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No scratches or chips… It’s always been stored away. I mean honestly… There’s pretty much scratches and everything. So I don’t know if the guy means no deep scratches? Or maybe he just doesn’t consider all those little scratches, scratches. And of course what one person identifies a scratches at least to a certain degree is subject to the individuals interpretation or identification of what would be considered scratches.
It’s almost like when you see a yo-yo for sale and in the description, the seller says near mint, no scratches that go through the Ano no gouges just four or five flat spots when the yo-yo actually got smacked into something.
Or my favorite one is when a guy says to show you is in mint condition and sells a yo-yo. And when the buyer receives a yo-yo, he says hey man this thing is three or four little dings and scratches on it. You said it was in mint condition.
In the sellers response is that, that’s the way I got it so that damage that you see is from the factory.
Anyway, a little off track there, but just for perspective.
Sometimes people intentionally misrepresent the condition of a yo-yo. Sometimes people identify the condition of a yo-yo without really having a good grasp on the various condition levels of a yo-yo.
One thing I find interesting and not just about this particular item, but the focus will be on this particular item because that’s what we’re talking about, lol
I like the part where it says seller does not accept returns. And in the very next line says this product is covered by the moneyback guarantee. So I’m guessing that means if you never get the product? I don’t know what else it could mean? Because how can you get a moneyback guarantee if the seller will not take the product back?
Also, because it’s coming from out of the country, if you look at the print, it says that the import fees are due to the carrier before the product can be delivered. I have not looked into how much the import fees would be on a product that cost several thousand dollars? But I’m guessing if somebody’s willing to spend several thousand dollars on a gold plated yo-yo… Especially without being able to have it appraised first to find out what the actual quality of the gold is… I guess import fees are not gonna scare them.
I don’t have a clue how to actually gauge a true value for a one of five gold plated yo-yo?
Realize that the gold plating on a yo-yo is wafer thin. Scientist did a test with how gold spreads out if you do it right as they were researching all the Egyptian treasures that seemed to be coded with gold. They got one cubic inch of gold you know like a big sugar cube. And they carefully and meticulously pounded it out thin enough that it covered an entire baseball diamond. No that’s pretty damn thin.
And realize and recognize that back when custom yo-yo was punching out those yo-yos they had a few that were gold plated. And the retailed for like maybe 100 bucks. I still have a few of them. I think I keep one in the glove box of my truck, just in case anybody wants to see a gold yo-yo.
Interestingly, when I have shown it to people now and then, their reaction is almost like they think it’s made out of solid gold? And I tell him the same thing… This yo-yo cost about 100 bucks so it can’t have too much gold on it. That doesn’t mean it isn’t worth it… And that doesn’t mean it’s cheap or whatever. It just means that if something is colored with gold… It doesn’t have a lot of gold on it.
So if this yo-yo is actually worth what the sell is charging, I would consider that it’s not because it’s gold plated. It’s more about how rare it is and also being gold plated. I know the guys were calculating the value of the yo-yo jam Titan. But I think this is a lot different. I think the value not to be too redundant… But is more based on the rarity and scarcity of a yo-yo that only five were made that will go plated blah blah blah.
Because that certainly isn’t four Gs worth of gold, lol.
But just like was Dave Hall’s Titan, if somebody wants that or needs it for their collection, and they want to bounce that high without going broke, more power to them.
I’ve seen people pay $11 million for a painting at an auction. And one was just a flower. I think it was a daffodil to me. It didn’t even look that hot. But then I’m not into collecting paintings of flowers. 11 million bucks is a chunk of change, but if you can spend that much for a painting that means you probably got a lot more than that much money doesn’t really mean beans to you.
OK, I’m done.
I Doubt it’s retained anymore value though than the gold price. Still, some really cool stuff in there.
