Is the price of parts putting you off?

[reindeer]

25 years ago fellow students had cars like Mercedes /8 and the cool guys were driving old S-class from the sixties. You could even spot 190 SL or 170 V in the traffic every day. Nobody thought much about their value. Today they are kept in the garage, because they must be worth something It seems like money has become more important than fun or having a good time. There are columns in the newspaper about old watches and what they are worth or not. I don’t care!

 

[PanoIgano]

Money quote:

It seems like money has become more important than fun or having a good time.

 

[misterfixit]

Thanks for this thread.. It's good to read.
Yes, scalpers are a pain, and chancers are thick on the ground. The one that has gotten up my nose of late is finding a part on Buy it Now for the right price, buying it, then later in the day finding I've been refunded as the seller is a scalper and can scalp higher.

I call it out when I see it wrong. Some listings are people who have no idea and I'll mail them to correct a listing if it's a lesser part than they think it is.

It was this silliness that motivated the old marin build I posted a while back. I was depressed at the craziness of it all and challenged myself to build something nice for peanuts. It wasn't a rush and probably took a year and half to complete, even using not very pretty junk. I also tweaked in some choice part substitutes to ádd functionality. I hate that 5 bolt rings usually are a pain.. painted steel lasts and lasts and lasts, so careful swapping solves that issue.

Old tyres is the one that gets me. I love skinwalls, and have bought a couple of sets at 'need tyres' prices, but old tyres split, especially when you ride them, its usually out on a good ride too. It grinds my gears when you see cracked 30 year old 26"psychos for 40quid each or some such nonsense...