Gavin, I think everyone is entitled to voice an opinion here (I hope), but you did quote two people that do their part in historic aero preservation to put across your argument.
No need to keep your mouth shut, just think about your posts and who you might be quoting from.
In some ways I do agree with you about the Ebay thing, it is a double edged sword. For most of us it has never been better for finding items that we want for resto projects and collections, which was extremely difficult before, but the flip side is that some of the prices being asked are absolutely stupid as a result of the popularity of Ebay.
At the end of the day though the seller can ask for what they want, its up to the buyer if they want to pay the price.
I totally agree with Pagen01, ebay has brought the shop window of the aerojumble to your living room, where else can you buy items such as a Lancaster instrument panel or a ME262 grip (items listed in the past) from the comfort of your sofa. Okay the prices have gone high but thats the current market, we will have to face that.No one ever complains when the value of their houses go up. Without ebay most of us wouldn’t have access to all this stuff in the first place let alone know that it was ever for sale. Times and technology move on, the areojumbles are few and far between now and it’s never ever going to get any better. My opionion is that ebay is good, Like Pagen01 says everyone is entitled to their opinion and reasons and I totally accept that people will not agree with me. God bless you all and days gone by.
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