L42A1 Sniper Rifle Sling L8A2 - on that site - Mad price or what?

[desperatedan]

Just sold for GBP256

Link : British Army Lee Enfield L42A1 Sniper Rifle Sling L8A2 | eBay

Nearly as mad as the GBP410 that the plastic bottle to house the lens cleaning brush sold for recently on that site.

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[Peter Laidler]

The real irony was that if the truth be told, these slings weren't either good or popular. No doubt the best was the next version.

[Buccaneer]

Just sold for GBP256

Link : British Army Lee Enfield L42A1 Sniper Rifle Sling L8A2 | eBay

Nearly as mad as the GBP410 that the plastic bottle to house the lens cleaning brush sold for recently on that site.

The question of what a particular item is worth is often asked and the stock answer is to put it up for auction. Items sell for what an indivdual wants to pay no more and no less. Next week a similar item might only sell for half of what was previously paid like they say you pay your money and take a chance....

[Peter Laidler]

You're dead right of course. I was forgetting that the collectors value ain't quite what the users value was. As a matter of interest, these slings were made by Irvine and just the parts alone, from aerolex in Devizes (? correct me if I'm wrong) cost about £120 or so. If the storeman ordered 10 to keep his stocks up, he'd get a shirty reply from the production control office at DSSD at Bicester!