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Title: Oscar Push Pull Spinner just went for $338 on ebay
Post by: mark6437 on February 11, 2006, 05:18:31 pm
My lord...................Guess my hopes of having one of these one day are now gone for good.

Link (http://cgi.ebay.com/Oscar-Push-Pull-spinner-Discs-of-Tron_W0QQitemZ6251255534QQcategoryZ13718QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem)
Mark
Title: Re: Oscar Push Pull Spinner just went for $338 on ebay
Post by: miles2912 on February 11, 2006, 05:30:41 pm
... as Oscar quietly loads up the CNC machine for another very limited run.  :)

Don
Title: Re: Oscar Push Pull Spinner just went for $338 on ebay
Post by: mahuti on February 11, 2006, 05:48:35 pm
Dang thats crazy. Hm... I'm not in love with mine THAT much.

$400 bucks and its yours :D
Title: Re: Oscar Push Pull Spinner just went for $338 on ebay
Post by: mark6437 on February 11, 2006, 07:26:46 pm
That's just it..........I will never have one now because he is only gunna sell them on Ebay where they will go for way too much money. i mean its great for Oscar but sux for the little guy.

Mark



Dang thats crazy. Hm... I'm not in love with mine THAT much.

$400 bucks and its yours :D
Title: Re: Oscar Push Pull Spinner just went for $338 on ebay
Post by: Necro on February 11, 2006, 07:39:31 pm
HOW the HELL did that happen?  Doesn't he sell them with a buyout?

Sheeshus. 

I thought 100$ for my spinner was high (or 80 or what not...)
Title: Re: Oscar Push Pull Spinner just went for $338 on ebay
Post by: JODY on February 11, 2006, 07:42:33 pm
I couldn't believe it went that high...   He didn't have a buy now option on it...guess because he said he only found a couple that he didn't know he had.
Title: Re: Oscar Push Pull Spinner just went for $338 on ebay
Post by: JODY on February 11, 2006, 07:46:01 pm
With that kind of price plus what a Star Wars yoke goes for and new SNK rotaries, etc. maybe I should sell my collection and retire...:).
Title: Re: Oscar Push Pull Spinner just went for $338 on ebay
Post by: mark6437 on February 11, 2006, 09:18:25 pm
Its obvious he is not going to put a buy it now option on the push pull spinners. He only has a few left so he knows they will go for alot of benjamins. BUT, yes I am thinking of myself here, it does not allow other people to purchase them. 400 for a spinner is nuts. My wife would divorce me. Figures discs of tron was one of my favorite games and now I will never be able to play it like in the arcade. Oscar if you are reading please sell me one for what you were selling them for :) PLEASE. pm me.

Mark
Title: Re: Oscar Push Pull Spinner just went for $338 on ebay
Post by: markrvp on February 11, 2006, 11:16:19 pm
He only has one more.  My guess is that there will never be any more.  I bought one in B/S/T for $135 last year including the mousehack and knob.  That is looking like a really good deal now.
Title: Re: Oscar Push Pull Spinner just went for $338 on ebay
Post by: allroy1975 on February 12, 2006, 01:57:10 am
.....makes the baby jesus cry...

Title: Re: Oscar Push Pull Spinner just went for $338 on ebay
Post by: MikeDeuce on February 12, 2006, 01:59:38 am
I was the $333 bidder... no joke. My tax return was going to that one! Heh... guess I need to figure out how to make my own now.
Title: Re: Oscar Push Pull Spinner just went for $338 on ebay
Post by: Necro on February 12, 2006, 10:30:21 am
My wife said that I need to start making spinners :)
Title: Re: Oscar Push Pull Spinner just went for $338 on ebay
Post by: GGKoul on February 12, 2006, 11:18:12 am
$338!!!! WOW!!! 
Title: Re: Oscar Push Pull Spinner just went for $338 on ebay
Post by: JODY on February 12, 2006, 12:08:49 pm
My wife said that I need to start making spinners :)


Just don't do it planning to sell them for $300+ because if they did that for long every Tom & Joe including myself would be making them...
Title: Re: Oscar Push Pull Spinner just went for $338 on ebay
Post by: Wienerdog on February 12, 2006, 12:16:54 pm
He only has one more.  My guess is that there will never be any more.  I bought one in B/S/T for $135 last year including the mousehack and knob.  That is looking like a really good deal now.

You're welcome  ;).  Didn't that seem like a lot of money at the time?  I paid $135 (including shipping) for it all when I got it from Oscar (Kelsey) and it seemed like a lot of money.  Then I didn't get it in a cabinet and it seemed like everyone wanted one, so I sold it for what I paid.  When I sold it, $135 (plus shipping) still seemed like a lot of money.

Here's the problem, that market is very small.  Sure, there will be a few people that buy them, but then Oscar is stuck with the remaining inventory for a long time.    
Title: Re: Oscar Push Pull Spinner just went for $338 on ebay
Post by: markrvp on February 12, 2006, 01:36:09 pm
You're welcome  ;).      

How did your cabinet with the translucent leafs come out?  I have wondered several times.
Title: Re: Oscar Push Pull Spinner just went for $338 on ebay
Post by: Zakk on February 12, 2006, 01:40:57 pm
What kills me is that when we were selling them, the push/pull sales were so weak it was almost a no brainer when he decised to pull the plug on them.  I think I only sold 2 or 3 in Canada.  Now the vortex V2...that looked like it was going to be a big hit.

I just used my last vortex on the cocktail I just built.  I hate to think that I'll be building future cabinets with slickstick stuff.  :sigh:  Ah well, whatcha gonna do?
Title: Re: Oscar Push Pull Spinner just went for $338 on ebay
Post by: markrvp on February 12, 2006, 03:11:23 pm
Another major "gizmo" maker will probably be releasing a spinner sooner than later.
Title: Re: Oscar Push Pull Spinner just went for $338 on ebay
Post by: shawnzilla on February 12, 2006, 05:37:49 pm
Another major "gizmo" maker will probably be releasing a spinner sooner than later.
And now for my next product... The Translucent Push/Pull Spinner! (just kidding...)
Title: Re: Oscar Push Pull Spinner just went for $338 on ebay
Post by: Wienerdog on February 12, 2006, 05:49:30 pm
How did your cabinet with the translucent leafs come out?  I have wondered several times.
It's a mini cab and it's going to be very cool.  I should put it in the project announcements so I can more suggestions for the sides.  The size and complexity of my ideas don't correspond to my available free time. 
Title: Re: Oscar Push Pull Spinner just went for $338 on ebay
Post by: CheffoJeffo on February 12, 2006, 05:57:05 pm
Another major "gizmo" maker will probably be releasing a spinner sooner than later.

There's always the Cyclone, which is what I think I'll be using for my next spinner project.

Cheers.
Title: Re: Oscar Push Pull Spinner just went for $338 on ebay
Post by: markrvp on February 12, 2006, 06:40:39 pm
How did your cabinet with the translucent leafs come out?  I have wondered several times.
It's a mini cab and it's going to be very cool.  I should put it in the project announcements so I can more suggestions for the sides.  The size and complexity of my ideas don't correspond to my available free time. 

Please post it, I'd love to see it.
Title: Re: Oscar Push Pull Spinner just went for $338 on ebay
Post by: whammoed on February 12, 2006, 07:26:58 pm
Another major "gizmo" maker will probably be releasing a spinner sooner than later.

There's always the Cyclone, which is what I think I'll be using for my next spinner project.

Cheers.

There may be better options in the near future... ;)