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Post by Chris Cairns » Sun Mar 13, 2016 9:59 am

pskipper wrote:someone's trying to sell Cambrian Models stuff at vastly inflated prices, £12 for two signal ladders when they are £1.90 each +p&p direct!
I have sympathy for eBay sellers uk_tetra2000 & sweet*n*crafty. It is clearly a family member trying to clear out the Back2Bay6 bereavement.

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Post by -steves- » Sun Mar 13, 2016 10:29 am

Chris Cairns:116778 wrote:
pskipper wrote:someone's trying to sell Cambrian Models stuff at vastly inflated prices, £12 for two signal ladders when they are £1.90 each +p&p direct!
I have sympathy for eBay sellers uk_tetra2000 & sweet*n*crafty. It is clearly a family member trying to clear out the Back2Bay6 bereavement.

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Whilst it really goes without saying that they have my utmost sympathy for their loss, have you seen the prices being asked for the Accucraft stuff on eBay, its priced up at more than you can buy it from Track Shack or even RRP, a bit strange, but I guess if people are willing to pay over the odds, that's their look out. Best of luck to them I guess.
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Post by tom_tom_go » Sat Mar 19, 2016 4:08 pm

I bought this recently off eBay and it was described as 'A Little Dusty But Excellent Condition'

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Post by Peter Butler » Sat Mar 19, 2016 6:35 pm

Some might call that 'weathering'
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Post by tom_tom_go » Tue Oct 18, 2016 10:21 pm

I wonder what it is?

Look at this on eBay http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/322297474916

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Post by Peter Butler » Tue Oct 18, 2016 10:28 pm

'Lucky Dip', he or she has three items listed with prices, exactly the same photo but no description whatsoever...... go on, risk it!
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Post by artfull dodger » Tue Oct 18, 2016 11:02 pm

With the demise of the "made in Japan" side of Aster Hobbies, I suspect prices will rise in the short term on older Aster models. Or atleast the asking price will, doesn't mean it will sell for that. Lots of wishing going on in the model train hobby in every scale right now. Many vendors at a recent show here in the states had prices more like 2005, not 2016 with a flat market for model trains with prices way down across the board. Mike
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Post by cncmodeller » Tue Oct 18, 2016 11:09 pm

For somebody with over 582 feed back, that's a very amateurish listing, Fancy asking for 3k with no picture, no returns. What's he smoking I wonder?
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Post by philipy » Wed Oct 19, 2016 6:32 am

It's not even amateurish, really. The title says "Live steam" but the Item Specifics description, such as it is, says it is analogue control and DC, and made of plastic!
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Post by Peter Butler » Wed Oct 19, 2016 11:10 am

Pointless listing and pointless discussion really!
We might never know anyway as I thought it wasn't possible to alter photographs once the listing had been made..... I may be wrong?
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Post by markoteal » Thu Oct 20, 2016 5:15 pm

tom_tom_go:120532 wrote:I wonder what it is?

Look at this on eBay http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/322297474916

Well I reckon it's one of those ghost trains run to save having to close a line :thumbup:
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Post by FWLR » Sat Nov 25, 2017 9:14 am

I think if i was going to buy another loco, i would once again buy from a forum member, at least you would know it was being sold with some kind of honesty....i can vouch for Peter Butler on that score.. :thumbright: :thumbright: :thumbright:

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Post by Peter Butler » Sat Nov 25, 2017 11:06 am

Thank you Rod, that is a kind thing to say and I am grateful. Unfortunately I don't have another one.
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Post by FWLR » Sat Nov 25, 2017 12:29 pm

Not in a rush Peter...lol...

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Post by tom_tom_go » Thu Nov 30, 2017 10:06 pm

Plastic chassis version, silly price:

https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre ... 2351669722

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Post by cncmodeller » Thu Nov 30, 2017 10:49 pm

This one amused me, I've been watching it and it has been a shade under 2K for months then it suddenly went up £500!?
A week later I got a message from ebay saying 'the item your'e watching has been reduced by £500! had a look and it was back down to just under 2K again. Nice try sunshine but nobody bought it.
It's quite a nice item really I'd like it for just using it as an ornament but the trouble is I can't see the value in it.
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Post by Peter Butler » Thu Nov 30, 2017 11:36 pm

I've been watching this too and although I wouldn't pay that much and can't understand why it is valued so high it makes me feel better about having one almost identical.
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Post by Big Jim » Fri Dec 01, 2017 8:28 am

Good Luck to them both.

Mind you, a friend of mine who has a camera shop that specialises in top end second hand gear sticks stuff that he doesn't want to sell, but can't really justify keeping for his own collection. He puts it in the the window with a ridiculous price tag on. The hope is that it doesn't sell, but if it does he is laughing all the way to the bank.
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Post by Lonsdaler » Fri Dec 01, 2017 10:28 am

Both these items seem to be priced for similar items of better quality/spec. The diesel is priced for the later metal chassis version, and the double fairlie seems to think it is a steam powered model. Caveat emptor :roll:
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