Gremlin Posted February 5, 2016 Share Posted February 5, 2016 In the last week, a UK vendor has started posting ads on eBay, in French, Italian, German and English, for Farish trains at an unbelievably and unrealistically high price. For example, http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/GRAHAM-FARISH-1809-LANGLEY-SET-GEBAUT-BR-0-6-0-KLASSE-Q1-LOK-33028-MIB-mz-/141896290386?hash=item2109ad9052:g:bv4AAOxyVLNSvzi7 Now, I really don't care how much someone thinks a 30 year old Poole loco is worth, although I doubt GBP200 (or EUR230) is reasonable; what is more intertesting is that this is recent and multi-language for the identical items...and I just wonder why it is happening? Any thoughts? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Kris Posted February 5, 2016 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 5, 2016 You have a contender for this topic http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/5197-ebay-madness/ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold TheSignalEngineer Posted February 5, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 5, 2016 It's our old friend Gostude. Check out the Business Seller Contact details and then look at this one http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/TRIANG-Hornby-R54-R1542-TC-4-6-2-PACIFIC-HIAWATHA-LOCO-NEW-BOXED-SEALED-an-/371220446506?hash=item566e767d2a:m:m5N4XXCsQrrh4I6yexB_QmQ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
muddys-blues Posted February 5, 2016 Share Posted February 5, 2016 aah Mr Greg Diffen ..... our old Friend of Kit built items, that are mostly ready to run items..... he is the original wonga.com before Wonga came along. Craig. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roy L S Posted February 6, 2016 Share Posted February 6, 2016 This seller does seem to be very ambitious with the prices he asks and I do wonder how much he actually sells. There are a lot of kitbuilt locos on old Farish chassis advertised, some quite nice, plus a few real "lemons" (IMHO) so maybe there is the odd person willing to pay these prices in the UK, could be he is simply casting the net wider. Roy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allegheny1600 Posted February 6, 2016 Share Posted February 6, 2016 What's strange to me is that he doesn't post to the UK (despite being located here). Maybe he realises that most UKebayers know who he is? ('e be a right wanchor!). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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