Here's what I wrote to the crackhead seller:Sir, I have been buying, selling and playing vintage drums for decades. This green sparkle, refurbished, recovered drumset is priced at about $12,000-$12,500 more than it is worth. Just because it has the cache of being a duplicate of Bonham's set, doesn't change the fact that it is not original. I have no selfish interest in buying it myself, but I can tell you that the vintage drum community-which is actually quite small-is already hip to this drumset and the price you are asking. If you hook a sucker, more power to you, but I'm afraid you have priced yourself out of the realm of reality. Good luck though.

It's VERY likely his wishful thinking about pricing that kit (which he seems to care about more than his son does)....But it IS his business what he does. It doesn't hurt to shake your head in disbelief, but it seems like OP was overly confrontational and then used a reference to the vintage drum community as his backup. But I, personally, don't condone that at all. I am part of the vintage drum community, but not the part that goes to the extent to confront someone over pricing. I think it would have been a better decision to just leave the guy alone and let him do what he thinks is best. It seems like he kinda just wants to show off the kit and talk about it....and himself! My guess is that he put the kit together as an act of love for his son and also wanted (hoped) to impart his own love of the iconic John Bonham into his son...He went to a lot of effort for it, believing that his son would recognize the love and effort....but now his son would rather have some extra money for his own interests....and, as a result, the dad is pricing the kit based on the hope that no one will buy it and that the son will eventually recognize the representation of love that was put into it for him.

The person selling them has been smoking something or he is just a clever marketer. By suggesting that he does not want to sell them, and that some people might think they are overpriced, and he hopes nobody buys them, he's really attempting to fuel a frenzy for those few fanatical buyers that can afford this put together Frankenkit at this price.Obviously, based on the very detailed description, this person and his son spend a lot of time and energy putting this Bonham tribute kit together. So even with the rewrapped shells and modern cymbals it will have a significant value to Bonham fans who want an accurate looking kit, even one that is not legitimately vintage due to the wraps. I'm sure there is a buyer out there with cash who would be willing to spend several thousand dollars to acquire this compromised "complete" kit, even though based on the value of the individual components it is very over priced. However, whether there is someone fanatical or desperate enough to spend $15,000 remains to be seen.In the end I ignore such silliness. The only eBay transactions I worry about are those where an item is actually misrepresented. That does not appear to be the case here since the issue appears to just be the ridiculously high asking price. A seller can ask whatever he wants, no matter how outrageous. Its really up to the potential buyers to educate themselves and perform due diligence before buying. We can't protect buyers from poor purchase decisions.

O-Lugs, you make some good points but your statements regarding the OP are incorrect. Just to be fair, member idrum4fun is the OP and he was not overly confrontational nor did he reference the vintage drum community. I believe you may be thinking of another members post.