A publication of a man who found the aircraft engine part of the Washington Store and later discovered that its value may be more than $ 223,000. Users captured users. I responded.
Zach, 35, whose last name or site has not participated with NewsweekPublish several pictures of the extraordinary discovery in a post on the Reddit under the username U/akuda In R/Thriftstorehauls subreddit. The Post 4800 Upvotes has had since its publication on February 18.
A joint comment with the post: “I found a part of the Jet 223 thousand dollar engine for $ 30 in Goodwill. Can I do anything with it without tracking documents or FAA [Federal Aviation Administration] Form 8130? No. I still buy it? Yes.”
This amazing discovery comes at a time when the growth of its popularity has been reported, driven by increasing attention in the sustainable alternatives to shopping and budget to buy new products.
Zach u/akuda on Reddit
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Zach said Newsweek He found the part while browsing the goodwill store in the central part of Washington State on February 17.
“I found and bought it on Monday 17, which is also happening to be my birthday,” he said.
As an experienced distributor, Zach and his wife run successful works on EBY, and often turn the elements they find in savings and yard sales.
“I go to the savings stores on average to twice to twice a week. I love drilling for treasures in the scrap of others,” he said.
Initially, Zach was not quite sure of what he found, but he realized the Honeywend International-a well-known space manufacturer-on the part.
“I knew that Haniole had both consumers as well as commercial and even military manufacturing, but this was.” “I usually do completely search for something if I don’t know what it is, and this part definitely fits with this bill.”
Zach u/akuda on Reddit
Zach later learned more about the component through his colleague Reddor, who claimed to work in the aviation industry. According to the comment of the other Reddit userThe part belongs to Airbus A330, a large commercial airline airlines all over the world.
To confirm this, Zach started searching for the sealed parts numbers on the component. This led him to the website AirAfter -sales company specializes in selling backup spare parts.
In his participation in Reddit, he shared a screenshot from Aeroval, where he displayed detailed specifications for the component as well as the price of the unit, which was included in $ 223,520. Part number (P/N) appears to be in the engine that bought it matches the part number on the Aeroval website.
After more research, Zach realized that the part number indicates only one section of the component and the piece already contains multiple parts.
“After doing this post, I discovered that the part number indicates only the piece that is sealed, and in fact, this is closer to half a scale of individual parts, sealed with a post -sales pricing ranges between about 8,000 dollars to resist a small spiral and higher to $ 223,000 for the valve Independent, “clearer.
Despite the astronomical pricing he discovered, Zach is realistic about what he might actually get for the element.
“Now, I realize that I will not be able to get anything close to that – if possible at all, for this issue,” he said. “It is really amazing for someone to ignore hundreds of thousands of dollars in commercial airlines, even if they are not functional.”
Zach u/akuda on Reddit
“The most valuable discovery”
Reddit users were surprised by the extraordinary discovery.
“This might be the most valuable discovery in this council,” said user Handsmahneyy.
Aaronslaitted praises the poster that has a “great eye”, adding, “When I see something I have never seen before, [I] Purchase it.
“I love this! I hope you can empty it seriously [bag of money emoji]”
“I wonder if one of the service centers will only buy it to resell it. Even if you can get 50 thousand dollars, that will be the best heart I have ever seen on the Internet,” said user Mattmanera.
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