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I've noticed a lot of 'Used but not tested' in the descriptions these days which I think is a euphemism for the seller is a mechanical incompetent or a lazy dumbf**k.

This caught my eye recently which is probably rare but in my opinion a rare piece of junk, I thought maybe I could change the mickey mouse cylinders but decided that it was too far away from a scale 'Rheidol' that it wasn't worth it.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/SM32-Rare-Li ... 1438.l2649

The other one is a strange loco, I thought it might be an Archangel Brick in disguise but it had a dome? and then again it may be just a copy using just a discarded boiler off a Sgt Murphy and because you couldn't restore it without throwing most of it away into a catalogue Archangel loco [ which one anyway] I didn't bid.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Gauge-G-Live ... 1438.l2649


John

The price of both of those locos you can buy working second hand live steamers from reliable manufacturers.

Wow...

https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre ... 3533263487

tom_tom_go wrote: ↑Thu Mar 08, 2018 7:22 pmhttps://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre ... 3533263487

Not sure why you think this one is bad Tom. There's over £100-worth of wheels, axleguards/bogies and couplings on these three vehicles, and once that is deducted then £30 each seems not far off a bargain to me.

Apologies, I did not read through the advert correctly as I thought it was just for one wagon.

Thanks for the correction Tony.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Mamod-Locomo ... true&rt=nc

Half the loco
...
double the price?

Nothing showing….bidding has ended

It does show.. 102 solid british pounds. I guess someone got carried away while bidding on the item. Lucky seller anyway, others would put it in the bin or the parts box..

Shows nothing but “Bidding has ended on this item” with no photo or price too me.

There was another Mamod loco recently on eBay that went for under £90 fully assembled although looked like it had been stored in a damp shed for years.

I wouldn’t mind one of those Mamods, but it would need to be R/C, couldn’t keep up with it even running very slow……….

Rod, I think you will find that slow running and Mamods are a contradiction of terms. At least in my experience they run so fast that they will derail at the first bend or they simply refuse to run at all. But then maybe I've just been unlucky.

Maybe Phil, but that’s the fun of it don’t you think..

https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre ... 3137599569

I think ambitiously priced is the phrase here!

If you think these are bad you should have a look at the recent/current auction of Fred Dibners workshop. People have been bidding £10-25 for a rust nut and bolt from his workshop, small spanner’s have been going for triple figures!! Don’t even start on the old shirts!!! It does go to show that some people will pay anything for anything! eBay is not the bargain basement place it was when it started out.

listerboy wrote: ↑Fri Apr 06, 2018 5:31 pm https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre ... 3137599569

I think ambitiously priced is the phrase here!

Do you think he/she put the decimal point in the wrong place….

The missis told him he had to get rid of his trains, because she thought it's childish. To keep his marriage sound, he told her he'ld try to sell it.

Could be a case of " I tried to sell them love....."

Very Good Jim