Its worth what it will fetch on e-bay or a lot more if you sell it in bits Suppose some one on here said you should get £XXX for that easy, ask them do they want to buy it for that, the answer will probably be no. My point is that 'an expert' can say it is worth £XXX but unless the buyer is willing to pay that much it's not going to happen. I would suggest as said, put it on ebay with a reserve. If it does not sell perhaps you could shave some off the price. Often see on TV, expert says its worth this much and it sells for less, sometimes its more, but I would still say the best option is auction.

I have a Super 7 fitted with a gearbox which I have owned for about 20 years+ (I have lost the invoice). I had a reason to to determine which model I have and looked for the serial no (on the front lh side of the bed) there is nothing stamped on the bed in that area. I have looked all over the lathe and cannot. This apron will fit Myford ML7 after the serial number K111727. Direct From Myford Ltd. eBay! People who viewed this item also viewed. Myford ML7 Leadscrew Half Nuts With Gib Strip 5/8' dia Genuine, Lathe Myford ML7 Leadscrew Half $22.04.

Thanks for all the replies. My friend's dad bought the lathe new in the 40's and lovingly looked after it until he passed away last December. She does not want to see it broken up into bits to sell it. Personally I've become dissalusioned with Ebay as most people go on there to get a bargain.

I've lost count of the number of times I've been 'sniped' in the last couple of seconds by people who don't want to bid fairly. I'm hoping to find an enthusiasts site to list it in an advert to sell for her. I've lost count of the number of times I've been 'sniped' in the last couple of seconds by people who don't want to bid fairly.

On the one hand you're slagging off people who go on eBay hoping for a bargain and then complain that someone paid MORE THAN YOU for something Make your mind up! Enthusiasts scour sites like eBay for lathes like that - if you advertise it PROPERLY* on ebay you'll receive excatly what it's worth - no more, no less. Decide on what YOU (or your friend) wants to get for the lathe and either advertise it for exactly that price and nothing else OR auction it and get what someone is actually willing to pay. It's worth a penny less than fcuk all to a quadraplegic but possibly worth half a million to a fanatical collector who needs exactly that model production number to complete his set of 300,000 of them. * - most people fail uttery to list their goods properly - poor description, crappy/insufficient photos, wrong/insufficient section(s), poor spelling, refusal to deliver, whatever and then blame eBay for the poor results!!! Slagging anyone off, and I don't mind if someone wins something by paying more than me in a fair auction. I know enthusiasts browse Ebay, and I know how to list things.

My point is that your hypothetical 'fanatical collector' looking for the long lost Myford lathe serial number xxx may have bid on mine, been watching it all week, and then 2 seconds before the end of the auction, he gets sniped by someone who specialises in buying lathes to strip down and sell in bits. The 'fanatical collector' may have been willing to pay 3, 4 or 5 times what his current bid is, but as there were no other bids right up until 2-3 minutes before the end of the auction he may have been given a false sense of security and forgot to increase his maximum bid. You will doubtless say that that is his fault, but if this were an auction in an auction house, and someone put a last minute bid in 2 seconds before the end, the auction is extended to make sure that there are no further bids. THAT is what I find infuriating about Ebay. You can list it in the most perfect way possible, however you WON'T always get what its worth, for the reasons I've just said.

You are also limited by who happens to be browsing during the particular week you list it. The 'fanatical collector' might be on holiday!

Now, theres nothing wrong with selling lathes in bits, just not this one. I appreciate now, that she could probably get more for it in bits, but she would rather sell it in one piece. Гдз По Английскому Языку 5 Класс Верещагина 2 Часть on this page.

We don't have the knowledge or time to strip the lathe down, and not being experts on the subject, wouldn't know how to describe the component parts in any case. All I meant was that in this instance, I don't think Ebay is the place to put it. I'm investigating the value of this for a close friend. She knows nothing about the value of lathes (even less than me). Her father looked after this lathe for over 60 years, and we'd like it to go to a good home. And at a fair price. Now can we all get off our high horses?