Re: Flea Markets vs eBay

Posted by Hobbs On 2011/5/11 22:12:00

I will have to say that lately I have given up on ebay. I have been burned too many times with poor packaging and cheap sellers. However, eBay never ceases to amaze me, I have managed to find at least a couple of very difficult parts, but doing so has requires daily searching.

I had a headlight shipped in a box that "was wrapped tightly with bubble wrap and will get there great" The box was a box that had been used 10 times and had a piece of bubble wrap in it.

Flea markets have pretty much burned me out as well. I searched Iola last year and saw three Packard parts. I could have bought a bunch of McDonalds toys or engines from the 80s, or built a Model A from scratch; however, the Packard parts, especially the Pre-war, are definitely drying up.

Local flea markets are, at least around here, a joke for Packard parts. When I mention Packard, a very common response is to show me GM parts.

There are the few people out there that have a few treasure troves of parts that you just have to know to be able to source parts, or hope that the major vendors will find them.