Is this a good deal?

I found this on craigslist and couldn't believe my eyes... Am I missing something or is this just an incredible deal?

http://stlouis.craigslist.org/for/436908620.html

Some things are valued fair-others are priced with a complete lack of reality...

'4 5 gallon kegs $480.00'

This particular item makes me wonder if he has both oars in the water, and if he can be bargained with...

I have never seen people get much more than 50% of new or current retail value of any discretionary items, such as hobby items or race car parts...

I found cleaned, pressurized, reconditioned kegs in excellent condition for $25/per. Good chance his will need seals, depending on how old they are.

S0meB0dy said:

I found this on craigslist and couldn't believe my eyes... Am I missing something or is this just an incredible deal?

http://stlouis.craigslist.org/for/436908620.html

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"incredible" is not the word. "Absurd", now that's closer.

If you said is this a good deal or What? I'd have to say What!

The retail prices he lists are mostly absurd. No mention of the size of the CO2 tank

Sankey Keg with false bottom $480 and sankey keg for boiling $330 that's insane.

Like Henry said he's listed the price of brand new corny kegs when they are worth approx. $100 for all 4, not $480

If I were in the market I'd recalculate based on realistic prices then knock off 25% -50 % to take it all off his hands.

It might be a good deal for a seller to join a (free) well respected board to cross promote his overpriced CL items.

Ryan_PA said:

It might be a good deal for a seller to join a (free) well respected board to cross promote his overpriced CL items.

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I think you hit the nail on the head there.

I'd offer him $800.
It is a lot of stuff, but you don't it all to construct a system.

The Sankes are worth about $150 each, 4 cornies 100, CO2 w/reg $120, mill $80 and just about everything else is miscellany worth under $50 each.

Just as an example of his "value":

3 glass carboys $65.00
2 fermentation buckets $30.00

Are you nuts? 2 ale pales are worth $30? 3 carboys $65? I must be sitting on a fortune at my house. I can buy a brand new glass carboy for $18.

This reminds me of those commercials selling stuff on TV- "A retail value of over $100 all yours for $19.95!" Whoever comes up with this "value" doesn't live in the real world!

Ryan_PA said:

It might be a good deal for a seller to join a (free) well respected board to cross promote his overpriced CL items.

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Not exactly the nail on the head. I just check craigs list daily for bargains and actually laughed when I saw the prices. I've gotten 5 gallon kegs for $5 befor and he wants to charge almost 25 times that price. I think Yooper Chick hit the nail on the head with this one.

Yooper Chick said:

This reminds me of those commercials selling stuff on TV- "A retail value of over $100 all yours for $19.95!" Whoever comes up with this "value" doesn't live in the real world!

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Sounds like a matress sale to me.

On second thought he might have taken on a new SWMBO. In that case my condolences.