County of Yorkshire Posted April 22, 2020 Share Posted April 22, 2020 If you move quickly before Amazon's magical mystery price algorithm changes it's mind, you can get a Hornby Collett Suburban brake in BR maroon for less than 25 sheets: https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B07N8BMS7J/ref=ppx_od_dt_b_asin_title_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 That's £15 less than the cheapest box shifters. I've snapped one up to put into GWR wartime brown. CoY Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mkrob Posted April 22, 2020 Share Posted April 22, 2020 (edited) HEREFORD MODEL CENTRE have Bachmann14 Ton Tank wagons cheap. From £25.95 for a pack of 3. We need to support these small shops in these difficult times. http://herefordmodels.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=369_370_286&products_id=6078 http://herefordmodels.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=369_370_286&products_id=6077 https://herefordmodels.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=369_370_286&products_id=6076&zenid=ab06dd82454cbfb957a4cc06aeb65d56 Edited April 22, 2020 by mkrob 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ouroborus Posted April 22, 2020 Share Posted April 22, 2020 4 minutes ago, County of Yorkshire said: If you move quickly before Amazon's magical mystery price algorithm changes it's mind, you can get a Hornby Collett Suburban brake in BR maroon for less than 25 sheets: https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B07N8BMS7J/ref=ppx_od_dt_b_asin_title_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 That's £15 less than the cheapest box shifters. I've snapped one up to put into GWR wartime brown. CoY Back up to £40 3 minutes later! 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
County of Yorkshire Posted April 22, 2020 Share Posted April 22, 2020 7 minutes ago, Ouroborus said: Back up to £40 3 minutes later! Apologies; I did try! I tend to check Amazon for Hornby bargains daily these days; you never know what you might find at any particular time... 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Coryton Posted April 23, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 23, 2020 9 hours ago, Ouroborus said: Back up to £40 3 minutes later! (Risking a not directly bargain related post here....) It has been suggested (here, I think) that if an item isn't selling, the algorithm keeps dropping the price until someone buys one, then the price bounces straight up again. That would be consistent with what happened here - one purchase and it was back up to £40. You can see the behaviour of a gradual drop followed by a sharp increase on the camelcamelcamel web site which tracks Amazon prices, though currently Amazon have asked them to stop monitoring their European sites. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold 30801 Posted April 23, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 23, 2020 11 hours ago, Ouroborus said: Back up to £40 3 minutes later! It was £24-odd this morning. Back to £39 now though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Enterprisingwestern Posted April 23, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 23, 2020 1 hour ago, Coryton said: though currently Amazon have asked them to stop monitoring their European sites. So they can rip us off in peace and quiet? Mike. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damo666 Posted April 23, 2020 Share Posted April 23, 2020 1 hour ago, Coryton said: You can see the behaviour of a gradual drop followed by a sharp increase on the camelcamelcamel web site which tracks Amazon prices, though currently Amazon have asked them to stop monitoring their European sites. From the CamelCamelCamel website, a site I've used many times to my benefit, I see this on the home page: Quote In response to the COVID-19 crisis, Amazon has asked us to stop updating products in Europe until further notice. What's Covid-19 got to do with CamelCamelCamel and it tracking of Amazon prices? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium boxbrownie Posted April 23, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 23, 2020 4 minutes ago, Damo666 said: What's Covid-19 got to do with CamelCamelCamel and it tracking of Amazon prices? Because online purchases have shot up due to the lock in period and Amazon don’t want to miss out on the hay while the sun shines! 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damo666 Posted April 23, 2020 Share Posted April 23, 2020 (edited) 44 minutes ago, boxbrownie said: Because online purchases have shot up due to the lock in period and Amazon don’t want to miss out on the hay while the sun shines! OK, understand from Amazon's point-of-view, but I don't understand why Camelx3 would capitulate. Edited April 23, 2020 by Damo666 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomScrut Posted April 23, 2020 Share Posted April 23, 2020 9 minutes ago, Damo666 said: OK, understand from Amazon's point-of-view, but I don't understand why Camelx3 would capitulate. Speculation alert, it could also be to do with server loads, as traffic will be up Amazon might not want "unnecessary" price inquiries on pretty much everything they are selling at what I would imagine are very regular intervals. Camelcamelcamel would probably comply as Amazon will know which traffic is theirs and I would expect would be able to block it if they wanted meaning camelcamelcamel would need to rework their mechanism. i.e. don't bite the hand that enables you to exist! I might be completely wrong but I think what I have said sounds reasonable. 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
fezza Posted April 23, 2020 Share Posted April 23, 2020 15 hours ago, PhilNE said: The Transport Models 25% off sale ends on Friday. Still plenty of bargains to be had Bachmann Ransomes & Rapier Crane GWR or SR for less than £195 inc P&P Much of their stock was originally at RRP so not quite as generous as it first appears I'm afraid. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomScrut Posted April 23, 2020 Share Posted April 23, 2020 1 minute ago, fezza said: Much of their stock was originally at RRP so not quite as generous as it first appears I'm afraid. No, that's what I thought. It's only good for stuff that isn't fairly heavily discounted elsewhere at the moment Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mkrob Posted April 23, 2020 Share Posted April 23, 2020 13 hours ago, mkrob said: HEREFORD MODEL CENTRE have Bachmann14 Ton Tank wagons cheap. From £25.95 for a pack of 3. We need to support these small shops in these difficult times. http://herefordmodels.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=369_370_286&products_id=6078 http://herefordmodels.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=369_370_286&products_id=6077 https://herefordmodels.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=369_370_286&products_id=6076&zenid=ab06dd82454cbfb957a4cc06aeb65d56 They also do other limited edition wagons. http://herefordmodels.com/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=369_370_286 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomScrut Posted April 23, 2020 Share Posted April 23, 2020 3 minutes ago, mkrob said: They also do other limited edition wagons. http://herefordmodels.com/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=369_370_286 In some respects the wide variety of little (cheap) wagons makes me wish I didn't have modern stuff where wagons are normally £20+ and normally all look the same in a rake. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
leopardml2341 Posted April 23, 2020 Share Posted April 23, 2020 On 20/04/2020 at 20:38, NXEA! said: DC Kits have a very good Hornby sale on at this link: https://www.dckits-devideos.co.uk/index.php?route=product/category&path=246 I picked up a BR lined black D16 for £75, and they have a few other D16's and J15's available at that price which is very decent as the cheaper older stock sold out a while back. Several older, hard to find steam models available at great prices, few things that stood out were: R3168 Railroad Duke of Gloucester, £60. R3273 Crosti 9F, £72. R3115 West Country, Exeter £120 (not necessarily a bargain but a well-sought after one I believe) R3229 GWR Star £75 R3105 GWR Castle £92.50 Plenty of other stuff on there too. No connection other than a customer earlier today and thought I would pass on the info. Fill yer boots! On 21/04/2020 at 22:14, leopardml2341 said: Well, I 'think' I've ordered a crosti 9F, but tbh I've never had good experiences trying to buy via mail order from DC-Kits. ps sorry Mick Thanks NXEA! Mi 9F has just arrived I can't really justify it on a SR 3rd rail layout though........ 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Coryton Posted April 24, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 24, 2020 14 hours ago, Willoughby Glen said: Not directed at you Tomscrut but to all who keep mentioning Amazon Do think we need to stop repeating the issues with Amazon price rises after someone buys the offer, its been covered several times in this thread and is a known issue with Amazons approach to selling It's the usual problem with any kind of forum/news group. Some people haven't read from the start, and the same things keep coming up. People will continue to post bargains on Amazon that then disappear either because they bought one, or someone else did. This is sort of why FAQs were invented, because people kept asking the same questions on mailing lists. I don't know what the answer is here. It sounds a bit rude to say something like "This is how the Amazon algorithm works and has already been discussed. Please don't discuss further as this isn't the place for it" but I'm not sure what else would work. And I do appreciate that I've just done another "non bargain" post, thus adding to the traffic here. Maybe we need a parallel discussion thread for the discussions that get triggered here but some would rather didn't get in the way of the actual bargains? 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Ryde-on-time Posted April 24, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 24, 2020 Rails are offering the Heljan 0 gauge 25 for £345 as its deal of the day https://railsofsheffield.com/groups/3055/deal-of-the-day-o-gauge-class-25s Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold tractionman Posted April 24, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 24, 2020 (edited) Here's a bargain for those into their Heljan 0 gauge diesels, https://railsofsheffield.com/groups/3055/deal-of-the-day-o-gauge-class-25s Class 25s for £345... cheers, Keith --sorry, I see I was beaten to it! Edited April 24, 2020 by tractionman apology Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GordonC Posted April 24, 2020 Share Posted April 24, 2020 2 minutes ago, tractionman said: Here's a bargain for those into their Heljan 0 gauge diesels, https://railsofsheffield.com/groups/3055/deal-of-the-day-o-gauge-class-25s Class 25s for £345... cheers, Keith --sorry, I see I was beaten to it! cant have a duplicate post ... the bargain police will be after you too!!! ... 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium boxbrownie Posted April 24, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 24, 2020 11 minutes ago, GordonC said: cant have a duplicate post ... the bargain police will be after you too!!! ... we nearly got a triple post...heaven help us! Bit of a bargain though 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Strathwood Posted April 24, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 24, 2020 Never mind Amazon, our prices are low and are staying low on many bargain items and we have an offer order five books and the lowest priced book is FREE, not an algorithm in sight. www.strathwood.co.uk 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Georgeconna Posted April 24, 2020 Share Posted April 24, 2020 Certainly Tempting at the price!! I have to keep resisting though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sotto Posted April 24, 2020 Share Posted April 24, 2020 5 hours ago, Ryde-on-time said: Rails are offering the Heljan 0 gauge 25 for £345 as its deal of the day https://railsofsheffield.com/groups/3055/deal-of-the-day-o-gauge-class-25s I REALLY should stop looking at this thread. 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
forest2807 Posted April 24, 2020 Share Posted April 24, 2020 Dangerous isn’t it. I succumbed. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Create an account or sign in to comment
You need to be a member in order to leave a comment
Create an account
Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!
Register a new accountSign in
Already have an account? Sign in here.
Sign In Now