Optimistic sellers

[Laava]

This looks like it's to good to be true
http://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/boat...-810452430.htm

Wonder if he'd swap for some magic beans I've been trying to off load

I imagine the guy doing the voice over for the magic bullet doing a voice over for this boat! 9 foot by 4 foot! Yes you heard that right! But wait........etc

[EJK]

This looks like it's to good to be true
http://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/boat...-810452430.htm

Wonder if he'd swap for some magic beans I've been trying to off load

Where are the horses?

[mossy1200]

I imagine the guy doing the voice over for the magic bullet doing a voice over for this boat! 9 foot by 4 foot! Yes you heard that right! But wait........etc

Where are the horses?

Both almost correct. For no extra cost if your in the next 10 callers you not only get the boat but you also get a 40hp bullet engine plus a matching inverter and 3 Large batteries. This is the eco friendly bullet boat delux.

And we will give you a second bullet for the kitchen or your mates commercial trawler.

How much for this you ask.

CUSTOM BUILT ALLOY 9FOOT BY 4 FOOT ! ASWUM
Start price: $2,000.00
No reserve No reserve

[EJK]

Both almost correct. For no extra cost if your in the next 10 callers you not only get the boat but you also get a 40hp bullet engine plus a matching inverter and 3 Large batteries. This is the eco friendly bullet boat delux.

And we will give you a second bullet for the kitchen or your mates commercial trawler.

How much for this you ask.

CUSTOM BUILT ALLOY 9FOOT BY 4 FOOT ! ASWUM
Start price: $2,000.00
No reserve No reserve

Question asked on trademe :-)

[Banditbandit]

This looks like it's to good to be true
http://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/boat...-810452430.htm

Wonder if he'd swap for some magic beans I've been trying to off load

These are fucking fun .. it's a kids racing boat ... 40 horses is quite a lot - the ones here are running around 15 horses ..

This is from the boat



This shows how they go against each other

[TheDemonLord]

http://www.trademe.co.nz/antiques-co...-810437371.htm

50k for what might be the metal half of an old sword.

If he could sell all his swanky shiz stuff he would be indeed rich.

So many things on that Ad ring massive alarm bells for me

[Crasherfromwayback]

The guy is in La La Land.

[Tazz]

These are fucking fun .. it's a kids racing boat ... 40 horses is quite a lot - the ones here are running around 15 horses ..

This is from the boat

[video=youtube;WteP8DLoq5k]https://www.youtube.com/h?v=WteDLoq5k[/deo]

This shows how they go against each other

[video=youtube;X-utnF75HBw]https://www.youtube.com/ch?v=X-utnHBw[/deo]

I've got one of those (well not really, quite different) tucked up against a wall. Didn't know it was worth 2k lol. They are flat bottomed sketchy as FUCK fun machines.

And I bet his literally comes with 40 actual horses, just all dead, but freshly dead and ex race horses so worth a bit extra as cloning stock yeah

[Banditbandit]

http://www.trademe.co.nz/antiques-co...-810437371.htm

50k for what might be the metal half of an old sword.

If he could sell all his swanky shiz stuff he would be indeed rich.

If it is genuine (and I have no reason to think it is not, but I'm no expert on these weapons) then it may well be worth this.

Modern replicas go for $500 ...

A similar period one (but in much better condition) is for sale at Bonhams and expected to fetch up to 60,000 POUNDS !!!

He might be a bit blunt and come across as arrogant, but if his sword is real it is worth $50,000.

[Crasherfromwayback]

Lol. Crank, rods and clutch basket. Ahhhhh...nope. It's the alternator rotor...and it ain't in *good condition*

http://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/moto...-809982216.htm

[yevjenko]

but if his sword is real it is worth $50,000.

That's the point. He has offered nothing to authenticate that it is real apart from his word (and that word appears to be 'VARIFIED').

He's now added a buy now for you bargain hunters... A cool 83k!

[F5 Dave]

Lol. Crank, rods and clutch basket. Ahhhhh...nope. It's the alternator rotor...and it ain't in *good condition*

http://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/moto...-809982216.htm

I think you could weigh that in for $7. This guy is a real find.

[Bender]

You have to give him some credit for going to the trouble of decorating everything with kikuyu grass. That takes artistry, that does.

[Crasherfromwayback]

I think you could weigh that in for $7. This guy is a real find.

Hours of entertainment.

[TheDemonLord]

If it is genuine (and I have no reason to think it is not, but I'm no expert on these weapons) then it may well be worth this.

Modern replicas go for $500 ...

A similar period one (but in much better condition) is for sale at Bonhams and expected to fetch up to 80,000 POUNDS !!!

He might be a bit blunt and come across as arrogant, but if his sword is real it is worth $50,000.

Compare it to this:

http://www.swordforum.com/forums/sho...-the-Holy-Land

The blade has a very unusual fuller for the era that he is claiming (the is the groove along the blade to lighten the blade while preserving strength), secondly for a blade that is supposedly around 800 years old (he Mentions Ṣalāḥ ad-Dīn) it is in remarkably good shape, compared to the one on the forum above.

Next he makes no mention of how the sword got into his possession (considering we are some 16,288 km from the Holy Lands and most countries now have heavy restrictions on taking any archeological find across borders)

Lastly - if it was a genuine auction, I wouldn't expect it to be on Trademe, people who collect this kind of thing and have the money to pay for antique swords are generally not those that browse trademe - generally they will be going to specialist auctions in person so they can independently verify the swords authenticity in person.

as an age for the sword, I would almost be willing to bet the buy now price that it isn't from the crusades, I reckon its probably only 100-400 years old at the most