eBay madness

Anything related to the garden railway world that is not catered for in another board
Post Reply
User avatar
tom_tom_go
Driver
Driver
Posts: 4824
Joined: Wed Feb 23, 2011 3:08 am
Location: Kent, UK
Contact:

eBay madness

Post by tom_tom_go » Sun Jul 19, 2015 8:33 pm

Am I missing something here?

http://m.ebay.co.uk/itm/121707431244
Last edited by tom_tom_go on Sat Jan 02, 2016 10:07 pm, edited 1 time in total.

User avatar
Alan P
Trainee Fireman
Trainee Fireman
Posts: 194
Joined: Sun Aug 24, 2014 6:43 am
Location: Salisbury, UK
Contact:

Post by Alan P » Sun Jul 19, 2015 10:49 pm

ebay prices are just very strange at the moment, have you seen this,

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Pearce-Prince ... 1721627653

A very nice loco but........
Alan.

The Milford Hill Light Railway

TMHLR http://www.alspcs.com/TMHLR.html

User avatar
Alan P
Trainee Fireman
Trainee Fireman
Posts: 194
Joined: Sun Aug 24, 2014 6:43 am
Location: Salisbury, UK
Contact:

Post by Alan P » Sun Jul 19, 2015 10:53 pm

Then there is this which was pointed out to me by a fellow modeller, made from a £55 I.P.Engineering kit,

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/361160493448? ... 9&ssPageNa
Alan.

The Milford Hill Light Railway

TMHLR http://www.alspcs.com/TMHLR.html

User avatar
maxi-model
Cleaner
Cleaner
Posts: 70
Joined: Sun Jan 18, 2015 7:01 am
Location: Buckinghamshire

Post by maxi-model » Mon Jul 20, 2015 7:22 am

Supply and demand........Usually determines a price one is willing to pay. That and holes burnt in pockets and a dollop of wishful thinking. Max.

cncmodeller
Trainee Fireman
Trainee Fireman
Posts: 233
Joined: Sat May 11, 2013 4:15 pm
Location: lincolnshire

Post by cncmodeller » Mon Jul 27, 2015 10:25 pm

I think its just the thrill of the chase, If you offered the exact same item to the bidder who was just beaten at the last minute at the price of his last bid he probably wouldn't be interested.
The other odd thing with reference to the IP Engineering carriage ebay offering is that the seller has some 24745 individual sales from the year 2000! that is about 4.5 items a day,every day!
They all seem to be odd and random bits of model railway and toy soldier stuff, I cant work out how you would be able to collect this amount of stuff and sell it and live off the proceeds as most of it is under £50 quid and its obviously not all profit.

User avatar
maxi-model
Cleaner
Cleaner
Posts: 70
Joined: Sun Jan 18, 2015 7:01 am
Location: Buckinghamshire

Post by maxi-model » Tue Jul 28, 2015 8:13 am

cncmodeller:112281 wrote: The other odd thing with reference to the IP Engineering carriage ebay offering is that the seller has some 24745 individual sales from the year 2000! that is about 4.5 items a day,every day!
They all seem to be odd and random bits of model railway and toy soldier stuff, I cant work out how you would be able to collect this amount of stuff and sell it and live off the proceeds as most of it is under £50 quid and its obviously not all profit.
Probably not a collector more a general toy/collectibles dealer with more than one user name depending on product area. Most likely does the toy fairs and saleroom auctions to pick up leads on used items. Plenty of (part)collections coming up as "legacy" and distressed sales out there. May well be keeping some selected choice items for themselves. That's the way some collectors operate to pay for their hobby.

I know a seller on Ebay who goes to car boot sales all over the place with his wife to find "bargains". Keeps to a fairly narrow field of "collectors" type items that they understand and makes a tidy living from it by exploiting the price differences between the two sales arenas . And keeps the bits they really want for themselves.

I have paid for my garden railway stuff by selling off a proportion of my static model car/slot car collection over the past 10 years. The numbers that you are quoting is not the total number of their trades but of feedbacks received from customers. Nor any totals attributable to other user names they may be trading under. Mine shows around 500, although I must have done nearer 800 individual sales. Still a little way to go so I might be able to get a few more bits for my line yet. Max.

User avatar
tom_tom_go
Driver
Driver
Posts: 4824
Joined: Wed Feb 23, 2011 3:08 am
Location: Kent, UK
Contact:

Post by tom_tom_go » Tue Jul 28, 2015 2:06 pm

Another crazy one was this Mamod loco:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Mamod-steam-e ... true&rt=nc

User avatar
TonyW
Driver
Driver
Posts: 1357
Joined: Fri May 16, 2008 9:25 am
Location: North Wales
Contact:

Post by TonyW » Wed Oct 28, 2015 3:09 pm

Two optimistic ebay sales to add to the list:

£1000 for a Millie : http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/262114463951

£3750 for a RH Vale of Rheidol : http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/262111560163
Tony Willmore
Rhos Helyg Locomotive Works: http://www.rhoshelyg.me.uk
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RhosHelygLocoWorks

User avatar
tom_tom_go
Driver
Driver
Posts: 4824
Joined: Wed Feb 23, 2011 3:08 am
Location: Kent, UK
Contact:

Post by tom_tom_go » Wed Oct 28, 2015 3:44 pm

TonyW:114016 wrote: £3750 for a RH Vale of Rheidol : http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/262111560163
What does 'virtually mint' mean? ;)

Big Jim
Moderator
Moderator
Posts: 2694
Joined: Sat Jul 06, 2013 5:28 pm
Location: Near Llanelli

Post by Big Jim » Wed Oct 28, 2015 5:08 pm

Well virtual reality is something that looks right but isn't....
So virtually mint would look mint but isn't.

Perhaps you could pay with virtual pound notes?

User avatar
philipy
Moderator
Moderator
Posts: 5033
Joined: Sun Jan 30, 2011 3:00 pm
Location: South Northants

Post by philipy » Wed Oct 28, 2015 5:35 pm

tom_tom_go:114018 wrote: What does 'virtually mint' mean? ;)
Errr... "Tasty with a hole in the middle"?
Philip

bazzer42
Driver
Driver
Posts: 1215
Joined: Sun Nov 25, 2012 1:37 pm
Location: Forest of Dean

Post by bazzer42 » Wed Oct 28, 2015 7:26 pm

The guy with Millie has an earl at £1,000. It is accucraft but not earlly enough for me. There is also a Merlin something for sale as well but no idea if that is a fair price.

User avatar
TonyW
Driver
Driver
Posts: 1357
Joined: Fri May 16, 2008 9:25 am
Location: North Wales
Contact:

Post by TonyW » Wed Oct 28, 2015 8:16 pm

bazzer42:114023 wrote:The guy with Millie has an earl at £1,000. It is accucraft but not earlly enough for me. There is also a Merlin something for sale as well but no idea if that is a fair price.
The one with 822 and The Earl plates looks like a Caradoc to me, and the Merlin is a Mayflower I believe.
Tony Willmore
Rhos Helyg Locomotive Works: http://www.rhoshelyg.me.uk
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RhosHelygLocoWorks

User avatar
tom_tom_go
Driver
Driver
Posts: 4824
Joined: Wed Feb 23, 2011 3:08 am
Location: Kent, UK
Contact:

eBay madness

Post by tom_tom_go » Sat Jan 02, 2016 10:05 pm

Should of gone to Trackshack:

http://m.ebay.co.uk/itm/221977479156

User avatar
pskipper
Trainee Fireman
Trainee Fireman
Posts: 141
Joined: Sat Nov 23, 2013 5:38 pm
Location: Lincolnshire

Post by pskipper » Sat Mar 12, 2016 9:59 pm

More ebay madness, 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!

User avatar
Chris Cairns
Driver
Driver
Posts: 2364
Joined: Mon Oct 29, 2007 7:25 pm
Location: Glasgow, Scotland

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.

Chris Cairns

User avatar
-steves-
Administrator
Administrator
Posts: 2412
Joined: Thu Jul 28, 2011 1:50 pm
Location: Cambridge & Peterborough

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.

Chris Cairns
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.
The buck stops here .......

Ditton Meadow Light Railway (DMLR)
Member of Peterborough and District Association
http://peterborough.16mm.org.uk/

User avatar
tom_tom_go
Driver
Driver
Posts: 4824
Joined: Wed Feb 23, 2011 3:08 am
Location: Kent, UK
Contact:

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'

Free spiders though, can't argue with that ;)

User avatar
Peter Butler
Driver
Driver
Posts: 5219
Joined: Sun Sep 09, 2012 10:33 pm
Location: West Wales

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

Some might call that 'weathering'
The best things in life are free.... so why am I doing this?

User avatar
tom_tom_go
Driver
Driver
Posts: 4824
Joined: Wed Feb 23, 2011 3:08 am
Location: Kent, UK
Contact:

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

Post Reply

Who is online

Users browsing this forum: Phil.P and 4 guests