@Craftech posted:This is simply the same supply chain issue facing a myriad of products this Christmas season. They started talking about it at the end of the summer and here it is. It goes right on down the line from new items to used items. Look at how sky high used cars are priced due to the shortage of new ones.
John
John,
It is, but it isn't. On brand new goods maybe. But prices on thousands of O Gauge items on the bay have doubled, and even tripled, over the last 18 months. This isn't because of a shortage. These folks have huge inventory that isn't turning over because it's priced too high.
With too many sellers the items we see today are the same exact items they were selling 18 months ago. You can see this quite easily if you picclick to browse the bay because the amount of time that items have been on the market is clearly noted in their piclick listings.
In too many cases you'll notice things that didn't sell when they were first listed, because the prices were too high, so the lister held on to them for the future. Unfortunately they won't sell now either, months or years later, especially not at two or three times the price. There's no shortage here.
Mike
