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Re: eBay madness

Post by markoteal » Thu May 21, 2020 8:30 pm

Good spot Rik - cracking descripssion
Where did I put that uncoupler?

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Re: eBay madness

Post by tom_tom_go » Thu May 21, 2020 10:25 pm

Brilliant.

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Re: eBay madness

Post by BorisSpencer » Mon Jun 29, 2020 1:24 pm

I hope nobody tells Peter how badly he's underselling!
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Re: eBay madness

Post by cncmodeller » Mon Jun 29, 2020 1:34 pm

I still think he needs to add another tenner to his prices, people need to pay for quality, I've seen those GVT wagons painted up nicely they're worth £20 of anybodies money. I never understand the penny pinching attitude to buying rolling stock, 16mm scale but 'OO' prices.

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Re: eBay madness

Post by FWLR » Tue Jun 30, 2020 8:47 am

Maybe because we don't all have bottomless pockets. Peter Binne is one of the better manufactures who understands that we can't all afford shed loads to pay for things. And you may find that most 16millers build their lines on a shoestring and can build from scratch some better models than the manufacturers.

£25 for something that is used...... :scratch: :scratch:

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Re: eBay madness

Post by FWLR » Thu Jul 09, 2020 7:47 am

What's this, I know it costs to join the 16mm Association and for me it's good value.
But selling "The Guide to 16mm Modelling" is being a bit cheeky don't you think...

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/293639973111?ul_noapp=true

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Post by TonyW » Thu Jul 09, 2020 9:52 am

FWLR wrote: Thu Jul 09, 2020 7:47 amBut selling "The Guide to 16mm Modelling" is being a bit cheeky don't you think...
Errr... why? It is the member's personal property to do with as they wish, surely.

All of my SMTs and other Association paraphernalia (except for the Bulletin whose glossy colour pages go in the recycling box ... grrr...) are sold on within days of arrival. Why? Because after reading I have no use for them, no space to store them and their content is now available online.

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Post by FWLR » Thu Jul 09, 2020 12:25 pm

Because it's free when you renew this year. I for some reason have 3 copies of it now. So if any member what's a copy. Just pay me postage and you can have one. The person on eBay wants you to pay has well P&P.......

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Re: eBay madness

Post by FWLR » Tue Jul 14, 2020 7:55 am

This is another of those adds that some my think is ok, I personally don't :!: :!:

This seller must think we are really really stupid and we have no sense at all..... :withstupid:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/154005316507?ul_noapp=true

You will find he has had no bids...

And it's used.. :scratch:


You can get a brand new one for £14.00 including postage.

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Re: eBay madness

Post by BorisSpencer » Tue Jul 14, 2020 8:35 am

FWLR wrote: Tue Jul 14, 2020 7:55 am You can get a brand new one for £14.00 including postage.
I can't remember who it is, but someone sells the Binnie wagon kits with replacement metal wheels for less than £25!

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Re: eBay madness

Post by FWLR » Tue Jul 14, 2020 12:25 pm

Still wouldn’t buy them for less than £25. The original wheels are perfectly acceptable for me. If you need to put extra weight and run them empty, a small lead weight will suffice. Most people run them loaded anyway...

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Re: eBay madness

Post by cncmodeller » Tue Jul 14, 2020 1:38 pm

I've found that a lot of people prefer to pay more if it's on Ebay and somehow have a reticence to go direct to the websites that sell it.
Nuts I know and doubly irritating as I find myself packing and sending off products that could have been just bought direct from my website so I now add the ebay commision charge on top.

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Re: eBay madness

Post by ge_rik » Wed Jul 15, 2020 8:50 am

Interestingly, I get a link to Peter Binnie's listing for the same (new) item beneath that listing. I'd hope anyone with any sense would follow it.
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Re: eBay madness

Post by FWLR » Wed Jul 15, 2020 9:53 am

So do I Rik. That must mean I have some sense then, :roll: because after seeing it this on eBay. I am ordering three for almost the same money as the person selling one used.... :thumbright:

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Re: eBay madness

Post by FWLR » Thu Jul 23, 2020 7:07 am

Think this person as any chance of selling this.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/154014524224?ul_noapp=true


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Think they may have put the decimal point in the wrong place... :roll:

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Re: eBay madness

Post by TheChestnutLine » Fri Jul 24, 2020 9:49 pm

FWLR wrote: Thu Jul 23, 2020 7:07 am Think this person as any chance of selling this.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/154014524224?ul_noapp=true



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Think they may have put the decimal point in the wrong place... :roll:

This wagon has been on Ebay for years, literally. I think at one point it used to be £50!
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Re: eBay madness

Post by FWLR » Sat Jul 25, 2020 11:01 am

TheChestnutLine wrote: Fri Jul 24, 2020 9:49 pm
FWLR wrote: Thu Jul 23, 2020 7:07 am Think this person as any chance of selling this.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/154014524224?ul_noapp=true



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Think they may have put the decimal point in the wrong place... :roll:

This wagon has been on Ebay for years, literally. I think at one point it used to be £50!
:roll: :thumbright:

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Re: eBay madness

Post by TheChestnutLine » Sat Jul 25, 2020 1:00 pm

I ALMOST want to buy it just so that I don't have to see it every time I have a look on Ebay...

...and by 'almost', I mean 'Not at all'. :lol:
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Re: eBay madness

Post by FWLR » Sun Jul 26, 2020 8:35 am

It's the same person who is selling that Binnie tipper at £25 + p&p...

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Re: eBay madness

Post by cncmodeller » Mon Jul 27, 2020 10:44 pm

I've come to realise with 16mm on ebay that unless you're virtually giving it away for a bit of fun and to do a total stranger a financial favour you're wasting your time, other scales like 009 and 7mm command and get reasonable prices. Then at the other end of the scale is that Archangel wagon which I've been watching has been up for about a year, hasn't a hope he may as well chuck it on the fire. Some people get the idea that because it's 'special' it's worth a lot of money there's that guy who always has his gauge 1 [ I think] locos photographed on his front garden wall at too high prices and some of them have literally been on for about 5 years.

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