Isn't that crazy!?!

l_dauguet · Post by **l_dauguet** » Sat Mar 15, 2003 4:59 pm

just check http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... egory=2537
Well, it's trus that in some parts of the world, paint cost a lot

Grumbledook · Post by **Grumbledook** » Sat Mar 15, 2003 5:13 pm

seen painted teams go for a lot more than that

some people don't like or can't paint to a standard that matches, so they will pay for someone else to do it

wesleytj · Post by **wesleytj** » Sat Mar 15, 2003 5:28 pm

i remember a guy sold a wood elf team on ebay, he split it into 2 main parts + a jordell freshbreeze. the jordell model went for $70 and the 2 parts went for about $220 each

it was also the best painted bb team i'd ever seen.

l_dauguet · Post by **l_dauguet** » Sat Mar 15, 2003 5:42 pm

wesleytj wrote:

it was also the best painted bb team i'd ever seen.

That's why i'm amazed at the price of that team! There's nothing special to the painting

traveller · Post by **traveller** » Sat Mar 15, 2003 5:43 pm

i just remember this nice young lady, which sold 3 fantastic pro painted minis for together about 1000$US in 3 different auctions...

Traveller

Snew · Post by **Snew** » Sat Mar 15, 2003 6:00 pm

That's a full 16 piece team nicely painted. The models alone are going to push $50 by themselves, depending on where you buy them. If you're going through GWMO they will at least. That means the paint only cost $20. I think the seller got ripped off. Oh well, that's what a painted team costs, I guess.

Tim · Post by **Tim** » Sat Mar 15, 2003 6:57 pm

GWUS prices: Team Box $40, Headsplitter $15, 4 additional minis $4 each means $71 for the minis alone!

The paint job is not that bad, so i think they should reach $100 easily, a fair price would be $120.

I think it's impossible to make money from painting on EBay if your not one of the best and have won one golden demon at least or you paint at incredible speed. If you calculate just $5/h for painting, my teams paint job would cost around $400.

Post by **Dave** » Sat Mar 15, 2003 7:19 pm

I guess this one will rise the last few hours.

I don't think $120 is a fair price. Think about the time spent on the painting.

I wouldn't sell a team with a $50 painting bonus.

Imagine you spent 20 hours painting. Witch, IMHO is not very much. $50 will amount to just $2.50 per hour....

wesleytj · Post by **wesleytj** » Sat Mar 15, 2003 7:24 pm

well i think you may be using different definitions of "fair"...such a tough concept to nail down anyway.

a decent market price might be about $120ish. that's what the guy could expect to hope to get give or take. so in a sense that's fair.

if you figure the cost of the figs plus an hourly "paint wage" that would be another price, which could be constituted as "fair". of course coming up with a "fair" price for someone's time painting is very much a subjective element and hard to nail down in and of itself.

for me fair is whatever ebay says it is. if the guy was willing to sell it for that, and the buyer was willing to pay that for it, then it's fair for them.

ain't capitalism wunnerful?

Post by **Dave** » Sat Mar 15, 2003 7:41 pm

I have allways felt more for Marxism

wesleytj · Post by **wesleytj** » Sat Mar 15, 2003 7:43 pm

well we'd both better change the subject since we're getting political.

mikeyc222 · Post by **mikeyc222** » Sat Mar 15, 2003 10:49 pm

i'll let you guys in on a little secret. the minis only cost him a little over $20. how do i know this? cause i play a game of bb @ his apt 4 days ago. =)
he paints REALLY fast, and he doesn't work right now. this team probably only took him a few days to paint, if that long.

Snew · Post by **Snew** » Sun Mar 16, 2003 1:42 am

Does he want some work? Have him e-mail me if he's interested.

mikeyc222 · Post by **mikeyc222** » Sun Mar 16, 2003 4:03 am

snotsngrots wrote:Does he want some work? Have him e-mail me if he's interested.

i asked him if he could do some painting for me a couple of days ago and he said he had too much on his plate right now. maybe you could talk him into it later though. he is Red Orc on the TBB forums.

Post by **Dave** » Sun Mar 16, 2003 7:21 am

No painter snotz??

Or just too many mini's to finish