e bay beachmaster danny bid @ $91
 

There's a beachmaster yellow/white danny that is presently bid at $91.99.
2 hrs left on the bidding.

file that one with the $86 needle the other day

whos the moron thats bidding on that.

3oz darter $51! Insanity

The same current high bidder for a darter @ $51 and a cowboy @ $46.

hes nuts :jester:

What a mamma luke!

Hasn't this guy ever heard of Tattoo's. Great web site, Mike!!
Spent almost 3 hours there the first time I viewed it. Stellar!

Must be some rich-ass collector with nuttin better to do wit his dough, as no self-respectin' surfcaster with even only an inkling of that "good old yankee resolve" would blow that many clams for a plug, I don't care if it were the last one on earth!!!

Just don't make no cent$!

check out tautog101's buying history. Hes spent over 400 on plugs in that last couple weeks. If you know him, have him contact me to be my friend, I could use a few more plugs.

hey, that's the best color.:bl:


but how will he feel when he can buy them for 20 a pop within the next year?

lmao - I was gonna guess it was him - he's outbid me many times

I'll second what basstracker said - Tattoo's!

r,m,smith $21 +shipping

yep RM Smiths rule

http://brianmullaney.com/fishing/alb...242006bbbb.jpg

he beat me out for a yellow bm danny months ago. also for some old rebel windcheaters.

I'm definately jealous of the chartreuese scale and the yellow scale.:drool:

What would you pay for a 2oz.-3oz. bm[beachmaster] needle? and 2oz. bm atom..just wondering what you think would be a fair price [not] e-bay prices.

$18-$20 thats it nothing more.What sucks is the guys reselling these plugs are making more then the guy building them.this e-bay s%$# will only help drive the plug prices up which imo has already happened some what.

well! I'm to understand that bm wholesale price now is like 15-17.00..so the shop's need to make something...

like I said prices are going up is it becuase of e-bay or just infaltion?maybe alittle of both?I have dannys that were 18$ and a-40s that were $20 I guess those days are gone.

His Atom 40's are going for 20 bucks I bought a couple of them last
summer at a tackle shop

http://www.stripersonline.com/surfta...1&d=1167452596

Ryan makes a hell of a Danny.

http://www.stripersonline.com/surfta...1&d=1167452596

OK...and if the shops around you didn't carry any bm's at all...would you go abit higher to have one/some that you'd like without having to spend all your lunch money.

I just paid 27 for a BM BI Style needlefish, and that is about as high as I want to go.
I bought it for a prototype to copy and make some of my own.
I have paid 35 for 2 Hab-A-Tats but will never spend that much again, It is just to much for something to catch a fish with.

Txs..I saw that...didn't think that was so bad.

I think alot of it has to do with "Supply" & "Demand"

Take a look at the recent Musso's & Pichney's ,they are going for well over $100. these days,mostly because they are no-longer made but these HighBidders are pushing it way up then what they really should be priced at..
The lack of inventory and places to purchase a BeachMaster is driving that price up along with the same Ebay Bidders with deep pockets..

In regards to CapeSams question would you go higher to get one of these plugs if you didn't have direct access to them - YES.
I'm quilty of it and have been lucky enough to grab a few last year,but man it's getting crazy now....

Yes - supply and demand.

If you do a Google search for Beachmasters - you'll find vendors, but not vendors with inventory. From a consumer's perspective there might as well not be any vendors if none have stock.

So right now, if you want a Beachmaster, you have not choice but to go to Ebay. It's stupid expensive, but it's the only source.

bm needle - 25 bucks - BM atom 30 bucks

When I saw what people where paying for em I dumped them all except one of each model to hang on the wall.

I only fish RM Smith, Tattoo, Big Don and Habs. That covers everything I need.

Geez I got my Cowboys when they were $14.50.....

bobby makes a nice plug but he's not the only one.no way will I buy one on e-bay.I'll fish something else and when he makes more of what I like then I'll stock up at a fair price.

As the price goes up, the number of people that will accept a substitute increases.
A portion of the potential customers of the first-choice product will not go back - the rise of competitors who can meet demand becomes more likely.

i can see a person paying $100 for a plug - if it's a hard-to-obtain item that is going to be cut up and cloned. to somebody buildling their own, a beachmaster metal lipped plug is a wise investment.

now, if you're going to spend $100 bucks and fish the thing, that is farkin stoopid, unless you happen to be bill gates or warren buffet.

I'm gonna sell on ebay a video of a BM going through a wood chipper.

Or I'll just post it here. :hihi:

All them Smith's
 

Striperonthefly, you cant do that, post that pic that is. Now I gotta go get the screen cleaner to help get the drool off.:humpty: Great looking plugs.

That's the way to do it. Most styles will come around again, with time.

I'm amazed people part so easily with some plugs. A 3 oz. Beachmaster Musso wad might as well be irreplaceable. Obviously the seller never took it fishing. Even at $50 or so it's far more valuable to me ready to fish then cashed out on eBay...

You'ld think for that kind of money that the seller would at least throw in a couple of hooks.

What I find interesting is those that don't build plugs want them cheap..those that do know what the cost is and the time it takes to make just one...if you added the tools-time-material together..each one should start at 30.00-50.00 and go up from there.So in the eyes of a builder...$30.00 ain't much lettice.

pfffft. not so with plugs made in china. :bc:

Believe it or not if they throw hooks on it they can't list it as new. Beachmasters, new, don't come with hooks.

Aha, the ol' woe is plugbuilder ;)
Comeon CS, thats not even close to realistic. Even if each part cost a buck, your still making $10 per plug. 8-10 plugs per hour, thats some decent $ right there.

If your mass producing..fine as kind....basement builder..I think not.If Bobby was a full blown space building set up and made all his styles year round and pumped out hundereds per month....yes ..they'd be down to 13-16.00 and be in every shop in every state....but I don't consider a two car garage and one or two styles a year mass producing.

I often think if there was GOOD money in building,,many of the gone by builders would still be still around produceing today...plug's wood be cheap.Most cranking them out today have other money jobs or a good bank account behind them.

:huh: I guess I'm in the wrong business :rollem:
who in this world can actually make 8 plugs in under and hour? 7-1/2 min. per plug for one man is a bit of a stretch to cover all and I mean all of the steps involved. :hs:

Personally I can't thank today's custom plug builders enough for what they do and what they are able to put out on the market these days quality wise....

I am slowly building up a very nice aresnal of these plugs that I hope will give me great success and maybe even into the future with my son using them...

Keep Up The Great Work Guys,, Thanks,,,,,,,,