Anybody know them ?

If you are referring to this site

Christopher Fitch@Memphis

>Toolshop Website Homepage

then yes, I have done business with Tony Murland a couple of times as others have on the board too.

He has some nice stuff and I was satisfied with the things I bought. Other people may comment on their dealings.

Re: Anybody know them ?

wayne anderson

>It's Tony Murland's site. He's been around for a very long time. Good reputation.

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William Duffield, on the Cohansey

>I've bought several tools from him, both in person and via the internet and telephone. I'm very happy with the goods and the service. He's reliable, and a nice guy.

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Marc in Luxembourg

>Bought a Stanley router and a swan neck chisel. I was very satisfied.

Marc

Happy Customer

Dan Clermont in Burnaby

>Tony was great. Answered all of my questions and searched high and low for a fenced grooving plane for me.

Prices IMO are reasonable considering shipping is built into the price.

Cheers

Dan Clermont

Re: Happy Customer

paul womack

>Prices IMO are reasonable considering shipping is built into the price.

I'm fairly sure that his prices have dropped a little, compared to 2-3 years back.

BugBear (who lives nearby, and is probably attending the same sales and auctions as Tony)

Re: If you are referring to this site

Bjenk Ellefsen

>Aaah! Thanks a lot for the quick replies! Then I have an order to put in!

Re: Happy Customer

Dan Clermont in Burnaby

>I believe you are correct regarding the price drop. I bought a couple of Spier's planes off Tony and the prices he sold them to me were less then EBay.

Cheers

Dan Clermont

Re: Happy Customer

Todd Hughes

>I met him at a big tool show a few years ago seemed like a very nice guy. Is funny but he had a first model Brown Bess flint lock musket lock setting on his table. I was looking at it trying to determine if it was what I thought it was, price tag said $400 but a pretty rare piece and not a bad price, I was sure thinking about buying it. As I was looking at it hard he said he could do better on the price so I asked him how much better. He told me $25 !.....seems the tag said $40 and not $400....Later My friend Joe told me I must be slipping since I didn't offer him $20 .....Todd

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ernie miller

>He has a stack of my money and I don't miss any of it. I have a stack of his planes.

Paul, what happened?

woodburnbob

>A few years ago Murland was regularly (weekly) putting up quite a large number of infills including project planes. It seems to me the flow has dropped way off. Does this mean all the tombs in your country have now been raided? At the same time it seems like there are more infills showing up on Ebay from sellers in Great Britain. Is it just that the tomb raiders are simply skipping the middle man? What are your insights? Bob

Re: Paul, what happened?

paul womack

> Is it just that the tomb raiders are simply skipping the middle man? What are your insights? Bob

I think you're right. Do not underestimate the effect of Ebay. If people have something to sell that they think "might" be valuable, they no longer go to a tool dealer who knows far more than them, but only pays what they'll take, not what the tool is worth (hi Todd!).

There's now another choice. They just take a photo, and offer it up on Ebay, and the let the market decide. It quick, and easy.

Especially in my neck of the woods, apparently:

Ebay in Norfolk

BugBear

Re: Paul, what happened?

Todd Hughes

>All of that is true, I think for a tool seller the ebay is a double edge sword. No doubt I miss some stuff because the sellers list it on ebay instead of selling it to me, I hear complaints almost daily from other Antique dealers that moan about how things ain't out there like it used to be because it is all going on ebay. Luckly I think that tools are probably affected less then any other antique though.

....First off most people still do not think they are worth anything and would not be worth the trouble to list on ebay.Also if the do decide to ebay them chances are they will not know how to decribe or even photographe them. I had a non tool friend buy some nothing special wood molding planes who put them on ebay. Never called them molding planes, never showed side views of the soles or even described them much. After these sells poorly or not at all I think he will think twice befor venturing into tool selling on ebay again.

....The auction I go to lots of the buyers are ebay people.If I get the feeling they are bidding against me on something that they will be listing on it I run them up right to what I think I can get for it. If I get stuck with it at least I can get my money back but most times they get it and after listing it and not making anything they learn not to buy tools. This works very well because they really don't know what they are buying while I do. I see some items like Stanley 45s go for way over what the buyer will get for them on the ebay. I imagine after a few times of that they won't be buying them any more.

......I will admit it isn't like it used to be buying tools and maybe ebay is part of it but I still don't have any trouble finding stuff to sell. Actually my trouble is getting much more stuff then I can get around to selling! ....Todd

Re: thanks for some good input, Todd

paul womack

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