or other) :lol:dedee":2a5hyzlz said:surely an item, any item, is worth what someone is prepared to pay for it.
Andy