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Re: eBay madness
Yes what you're missing is the highly dubious aspect of 'shipping from UK' but location is USA! How they get away with that is beyond me I've always found ebay quite draconian and never miss a trick, perhaps they only pick on UK sellers and keep them in line. The number of times I've been caught out where I don't want to buy from abroad and then find out the seller is in china only after paying.ge_rik wrote: ↑Thu Dec 07, 2017 9:23 pm Am I missing something here?
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/263309726511
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Re: eBay madness
A bargain - and only £15.85 for postagetom_tom_go wrote: ↑Thu Dec 07, 2017 9:59 pm This one is a good as well:
https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre ... 2776539615
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Re: eBay madness
I want to know were do they get these prices from...but to be fair, they do say they would prefer collection....but that price is silly....glad I run 32mm.
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Re: eBay madness
"....Yes what you're missing is the highly dubious aspect of 'shipping from UK' but location is USA!.."
Yeah it is thought provoking.
We have local shop that uses ebay and says "from united states", and stated in us$, but located here in Canada !
And the product is 'magically' located here if you win.
If we successfully bid on an item we have the option to pay thru the ebay system, and then pick up at their bricks'nmortar store front to eliminate any shpg charges. Which is good for potential regional bidders and for the seller 'cause we have a little more bidding room/value. And does help regards the negativity of exchange rate (ex. 1.29cdn for usd today)
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Yeah it is thought provoking.
We have local shop that uses ebay and says "from united states", and stated in us$, but located here in Canada !
And the product is 'magically' located here if you win.
If we successfully bid on an item we have the option to pay thru the ebay system, and then pick up at their bricks'nmortar store front to eliminate any shpg charges. Which is good for potential regional bidders and for the seller 'cause we have a little more bidding room/value. And does help regards the negativity of exchange rate (ex. 1.29cdn for usd today)
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Re: eBay madness
If at first you don't succeed, use a bigger hammer!
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That looks like a not-to-be missed bargain....will you be bidding Jim?
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Re: eBay madness
Oh, yesssssss, gimme gimme gimme.
Thwack, bang, crump. (Sound of being lightly beaten around the bonce with the stick of common sense and the cricket bat of rational thought)
(Ahem) Perhaps not.
I fully understand that these are un common and I don't want to detract from the fact that there are people out there who might want one. I wouldn't say no to one gracing the shelves of my study as a curio. However I think this might be over the top for a value.
I can see the difficulties in setting a value for something like this and I would be very interested in what some of the forum members, whom I know have one, say about a price for it.
Although at the end of the day I suspect that a fair price for something like this is a price that the buyer and seller are both happy with.
Thwack, bang, crump. (Sound of being lightly beaten around the bonce with the stick of common sense and the cricket bat of rational thought)
(Ahem) Perhaps not.
I fully understand that these are un common and I don't want to detract from the fact that there are people out there who might want one. I wouldn't say no to one gracing the shelves of my study as a curio. However I think this might be over the top for a value.
I can see the difficulties in setting a value for something like this and I would be very interested in what some of the forum members, whom I know have one, say about a price for it.
Although at the end of the day I suspect that a fair price for something like this is a price that the buyer and seller are both happy with.
If at first you don't succeed, use a bigger hammer!
Re: eBay madness
ROD
Life is so easy when I run my trains.
https://gardenrails.org/forum/viewtopic ... 41&t=11364
https://www.youtube.com/@fairywoodlightrailway
Life is so easy when I run my trains.
https://gardenrails.org/forum/viewtopic ... 41&t=11364
https://www.youtube.com/@fairywoodlightrailway
Re: eBay madness
A nice little wagon, for a rather high price.
However, by playing the devil's advocate, If this is handmade or scratchbuilt how much is it worth?
If we look at the time it takes to make something, how much is an individuals labour worth? My local mobile mechanic charges £20 per hour, a skilled worker with few overheads. If someone is producing something as a business then what should we be paying?
The IP brake van I just completed took me at least 30hrs, If I was to sell it i would be lucky to get £75 quid. If I was working commercially that is not enough to support anything.
However, by playing the devil's advocate, If this is handmade or scratchbuilt how much is it worth?
If we look at the time it takes to make something, how much is an individuals labour worth? My local mobile mechanic charges £20 per hour, a skilled worker with few overheads. If someone is producing something as a business then what should we be paying?
The IP brake van I just completed took me at least 30hrs, If I was to sell it i would be lucky to get £75 quid. If I was working commercially that is not enough to support anything.
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I agree with all you have said Jim, but it wouldn’t be viable to contemplate doing that has a business if it takes someone a long time to produce would it. If i had took 30 hours or more to build something, i wouldn’t sell i don’t think, unless some one offered me silly money for it...Big Jim wrote: ↑Thu Dec 14, 2017 9:37 am A nice little wagon, for a rather high price.
However, by playing the devil's advocate, If this is handmade or scratchbuilt how much is it worth?
If we look at the time it takes to make something, how much is an individuals labour worth? My local mobile mechanic charges £20 per hour, a skilled worker with few overheads. If someone is producing something as a business then what should we be paying?
The IP brake van I just completed took me at least 30hrs, If I was to sell it i would be lucky to get £75 quid. If I was working commercially that is not enough to support anything.
ROD
Life is so easy when I run my trains.
https://gardenrails.org/forum/viewtopic ... 41&t=11364
https://www.youtube.com/@fairywoodlightrailway
Life is so easy when I run my trains.
https://gardenrails.org/forum/viewtopic ... 41&t=11364
https://www.youtube.com/@fairywoodlightrailway
Re: eBay madness
I do believe they are handmade from scratch though.
ROD
Life is so easy when I run my trains.
https://gardenrails.org/forum/viewtopic ... 41&t=11364
https://www.youtube.com/@fairywoodlightrailway
Life is so easy when I run my trains.
https://gardenrails.org/forum/viewtopic ... 41&t=11364
https://www.youtube.com/@fairywoodlightrailway
Re: eBay madness
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Re: eBay madness
Big Jim wrote: ↑Tue Dec 26, 2017 9:54 pm https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/MSS-Live-Ste ... SwP4FaOtZd
And these are how much new?
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Re: eBay madness
I see in the original posting that Harry the overpriced rocket, to which Big Jim drew our attention, was located in Gurnard, Isle of Wight. Definitely something fishy about it!
Probably went to someone with a hipster beard and silly trousers as a shelf ornament.
Probably went to someone with a hipster beard and silly trousers as a shelf ornament.
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'Fishy' I had to think about that one
Harry was relisted for £500 I have not checked how he got on.
Harry was relisted for £500 I have not checked how he got on.
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In a word No, but half a dozen idiots have managed to bid it up from £28
In the "Also looked at.." section further down that listing is an unfired one with all the bits, for £70!!
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/MAMOD-TRACTI ... 0005.m1851
In the "Also looked at.." section further down that listing is an unfired one with all the bits, for £70!!
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/MAMOD-TRACTI ... 0005.m1851
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