An old rod

Hi
I have an old (about 37 years old) Edgar Sealey Blue Match 13 ft
fibreglass match rod. It's in good condition, anyone have any thoughts
on what it may be worth, I've had it since new and it cost
£13.13shillings in 1976.

Regards
Norman

Bill wrote:
:: Hi
:: I have an old (about 37 years old) Edgar Sealey Blue Match 13 ft
:: fibreglass match rod. It's in good condition, anyone have any
:: thoughts on what it may be worth, I've had it since new and it cost
:: £13.13shillings in 1976.

No idea what it might be worth, but if you bought it in 1976 you didn't pay
£13 and 13 shillings for it, we went decimal in 1971.


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Phil L wrote:
Bill wrote:
:: Hi
:: I have an old (about 37 years old) Edgar Sealey Blue Match 13 ft
:: fibreglass match rod. It's in good condition, anyone have any
:: thoughts on what it may be worth, I've had it since new and it cost
:: £13.13shillings in 1976.

No idea what it might be worth, but if you bought it in 1976 you didn't pay
£13 and 13 shillings for it, we went decimal in 1971.


Quite right, you spotted the deliberate;-) mistake, it was actually
christmas 1967, that makes it 38yrs old, and I remember it cost equal to
21 shillings per foot or in those days a guinea a foot!! I had to ask my
wife whose parents bought it me as a present.

Regards
Norman

"Bill" wrote in message =
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Hi
I have an old (about 37 years old) Edgar Sealey Blue Match 13 ft=20
fibreglass match rod. It's in good condition, anyone have any thoughts =

on what it may be worth, I've had it since new and it cost=20
=A313.13shillings in 1976.

Just had a quick look on ebay and couldn't see any for sale. As a (sort =
of) comparison, I have a 12ft Hardy Matchmaker rod, bought new in 1972 =
for =A316. Three of these have been sold on ebay recently for prices =
between =A354 and =A380 - but those rods were all described as being in =
virtually 'as new' condition, i.e. unmarked, undamaged and complete with =
original rod bag and ferrule bungs. I still use my rod and, while great =
for fishing, it's showing its age a bit so I reckon I'd be lucky to get =
=A330 for it, not that I have any intention of selling it.
Why not sign up for ebay if you haven't already done so? It's free and =
you can set up an automatic 'favourite search' routine that will email =
you whenever the item you specify comes up for sale - that'll give you =
an idea of the sort of price you can expect to get for your rod.

Izaak wrote:
"Bill" wrote in message ...

Hi
I have an old (about 37 years old) Edgar Sealey Blue Match 13 ft
fibreglass match rod. It's in good condition, anyone have any thoughts
on what it may be worth, I've had it since new and it cost
£13.13shillings in 1976.


Just had a quick look on ebay and couldn't see any for sale.
Why not sign up for ebay if you haven't already done so?
---Lots of snipping---

I had thought of putting it on ebay, but wanted an idea of what reserve
to set. Didn't want to let it go for pence so to speak.
Regards
Norman

"Bill" wrote in message =
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I had thought of putting it on ebay, but wanted an idea of what =
reserve=20
to set. Didn't want to let it go for pence so to speak.

Ebay adds an additional charge if you set a reserve but you can specify =
a starting bid price for free. There's a Sealey Black Arrow on offer =
for a starting bid of =A39.99, no bids so far and bidding closes in 2 =
hours. Another Black Arrow rod has 2 days to go, starting bid is =
=A314.95 but there are no bids so far.

---Lots of snipping---

I had thought of putting it on ebay, but wanted an idea of what reserve
to set. Didn't want to let it go for pence so to speak.
Regards
Norman

Ebay have changed the rules regarding reserves the minimum reserve you can
now put on is £50 so just put the start price at the lowest amount you`ll
accept for it.
Kim

"Bill" wrote in message
...
Hi
I have an old (about 37 years old) Edgar Sealey Blue Match 13 ft
fibreglass match rod. It's in good condition, anyone have any thoughts on
what it may be worth, I've had it since new and it cost £13.13shillings in
1976.

Regards
Norman

Hi
If you do sell it be carefull with posting it via royal mail, if the length
exceeds 4 foot when packed, Royal Mail will not accept it. I had to pay
£12.80 for a private firm to deliver a rod to birmingham from dover :-((
Just thought I would mention it for you to bear in mind when calculating
postage if selling through ebay. (Omega express are quite good)
regards
Rog

"roger" wrote in message
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"Bill" wrote in message
...
Hi
I have an old (about 37 years old) Edgar Sealey Blue Match 13 ft
fibreglass match rod. It's in good condition, anyone have any thoughts
on
what it may be worth, I've had it since new and it cost £13.13shillings
in
1976.

Regards
Norman

Hi
If you do sell it be carefull with posting it via royal mail, if the
length
exceeds 4 foot when packed, Royal Mail will not accept it. I had to pay
£12.80 for a private firm to deliver a rod to birmingham from dover :-((
Just thought I would mention it for you to bear in mind when calculating
postage if selling through ebay. (Omega express are quite good)
regards
Rog


I'll give you a tenner for it. My nephew wants to start fishing.
CJ