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Hi @David,
(I didn’t intend to hijack your thread @Clifford, sorry).
I was (somewhat sarcastically) airing my frustration, having spent an inordinate amount of time trying to sell SIX Routers to buyers who mostly weren’t the least bit interested in using them for woodworking. They wanted the prestige of Tool-ownership, Display value, and Financial investment. So learning how to make one, and getting on with the job of routing wood, isn’t their desire.
Of course there are those who’ll want a tool complete (myself included) I understand that, but these ‘buyers’ were declining a mint vintage plane from 1970’s which has never been used because ‘It has some scratches on the knobs’. This explains to some degree these silly prices. It isn’t a Router they’re seeking, it’s the Box, the Label…
The Paul Sellers effect on Routers was fuelled to some degree by his fantastic display of vintage tools. We all drooled at those Preston Routers. He’s trying to address that by going back to basics, but the seed is sown. Try selling a Stanley-Chapman Plane for £1. You can’t.
One Router sells on eBay at £85, the next is listed at £95. There’s no option for finding one elsewhere (as OP @CWhite said) so it sells, at £95. The next starts at £105.
Mine were £55-£65 and I was STILL getting “What’s your best price mate?, I’ll give ya £35 for it”.
Do these look overpriced to you?