Thread: Winds of change?

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Originally Posted by Don Dalton

Fellas,come to Austin.The morning paper read, Austin Work Force in trouble.Not enough people to fill the job requirements.

Heck I may have to go back to work just to help out(joke).

Real Estate is full speed ahead.
Excellent streetrod environment.Etc

Hard to believe but true. Check with KITZ he'll back it up.

I am roughly an hour north of you Don, and it's the same here. Things are fine, no signs of slowing down around here either.

Well, this started out as a question and I still don't see a clear picture. Anecdotal comments about the economy are pretty typical, most likely shaded by political views or local conditions.

In the month since the original post my personal view is reinforced by some reasonably positive outcomes. I ran some ebay auctions for a variety of parts and in general got bidding at or above what I expected. Out of 30 items run, 21 sold. Those that didn't were a couple of items that are very common so even with relative giveaway opening bid levels didn't surprise me to get no action. The others were volume groupings of Automobile Quarterly books that only move if you hit the right shopper window. So all in all, that went well.

Managed to sell (craigslist local ads) a couple flatheads and transmissions for decent money without having to deal with a bunch of low ball jerks. And the only thing that has languished is a '40 Ford project loaded with NOS and new aftermarket parts. Projects often seem to move slowly unless they're an absolute giveaway, so not much surprise there. The right guy has to sync up with the project to make that work. I'll give it another shot after I get back in December, though may wait til February after the holiday busyness gets out of the way. A friend suggested I'd get better action if I RAISED the price because it would attract the higher quality interest crowd who are suspicious if something is priced too low. Interesting thought, and he's got a history of scoring well, so is worth listening to.

The real kicker though was an ebay auction I was watching this week. http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...167785392&rd=1 This was by a seller getting rid of a used pair of "replica" bomber seats. The interesting thing is, if you go to the site of the guy who makes them; http://www.centerstaterodzandrides.c...inumseats.html (last item on the page) the winning bidder paid just over double (shipping included) what he could have bought them new! AND he backed up his winning bid so was will ing to pay EVEN MORE!!

So, maybe there isn't so much doom and gloom out there.