mtaylor Posted September 29, 2018 Share #1 Posted September 29, 2018 For those looking for something different: https://jalopnik.com/today-in-model-cars-that-cost-more-than-a-year-of-colle-1829390270 lmagna, JeffT, davyboy and 3 others 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Cleek Posted September 29, 2018 Share #2 Posted September 29, 2018 I wonder when the last time that writer priced a year of college tuition! mtaylor, Altduck, RichardG and 3 others 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lmagna Posted September 29, 2018 Share #3 Posted September 29, 2018 1 hour ago, Bob Cleek said: I wonder when the last time that writer priced a year of college tuition! Amen More like a semester! mtaylor, Altduck, John Allen and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Rogers Posted September 29, 2018 Share #4 Posted September 29, 2018 What community college did he go too? Canute, mtaylor, CaptainSteve and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack12477 Posted September 29, 2018 Share #5 Posted September 29, 2018 Crap it costs that much, and significantly more, just to go to a NON-PUBLIC High School these days. mtaylor, lmagna, CaptainSteve and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davyboy Posted September 29, 2018 Share #6 Posted September 29, 2018 I await with bated breath for the first build log here on MSW. Thanks for the laugh Mark, Dave CaptainSteve, lmagna, Canute and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Rogers Posted September 29, 2018 Share #7 Posted September 29, 2018 1 hour ago, davyboy said: I await with bated breath for the first build log here on MSW. Thanks for the laugh Mark, Dave We could make it a group build. lmagna, Canute, Altduck and 3 others 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CDW Posted September 29, 2018 Share #8 Posted September 29, 2018 So they say more than 3,000 hours have been spent building one of these models? That's a whopping $5 an hour...but you have to calculate (deduct from wages) the cost of materials and company profit. The workers probably made less than $3 an hour. Doesn't exactly encourage me to make models for a living. Flipping burgers would be more profitable for the worker. mtaylor, Jack12477, Altduck and 3 others 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurtvd19 Posted September 29, 2018 Share #9 Posted September 29, 2018 One can make a small fortune build models for a living. The secret is to start with a large fortune. Kurt Jim Rogers, paulsutcliffe, Altduck and 12 others 15 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CDW Posted September 29, 2018 Share #10 Posted September 29, 2018 7 minutes ago, kurtvd19 said: One can make a small fortune build models for a living. The secret is to start with a large fortune. Kurt 😂🤣 Truer words have not been spoken. Very clever way of putting it. Canute, mtaylor, davyboy and 3 others 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BETAQDAVE Posted November 15, 2018 Share #11 Posted November 15, 2018 Just found an old Revell plastic model kit of the Kearsarge on E-Bay today that for a mere $1,000.00, you too can own. I'll bet he never paid $50.00 for it when he bought it! Quick, get out your calculator guys and see what kind of mark-up that comes out to. Canute and mtaylor 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkay11 Posted November 15, 2018 Share #12 Posted November 15, 2018 14 minutes ago, BETAQDAVE said: Just found an old Revell plastic model kit of the Kearsarge on E-Bay today that for a mere $1,000.00, you too can own. I'll bet he never paid $50.00 for it when he bought it! Quick, get out your calculator guys and see what kind of mark-up that comes out to. Some of the eBay items that are clearly ridiculous have been linked to money-laundering scams. They know no-one normal will buy the item, but there's a particular person who will buy it just to transfer the money. I have no idea how it works as a scheme, but there was a report about the practice some time back in the Guardian newspaper in the UK. Tony davyboy, BETAQDAVE, mtaylor and 3 others 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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