I totally agree with you Si Coe...As for you Tjompa, i'm really happy you got a good price for it, i remember telling you on Rctech that you could get it for a good price if you put it on ebay...To be fair, the ZXS is a rare buggy and yes it does command a high price but i've seen some on ebay that went for less than £200 and some went as high as £500. For vintage kits, there isn't a fixed price on it, it all depends how much a collector is willing to pay for it and how desperately he wants to own it. I've seen brand new built mint condition Tamiya Egress going for crazy prices while i got mine from a local ex Tamiya team driver with lots of prototype parts and tons of spares for free and the condition is top notch. To many collectors, the Egress is a collector's dream but to the ex Tamiya team driver, it's taking up space in his room and it's an old outdated worthless buggy..lol..Prices of vintage kits are so expensive due to demand, if there was never a demand, the prices would never ever reach sky high. Collectors determine the prices of these kits. As for Welshy40, i've known him for quite some time, a really nice and helpful chap. We've spoken and dealt many times, always full of advice and willing to help. He has owned many Lazers...and has own a couple of ZXS and ZXS Evo..well maybe he's lucky cause he never paid a premium for his ZXS hence that is why he couldn't justify paying so much for one. As for the 2 ZXS Evo prototypes that he owns, that's a different story altogether. There are no more than 5 made and he has 2 with him. Now talking about price, well it depends how much a person is willing to pay for them, to a die hard Kyosho fanboy, as long as budget allows, i'm sure he will pay Welshy40 a small fortune for it but to a non collector, i don't think he would even pay £50 for an old buggy, so the bottom line is that it still boils down to how much and how badly a person wants a kit. Well Oople is my favourite forum and everyone here is really nice and helpful, even the Factory Team drivers over here are nice and helpful, so it's really sad to see fellow Oople members calling each other names...All i can say is that James aka Welshy40 is definately no scammer and is a nice chap. He's one guy i will definately trade, buy, sell with. Cheers
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