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I tried a 14.95 offer on one of the 104.95 catalogs and it was rejected immediately. Perhaps the seller just wants to gloat about what he has...

I used to love these Sweets catalog files, an architect friend used to save them for me when he could get them. The Sears appliance"pageant" was always interesting because the appliances were typically just a bit different in the contractor sales than the stores. And a bit uglier, too.
 
Rejected Offer

As one of my gay friends would shout out at a rejected suitor as we were leaving a club "you can die with your secret honey"! *LOL*

These catalogs are pretty and contain some useful information but that is far as it goes. The market for them is quite slim which explains why none of them have sold. Nearly or over one hundred dollars for these things is simply dumb. The entire lot might be worth a bit under that amount for a serious collector, but otherwise these things are destined to sit sitting becoming food for roaches and mice.
 
I'd love to have all those wonderful brochures, but as a gay friend of mine used to say,"Are you f*cking kidding me?!" Launderess and gansky1 nailed it: Someone just wants to gloat.[this post was last edited: 5/5/2013-22:13]
 
I too, have tried submitting offers for a couple of these. I'm loated to pay more than $20 for any of them; they were all rejected immediately. I wish the seller luck.
 
Neat Stuff.
I would love to see the Preway Catalog.
You would think at these prices Free Shipping would have been standard.
 
I actually have several of these catalogs which I got for free. I can't imagine that they would command such a high resale. But to each his own.
 
Why can't this guy just do the right thing. i.e. scan and upload everything to the internet for the benefit of all mankind instead of trying to make a fast buck...? (which may not be all that fast at those prices).
 
Catalogs

When I created my last thread this is what I was trying to describe "the seller on eBay that has all these catalogs". I wanted to share with everyone all the catalogs and their prices too lol. I don't think there is an option to upload a link to share like laundress did on an iPhone but idk how to share a link on here on computer. But anyway I want the 1983 ge catalog that the seller has and I sent him a long message trying to describe to him that I would love to have a couple of his catalogs but I can't afford them and could I have a pic of the washer dryer section on a couple, of course a lot of ppl couldn't afford to pay that price for these things and want as many as I do, being nice and the only thing he come back with was NO. I didn't know it at the time that I sent the message but some of the auctions do have an option to make offer and the 1983 ge catalog that I want has that option, well about 4 days ago I decided to make an offer and a message popped up and said "this seller is currently not accepting bids or offers from u at this time"- he blocked me bc of the nice and pleading message I sent him!!! He just wants to show off what he's got.
 
Cue Blood-Curdling Screams:

If that's your experience Doug, I am horrified. You sent a caring and careful e-mail, got a snobbish reply and were blocked from making offers. This seller is not here to sell catalogs, like everyone else has said, he is listing it to show off atop his high chair, where no-one can reach. 

 

These are not priced reasonably for what you get. Robert provides for us lovely detailed (and lengthy) catalogs/brochures for 1/100 of the price. Perhaps the seller should see here, and lets hope that Robert doesn't get any particular ideas from this eBay auction (Lol - Pun intended, No offence, though). 
 
Automatic Declined Offers

There are two ways sellers can use the eBay "Offer" system.

With the first all offers are submitted and the seller can decide to either decline or accept. On the second the decision is made automatically by eBay's system based upon the lowest "offer" seller has input he is willing to accept.

That this person would ban another eBay member from his auctions because they contacted him about perhaps his lowering prices is just plain mean. This man can die with his catalogs far as one is concerned. Anyone who acts like that is not a nice human being.

A quick peep through the catalog section on eBay shows these things go for about the mid to high twenties at best for BIN prices. Even then we're speaking about huge binders not small booklets of a few pages. Those on average are listed at around $3-$7.
 
Like someone else stated, I have more than a few of these myself. They were collected over the years as Sweets Catalogs were discarded. In other words, they were free. If they were worth the price this seller is asking I could freakin' retire!!!

But the truth is that they're not. And this guy won't sell any of them.

lawrence
 

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