jonny777 Posted October 9, 2020 Share Posted October 9, 2020 The first two finishing prices do state 'reserve not met'. Therefore I think he has set the reserve very high and realises there is so little interest that he may as well start the new auction at the reserve price (or very close to it). 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Ramrig Posted October 9, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 9, 2020 5 hours ago, petethemole said: Aso has this https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Hornby-00-R2219-class-Bottle-of-bitter-Of-butter-Blackmoor-Vale-Loco-Boxe-New/224075730803?hash=item342bf44f73:g:V7wAAOSwUPVcK5M5 Spell checker overload? If you look at the rest of this sellers items there are a lot of listing where the “Spill Chucker” has taken over. Including a Hornby B12 chassis for the little known outside cylinders modification. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andytrains Posted October 9, 2020 Share Posted October 9, 2020 9 hours ago, petethemole said: Aso has this https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Hornby-00-R2219-class-Bottle-of-bitter-Of-butter-Blackmoor-Vale-Loco-Boxe-New/224075730803?hash=item342bf44f73:g:V7wAAOSwUPVcK5M5 Spell checker overload? He/She is probably lisdexic. Even so He/She is selling a ;load of dismantled Crap, rubbish, unless you want what's you are after. My family are dyslexic so we do take the p!ss out of each other! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium cessna152towser Posted October 9, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 9, 2020 4 hours ago, Ramrig said: If you look at the rest of this sellers items there are a lot of listing where the “Spill Chucker” has taken over. Including a Hornby B12 chassis for the little known outside cylinders modification. Or this B12 chassis perhaps? https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Won-t-be-00-class-B12-locomotive-Chassia-Spear-China/224180172563?hash=item34322df713:g:DKoAAOSw04dfeP-z 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcredfer Posted October 9, 2020 Share Posted October 9, 2020 7 hours ago, Paul H Vigor said: Looks quite curly? Any thoughts re breed?? To be honest, my first impression was something of the human variety, medium brown curly variety, Homeo Erectus! As for dog curly breed identity, I haven't the first idea. Julian 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold 96701 Posted October 10, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 10, 2020 5 hours ago, andytrains said: He/She is probably lisdexic. Even so He/She is selling a ;load of dismantled Crap, rubbish, unless you want what's you are after. My family are dyslexic so we do take the p!ss out of each other! Is that better than taking the pass out of each other? 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveyDee68 Posted October 10, 2020 Share Posted October 10, 2020 When it was dicovered that people have a clinical difficulty with reading and writing, which sadistic b@st@rd decided to call it "dyslexia"? That's just taking the p!ss!! As somebody who has supported adults with dyslexia, that question comes up more often than you would think! Steve S 2 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium cessna152towser Posted October 10, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 10, 2020 7 hours ago, SteveyDee68 said: When it was dicovered that people have a clinical difficulty with reading and writing, which sadistic b@st@rd decided to call it "dyslexia"? That's just taking the p!ss!! As somebody who has supported adults with dyslexia, that question comes up more often than you would think! Steve S A valid point. After I had posted the link last night to one of several "won't be 00...." eBay listings and I'd gone to bed, the thought occurred to me that the seller may have difficulty in reading or writing English and may have been using voice recognition software which is not yet quite up to speed on recognising his/her voice. Perhaps "Won't Be" should read "Hornby". Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium kevinlms Posted October 10, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 10, 2020 On 09/10/2020 at 20:55, petethemole said: Aso has this https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Hornby-00-R2219-class-Bottle-of-bitter-Of-butter-Blackmoor-Vale-Loco-Boxe-New/224075730803?hash=item342bf44f73:g:V7wAAOSwUPVcK5M5 Spell checker overload? I'm no expert on the S.R., but surely if it's 'Blackmoor Vale', it's a West Country? Which seems to confirmed by the end label on the box. So the seller has no need to attempt to spell Battle of Britain. 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Enterprisingwestern Posted October 10, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 10, 2020 3 hours ago, kevinlms said: I'm no expert on the S.R., but surely if it's 'Blackmoor Vale', it's a West Country? Which seems to confirmed by the end label on the box. So the seller has no need to attempt to spell Battle of Britain. It's to get them plenty of free advertising though, so they ain't that daft! Mike. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Darius43 Posted October 10, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 10, 2020 3 hours ago, kevinlms said: I'm no expert on the S.R., but surely if it's 'Blackmoor Vale', it's a West Country? Which seems to confirmed by the end label on the box. So the seller has no need to attempt to spell Battle of Britain. The Hornby data sheet that comes with the loco has the title “Battle of Britain/West Country” so perhaps this confused the seller, who may be unaware of such distinctions. Darius 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium cessna152towser Posted October 10, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 10, 2020 (edited) Hornby Captain Tom locos at crazy prices now that folks had their pre-orders cancelled by Hornby. I'm just thankful I got tired of waiting to hear from Hornby and bought instead from a scrupulous retailer who chose not to profit from it. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Hornby-R30069-Class-66-Ltd-Edition-Captain-Tom-Moore-Model-Train-00-Gauge/303720306948?hash=item46b7241904:g:X0UAAOSwc01fMpuL https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Hornby-R30069-Class-66-Ltd-Edition-Captain-Tom-Moore-Model-Train-00-Gauge/303712510906?hash=item46b6ad23ba:g:X0UAAOSwc01fMpuL https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Thank-You-NHS-Captain-Tom-Moore-Hornby-R30069-Class-66-731-model-train-00gauge/324319509909?hash=item4b82f2fd95:g:IxwAAOSwubRfea0G Edited October 10, 2020 by cessna152towser 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted October 10, 2020 Share Posted October 10, 2020 Judging by his other items for sale, chances are that he's not a model railway enthusiast. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveyDee68 Posted October 10, 2020 Share Posted October 10, 2020 1 hour ago, MrWolf said: Judging by his other items for sale, chances are that he's not a model railway enthusiast. Yep, just somebody trying to make a nice big markup. Best thing to do? Completely ignore him! Steve S 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveyDee68 Posted October 10, 2020 Share Posted October 10, 2020 On 08/10/2020 at 23:17, newbryford said: Couldn't let page 1000 go by without a "paint it yellow and put Network Rail stickers on"............ https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Hornby-00X5-Network-Rail-Small-Coaches-Repainted/224154607513?hash=item3430a7df99:g:I1gAAOSwJ2lfXOnh And today, after a very large rum and coke, I sent him a message asking him if he was mad?! He responded, "Y?" Maybe he is a non-English speaker, because I realised he might have thought I meant "mad" as in "angry" rather than "mad" as in "off your rocker" (I know - not very PC - especially on World Mental Health Day/Week/History Month or whatever it is right now) Having said that, his profile says he lives in Stockport... Bearing in mind, this joker also has a Triang dock shunter body shell painted up as a Network Rail shunter for crazy money .... but if you scroll down through his items, the chassis is available on its own as a "spare" for more than you normally pick up a complete, running version of the loco. I tried to be nice. Really, I did... But I admit to telling him that perhaps he should sell the chassis and body shell together! Just a chancer grabbing up secondhand stuff, taking it to pieces and trying to flog off the parts at extortionate prices. It's folk like that who are pushing the second hand prices upwards .... somebody decides to sell a Triang Dock Shunter, checks eBay and discovers someone is selling just the body for £50 and thinks, "My engine has got wheels as well, so surely it must be worth more than that?!" And then stumbles across a Gostude listing for the same item, damaged but with a crappy plastic snowplough on the front advertised for £120+ and thinks, "Well, and that one is damaged, but has got a plough which mine hasn't got, so mine must be worth about (guessing) £90 - I'll start it at £70 then" ... and suddenly everything goes up in price. Sorry, grumbling. Steve S 3 4 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted October 11, 2020 Share Posted October 11, 2020 Couldn't agree more. It's the same with everything, it's apparently worth more dead than alive. It's particularly prevalent with my other obsession, vintage motorcycles. There's some joker currently trying to sell a more or less complete engine that would fit one of my bikes, for £700. Yes, there are some valuable bits on it, but I would value it at £400-450. Especially when you see that the oil pump is missing. Did someone rob it out to keep another bike going or was there an oil pressure related catastrophe? It's a bit of a gamble. The next day another engine appears, looking like it just came out of a hedge. Both crankcase halves smashed, cylinder barrel and cylinder head fins broken off, gearbox case smashed. So it's "only" £500. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Enterprisingwestern Posted October 11, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 11, 2020 5 hours ago, MrWolf said: Couldn't agree more. It's the same with everything, it's apparently worth more dead than alive. It's particularly prevalent with my other obsession, vintage motorcycles. There's some joker currently trying to sell a more or less complete engine that would fit one of my bikes, for £700. Yes, there are some valuable bits on it, but I would value it at £400-450. Especially when you see that the oil pump is missing. Did someone rob it out to keep another bike going or was there an oil pressure related catastrophe? It's a bit of a gamble. The next day another engine appears, looking like it just came out of a hedge. Both crankcase halves smashed, cylinder barrel and cylinder head fins broken off, gearbox case smashed. So it's "only" £500. In time, 3D metal printing will put these jokers out of business. Mike. 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium rab Posted October 11, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 11, 2020 9 hours ago, SteveyDee68 said: Just a chancer grabbing up secondhand stuff, taking it to pieces and trying to flog off the parts at extortionate prices. It's folk like that who are pushing the second hand prices upwards .... somebody decides to sell a Triang Dock Shunter, checks eBay and discovers someone is selling just the body for £50 and thinks, "My engine has got wheels as well, so surely it must be worth more than that?!" And then stumbles across a Gostude listing for the same item, damaged but with a crappy plastic snowplough on the front advertised for £120+ and thinks, "Well, and that one is damaged, but has got a plough which mine hasn't got, so mine must be worth about (guessing) £90 - I'll start it at £70 then" ... and suddenly everything goes up in price. Sorry, grumbling. Stblockquo It only pushes the prices up if people are daft enough to buy. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted October 11, 2020 Share Posted October 11, 2020 17 minutes ago, rab said: It only pushes the prices up if people are daft enough to buy. And so often we see that they are that daft 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DK123GWR Posted October 11, 2020 Share Posted October 11, 2020 Not ebay, but unless I'm missing something this is certainly madness. 1 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Puggers Posted October 12, 2020 Share Posted October 12, 2020 (edited) How about htis one? https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/193705780013?ul_noapp=true If you scroll down to the Description (!), do we also not think that English is possibly not his first language, or is this Yoda speak? Richard Edited October 12, 2020 by Puggers typo Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Puggers Posted October 12, 2020 Share Posted October 12, 2020 I have just looked at his other items for sale - words slightly fail me! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jwealleans Posted October 12, 2020 Share Posted October 12, 2020 He's French and he's used Google translate for the text. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted October 12, 2020 Share Posted October 12, 2020 Whatever his origins, it seems like about £79 too much for that old junk. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium John M Upton Posted October 12, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 12, 2020 And another personal hatred, everything in BLOCK CAPITALS for no readily apparent reason. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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