Rockalaucher101 Posted January 14, 2021 Share Posted January 14, 2021 Looks like the seller of the over priced American loco is accepting offers 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium J. S. Bach Posted January 14, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 14, 2021 (edited) On 12/01/2021 at 13:11, John M Upton said: Don't even get me started on the outrageous prices now being demanded for US outline HO..... Oddly, the best price that I could find on ebay on a used (it appears to be NIB) Athearn Southern Pacific SD45 (#9013) was from a seller in the UK. With the Royal Mail shipping it still came to about half of what I was seeing over here. SD45 #9013 Edited January 14, 2021 by J. S. Bach 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium John M Upton Posted January 14, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 14, 2021 Ironically having said that I have just bagged a nice HO box car for under five sheets!!! 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Chris116 Posted January 14, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 14, 2021 7 minutes ago, John M Upton said: Ironically having said that I have just bagged a nice HO box car for under five sheets!!! You are doing well. I just got four box cars for £23.10 including postage which was very pleasing. 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyman7 Posted January 14, 2021 Share Posted January 14, 2021 12 hours ago, kevinlms said: Why is taking the label off so important? Removing the label can damage the box, so better to leave on, IMO. As for the price asked, no one needs to pay the amount offered, it's voluntary. If the seller gets left with it, because the price is too high, where's the problem? If resale price had to be related to the original price ticket, no-one would pay £100 for a boxed Dinky Toy with a price of 3/6 on it - but many do! 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Chris116 Posted January 15, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 15, 2021 On the subject of finding bargains on eBay, I find that doing my searches with a maximum price set a small amount above what I want to pay stops me seeing the expensive stuff and starting to spend too much. For the box cars I bought earlier I had put £7 and hoped to get some for around £5 which is what happened. Before putting the £7 maximum in I had been faced with pages of £15 and upwards box cars which I had no intention of buying but meant I was skipping through the pages quickly and often missing stuff that was in my price range. By using the system I found lots of cheaper box cars and found a seller with lots in my price range. I bought them all from one seller to get a discount on postage. If it works on box cars I am sure it will work on anything else you may be after. 2 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted January 15, 2021 Share Posted January 15, 2021 It sounds like we should be going US modelling, it's tricky to get any British outline box van that isn't a tatty old train set refugee for less than £10. Again a case of supply and demand I suppose. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Enterprisingwestern Posted January 15, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 15, 2021 5 hours ago, MrWolf said: it's tricky to get any British outline box van that isn't a tatty old train set refugee for less than £10. Oh dear, that's diminished the chances of selling any of my creations! Mike. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Puggers Posted January 15, 2021 Share Posted January 15, 2021 On the subject of 'rare', I have just come across this buyer: https://www.ebay.co.uk/usr/55iains who has nearly three pages of diecast models of trucks, cars, buses etc (as well as some ladies clothes), every single one of which is described as RARE! He is even offering more than one of each of some of the items, which obviously shows how rare they are - in fact, just to take one example - the Atlas editions J T Whittle Burlingham Seagull coach - there are over 80 for sale on eBay at the moment, so not really rare then. Still, I suppose that we should be grateful he has not put 'L@@K' in front of every listing. Richard 2 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Enterprisingwestern Posted January 15, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 15, 2021 17 minutes ago, Puggers said: Still, I suppose that we should be grateful he has not put 'L@@K' in front of every listing. There's time, and remember, you were the one who mentioned it! Mike. 6 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul H Vigor Posted January 16, 2021 Share Posted January 16, 2021 https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/333853378495?_trksid=p2499334.m570.l5999&_trkparms=gh1g%3DI333853378495.N36.S1.typeWATCH_ITEM_ENDING_SOON.R1.TR10 I remember these when they were sold new for 80p each - with wheels! I'm SO glad I stocked up at the time! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul H Vigor Posted January 16, 2021 Share Posted January 16, 2021 https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Vintage-00-Boxed-Graham-Farrish-GWR-Tank-Unit-0-6-0/184562108638?hash=item2af8c248de:g:fYQAAOSwtDNfxtmQ Condition: "Used"! A unique pant job? 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted January 16, 2021 Share Posted January 16, 2021 25 minutes ago, Paul H Vigor said: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/333853378495?_trksid=p2499334.m570.l5999&_trkparms=gh1g%3DI333853378495.N36.S1.typeWATCH_ITEM_ENDING_SOON.R1.TR10 I remember these when they were sold new for 80p each - with wheels! I'm SO glad I stocked up at the time! Likewise. I have got back into railway modelling after a good 20 years and am working my way through kits that cost £1.50 each when I was at school in the 80s, that are now fetching ten times as much now. Okay, all prices have gone up blah blah, but it's more of a reflection of the fact that there isn't the variety of kits and parts out there anymore. Conversely, I have just been outbid on a secondhand kit, it went for about 20p more than a new one that is still available. Auction fever. I clicked buy it now. Ok, I didn't get a bargain, but at least I haven't paid over the odds either. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted January 16, 2021 Share Posted January 16, 2021 24 minutes ago, Paul H Vigor said: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Vintage-00-Boxed-Graham-Farrish-GWR-Tank-Unit-0-6-0/184562108638?hash=item2af8c248de:g:fYQAAOSwtDNfxtmQ Condition: "Used"! A unique pant job? That as I am sure you know, isn't cracked paint, it's metal fatigue or Mazak decomposition. It's scrap. Definitely a Not as described! 4 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MartinWales Posted January 17, 2021 Share Posted January 17, 2021 18 hours ago, MrWolf said: Conversely, I have just been outbid on a secondhand kit, it went for about 20p more than a new one that is still available. Auction fever. I clicked buy it now. Ok, I didn't get a bargain, but at least I haven't paid over the odds either. Sign of the times, until the bug subsides, I fear! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MartinWales Posted January 17, 2021 Share Posted January 17, 2021 18 hours ago, MrWolf said: That as I am sure you know, isn't cracked paint, it's metal fatigue or Mazak decomposition. It's scrap. Definitely a Not as described! Indeed! FIT ONLY FOR THE BIN! 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruffnut Thorston Posted January 17, 2021 Share Posted January 17, 2021 Though the chassis and parts may be salvageable, and there’s always the box! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted January 18, 2021 Share Posted January 18, 2021 48 minutes ago, Ruffnut Thorston said: Though the chassis and parts may be salvageable, and there’s always the box! Someone somewhere is probably asking £25 for a box, plus £4 postage of course! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Enterprisingwestern Posted January 18, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 18, 2021 On 16/01/2021 at 22:50, MrWolf said: That as I am sure you know, isn't cracked paint, it's metal fatigue or Mazak decomposition. It's scrap. Definitely a Not as described! I'm afraid you're quite wrong there young Wolfy. During the war (said Uncle Albert style) the Great Waste of Rails were suffering from the metal shortage experienced by the rest of industry, and in order to overcome this issue looked at using other materials to build locomotives with. This is a model of one of the experimental engines built with crazy paving, so therefore is an accurate portrayal. Mike. 1 3 2 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted January 18, 2021 Share Posted January 18, 2021 3 hours ago, Enterprisingwestern said: I'm afraid you're quite wrong there young Wolfy. During the war (said Uncle Albert style) the Great Waste of Rails were suffering from the metal shortage experienced by the rest of industry, and in order to overcome this issue looked at using other materials to build locomotives with. This is a model of one of the experimental engines built with crazy paving, so therefore is an accurate portrayal. Mike. You couldn't resist a bargain and bought it, didn't you? 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Enterprisingwestern Posted January 18, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 18, 2021 1 hour ago, MrWolf said: You couldn't resist a bargain and bought it, didn't you? Guilty as charged m'lud! Mike. 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul H Vigor Posted January 18, 2021 Share Posted January 18, 2021 5 hours ago, Enterprisingwestern said: I'm afraid you're quite wrong there young Wolfy. During the war (said Uncle Albert style) the Great Waste of Rails were suffering from the metal shortage experienced by the rest of industry, and in order to overcome this issue looked at using other materials to build locomotives with. This is a model of one of the experimental engines built with crazy paving, so therefore is an accurate portrayal. Mike. Model railway engineering meets Ground Force? 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruffnut Thorston Posted January 18, 2021 Share Posted January 18, 2021 And where is the water feature? In the water tanks? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
amdaley Posted January 18, 2021 Share Posted January 18, 2021 (edited) Ever since Brexit happened E Bay sellers have totally lost the run of themselves in regards to postage to Ireland. A postcard. https://www.ebay.com/itm/Great-Southern-Western-Railway-Ireland-Official-Postcard-Kerry-Hotels-2/383903904568 £10.03 to post a postcard. A 6" X 4" photo. https://www.ebay.com/itm/Iarnrod-Eireann-Class-071-No-080-Dublin-Heuston-Irish-Railways-6x4-Photo-Print/254493827082?hash=item3b4103a00a:g:79MAAOSwXRleLfV7 £10.88 to post a 6" X 4"photo ? I know Royal Mail charge high prices but this is just taking the p*** Edited January 18, 2021 by amdaley 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted January 18, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 18, 2021 I have just ordered an item from Shapeways (Netherlands), the postage was £7:80p! 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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