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  1. Tofufi

    EBay madness

    The asking price is definitely something else...!
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    EBay madness

    Hate to say it, but I quite like that! I'd happily pay the postage price (£9.99!) for it... Although, as noted above (good examples of) the Tri-ang 0-4-0s have gone up in price lately.
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    EBay madness

    Another Gostude bargain... £2500 for a Tri-ang NSW Sydney Red Rattler 4 car set. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/364725878845 Of course, if you knew he paid £900 plus buyers premium (total £1143) you'd appreciate just how much of a profit he's aiming to make... Vectis Auctions | Triang R450/R451 NSW Suburban 4-Car EMU Set I'm pretty sure if paying £2500 for some vintage Tri-ang, I'd not want it damaged by stacking it on top of itself, pantographs and all.
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    EBay madness

    Gostude has recently listed a few more 'optimistically' priced kit built lots of loco and coaches... This is lovely, but... https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/364711192518 as is this... https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/335238169432
  5. The Mainline ones are nice models, and were later adapted/sold by Bachmann. Mainline ones were designed with split axles, so you have two wheels separated by a plastic bush in the middle of the axle - these are prone to failing, although new parts are available to fix them. The Airfix ones are all tender drive, and that one is (in my view) optimistically priced. A mint boxed one would sell for rather less (I'd say half that price!)... Edit: either are roughly as user-servicable as most other models from the same period. 🙂
  6. 80% for me 🙂. I wonder how they decide! Todays eBay annoyance… a few weeks ago I sold a loco to a non paying bidder. Relisted it yesterday as a buy it now, and a buyer with a suspiciously similar username to the first non paying bidder has pressed buy it now, and so far not paid… 😶
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    EBay madness

    I don't think that's eBay madness. Sensible start price, and the seller doesn't claim it is Airfix, but that's they think it is intended for the Airfix [kit] body... 🙂
  8. And just in case anyone was waiting on tenterhooks... my Caprotti Black 5 (high running board) arrived this lunchtime... with a posted date of 2 days ago (seller must have marked it despatched a week before they sent it). 😆
  9. One Yodel parcel I received last year was dropped off by a GSF (car parts) delivery driver who found it on the pavement a mile or two away... I'm currently waiting on one loco which was dispatched on 28th by Royal Mail tracked 48, but no tracking uploaded. Other items posted since have all arrived. Wish I could see the tracking for it, as it's not an easy thing to replace!
  10. In that case, they would be counted as 'personal possessions'. From the HMRC website: This guidance appears unchanged, as the new rules only relate to the obligation of platforms such as eBay to report on sellers: https://www.gov.uk/check-additional-income-tax
  11. It's an interesting one. It seems eBay have already been providing this data voluntarily since 2010. https://community.ebay.co.uk/t5/Seller-Central/Are-your-taxes-in-order-eBay-now-sending-sales-data-to-HMRC/m-p/7517171#M655772 I'm a little worried, as I've sold a fair chunk of my collection, mostly older locos I didn't use or projects, in the last year or two to fund a wedding and a house move. The total sale price has certainly been above the £1k threshold. In my favour, much of what I've sold 've owned since childhood, and the value of my sales month on month is winding down as I'm running out of things I want to sell. I don't know how much proof they would need that I am having a clearout, rather than buying and selling purely for profit.
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    EBay madness

    If they get an auction house to do it, chances are they'll end up with half (or less) the market value if sold individually or in small lots on eBay. There won't be many individuals out there with £10k to spend in one go on Grafar (or indeed any model railway) items for themselves, and I'd imagine OO Graham Farish isn't as widely collected as Tri-ang or Hornby Dublo... The biggest problem with that lot is that as-is, it's not possible to tell what's there - it could be £20k worth of immaculate boxed locos, many of which are rare and could command huge prices, or it could be a few locos in good condition (the 4 shown look good!) and a mixed lot of rolling stock.
  13. Today's festive frustration... Sold an item to a US buyer after 4PM on Sunday 24th Dec. Wake up this morning (27th Dec) to the message "Did you mail the package yet?". No 'Hello' or anything else, just that. I emailed back explaining that the Post office isn't open on Sundays, or bank holidays including Christmas day and Boxing day... Wonder whether I'll regret posting this one...
  14. As I like to have models of obscure prototypes, I was very pleased to pick this one up the other day for just over £30 posted.. GWR outside frame 0-6-2 pannier tank loco. (Crane is behind it, it's not a crane loco!). Seems the prototype was a rebuild of an old saddle tank loco, and only one was ever built in this form. As it's an old build (Tri-ang wheels and XO4 motor) it is a bit crude compared to modern standards but, of course, runs beautifully. More on the prototype here: https://didcotrailwaycentre.org.uk/article.php/531/going-loco-october-2022
  15. Regular 1st/2nd class only updates when delivery attempted. Tracked 24/48 services are updated throughout their journey. Both services rely on the postie scanning the parcel when they deliver. If they don't, the tracking won't complete and (in theory) unscrupulous people could claim the items aren't delivered.
  16. I gave up using the collection service. Frequently they just don't arrive to collect. Our local delivery office is short staffed and we don't get daily deliveries. Those two things are probably linked. If buying on eBay, they don't seem to add the 16p fee for dropping the items at a post office. 🙂 To be honest, I don't know why anyone selling on eBay doesn't buy the postage labels on there. Tracking is auto updated, prices are cheaper than buying in a post office, and you can print labels or get a QR code to have scanned and a label printed in your local post office.
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    EBay madness

    What I did find interesting was that they seem to have a similar assembly cost for Metcalfe kits and Kingsway models, despite one taking rather longer to build (due to not being pre-cut!). The Kingsway models are lovely kits, but not being pre-cut they do need more skill and time to build well 🙂
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    EBay madness

    Amusingly, despite claiming people shouldn't watch his items and that they will simply be removed after 30 days and sold elsewhere, my browser tells me the price for at least one of them has been reduced...
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    EBay madness

    For most collectors, I'd imagine the mis-matching colour (meaning it's part of two sets) would be a drawback too. 🙂
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    EBay madness

    One of Gostude's latest offerings: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/335084806226 I know these are one of the rarest Tri-ang items, but even so... the condition isn't great and it isn't a complete set. It'll be interesting to see if it sells...
  21. I've been wanting to post a few of my locos in this thread for a while... Here's one of my favourites, a Thompson L1. Sadly, I can't lay claim to the build, but it runs superbly. You might be looking and asking what relevance this has to the thread... but it is based on a Tri-ang Princess chassis and retains the XO4 motor! Whoever built it certainly had some skill 🙂
  22. I think the point is/was that the tracked 48 and tracked 24 services offer higher levels of compensation for a lower price than the signed for/recorded services. I switched to the tracked 48 service (from 2nd class) during the strikes over Christmas, and must say I think it's worth the extra money (compared to second/first class), if only to have the higher compensation and more information on the tracking system. 🙂
  23. This is very true. As a seller, I don't charge for packing (everything is re-used from things sent to me, or boxes I scrounge from the supermarket. As a buyer, excessive P&P charges really put me off buying something... There's rarely a correlation between P&P price and quality of packaging materials, in my experience.
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    EBay madness

    For what it's worth, it's also rarer than the standard one because it says 'transcontinental' on the side, rather than 'Tri-ang Railways' :)
  25. Tofufi

    EBay madness

    Buy-it-nows aren't auctions, they are classified adverts. :) Also, if an auction only has one bidder, then it's worth whatever the start price (or reserve) is!
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