EBay madness

[Enterprisingwestern]

5 hours ago, Paul H Vigor said:

Titter he not!

 

3 hours ago, PhilJ W said:

That's Frankie Howard.

 

Who appeared in Carry On films did he not?

 

Mike.

[Paul H Vigor]

58 minutes ago, Enterprisingwestern said:

 

 

Who appeared in Carry On films did he not?

 

Mike.

He played Francis Bigger in Carry On Doctor

[Paul H Vigor]

3 minutes ago, Paul H Vigor said:

He played Francis Bigger in Carry On Doctor

"Dr James Kilmore: Just as I thought. You fell on your coccyx.

Francis Bigger: I did not. I fell on my back.

Dr James Kilmore: Your coccyx is at the base of the spine.

Francis Bigger: Well I've never heard it called that before."

[Enterprisingwestern]

1 hour ago, Paul H Vigor said:

He played Francis Bigger in Carry On Doctor

 

He was also in Jungle.

 

Mike.

[leopardml2341]

And so, back to eBay madness.

 

£25 with 5 mins to go.......

 

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Bachmann-32-775X-Class-37-0-Ex-37114-Split-Headcode-nose-ends-only/114560131149?epid=14033921531&hash=item1aac50e04d:g:2z4AAOSwQOdfusq7

 

Finished at £46!

Edited December 12, 2020 by leopardml2341

[Andy WD]

17 hours ago, Hal Nail said:

Whole rash of ABS 7mm GWR kits up now at just £99 each. They've been unavailable for a long time and were only going for 35-40 ish recently.

 

Or theres a quite nicely made up one at £50 and I'd though that was a bit steep!

 

I thought THIS was steep....!

 

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/0-Gauge-DJB-Engineering-GWR-4-2-2-Dean-Single-3000-Gallon-Tender-Ltd-78-100/233816467786?hash=item36708c294a:g:qVEAAOSwdstf0oL0

 

But it will be delivered by Christmas maybe

[Patriot87003]

I remember the Virgin Trains HST stock being a bag of ‘nuts and bolts’ towards the end of their working life with Virgin and the livery on many power cars and MK3’s being a bit patchy (before the MTU upgrades and transfer to other TOC’s) .... but I can’t remember any looking quite like this! (zoom into the pics to really appreciate ‘Neville Hill’s’ handiwork!!)

 

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Inter-City-125-3-car-set-Virgin-livery-please-read-dscription-not-boxed/313337341154?hash=item48f45c64e2:g:EAMAAOSwiWBf0fgY

 

To be fair ... the listing is honest and spot-on .... “bizarre conversion” indeed!

[009 micro modeller]

5 hours ago, Patriot87003 said:

To be fair ... the listing is honest and spot-on .... “bizarre conversion” indeed!

 

And to be fair, currently at a fairly low price. Certain other eBay sellers would try to list it as ‘r@re’ and ‘kit built’ and charge about £200. I get the sense that it might be from a job lot and the seller doesn’t think much of it either. The description of the replacement power bogie modifications is also strange.

[MartinWales]

13 hours ago, Andy WD said:

 

I thought THIS was steep....!

 

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/0-Gauge-DJB-Engineering-GWR-4-2-2-Dean-Single-3000-Gallon-Tender-Ltd-78-100/233816467786?hash=item36708c294a:g:qVEAAOSwdstf0oL0

 

But it will be delivered by Christmas maybe

And still paying for it next Xmas, and the one after, and...... 

[MartinWales]

6 hours ago, 009 micro modeller said:

 

And to be fair, currently at a fairly low price. Certain other eBay sellers would try to list it as ‘r@re’ and ‘kit built’ and charge about £200. I get the sense that it might be from a job lot and the seller doesn’t think much of it either. The description of the replacement power bogie modifications is also strange.

Blast! Better pack mine away then......... 

[newbryford]

I always wonder why anyone would leave the original purchase price sticker on - especially when asking for about 3x the amount....

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Athearn-7993-BNSF-GP-38-2-7993-Boxed-2257/164334379459?hash=item264317a1c3:g:hzkAAOSwpAZfNAP5

 

[298]

15 hours ago, Patriot87003 said:

I remember the Virgin Trains HST stock being a bag of ‘nuts and bolts’ towards the end of their working life with Virgin and the livery on many power cars and MK3’s being a bit patchy (before the MTU upgrades and transfer to other TOC’s) .... but I can’t remember any looking quite like this! (zoom into the pics to really appreciate ‘Neville Hill’s’ handiwork!!)

 

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Inter-City-125-3-car-set-Virgin-livery-please-read-dscription-not-boxed/313337341154?hash=item48f45c64e2:g:EAMAAOSwiWBf0fgY

 

To be fair ... the listing is honest and spot-on .... “bizarre conversion” indeed!

 

 

I think this must be what prompted Virgin to sanction ModelRail's limited edition Hornby 90 "Mission Impossible", when it was pointed out that quality factory finished models would do their image more good than practice repaints at home.

 

 

Anyway, one of the reasons why I learnt CAD was to enable me to quickly build replacements of locos not available as RTR, should the unthinkable happen and a replacement needed. So why pay a price akin to something made out of Unicorn toenails for something that could easily be reprinted....

 

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/London-Transport-Underground-tube-train-Victoria-Line-2009-stock-4-car-bodies-/154226870924?_trksid=p2349624.m46890.l49292

 

 

[newbryford]

15 hours ago, Patriot87003 said:

I remember the Virgin Trains HST stock being a bag of ‘nuts and bolts’ towards the end of their working life with Virgin and the livery on many power cars and MK3’s being a bit patchy (before the MTU upgrades and transfer to other TOC’s) .... but I can’t remember any looking quite like this! (zoom into the pics to really appreciate ‘Neville Hill’s’ handiwork!!)

 

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Inter-City-125-3-car-set-Virgin-livery-please-read-dscription-not-boxed/313337341154?hash=item48f45c64e2:g:EAMAAOSwiWBf0fgY

 

To be fair ... the listing is honest and spot-on .... “bizarre conversion” indeed!

 

I thought that said Viagra............

waits for stiff replies

 

 

[Metr0Land]

33 minutes ago, newbryford said:

I always wonder why anyone would leave the original purchase price sticker on - especially when asking for about 3x the amount....

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Athearn-7993-BNSF-GP-38-2-7993-Boxed-2257/164334379459?hash=item264317a1c3:g:hzkAAOSwpAZfNAP5

 

 

Possibly because peeling off old labels that have been there years leaves an ugly mark, so it's a case of damned if you do and damned if you don't?

[rob D2]

Good price ! I have three of these maybe I should get rid of one 

 

[Enterprisingwestern]

8 hours ago, rob D2 said:

Good price ! I have three of these maybe I should get rid of one 

 

Get rid of all three IMHO and buy the more accurate Lima version, especially the recent re-motored one.

 

Mike.

[rob D2]

2 hours ago, Enterprisingwestern said:

 

Get rid of all three IMHO and buy the more accurate Lima version, especially the recent re-motored one.

 

Mike.

Er, no.

you may not like the detail but there’s no point having something that runs awfully and has a cheap ass plastic chassis . And I include the warmed over version in that .

[John M Upton]

It looks like the non paying comedian(s) are at it again, this time with a different London Underground rolling stock item.  Check out the bidding:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/London-Transport-Underground-tube-train-Victoria-Line-2009-stock-4-car-bodies/154226870924?hash=item23e8a34a8c:g:cC0AAOSw2d9fylK8

 

[PhilJ W]

2 hours ago, John M Upton said:

It looks like the non paying comedian(s) are at it again, this time with a different London Underground rolling stock item.  Check out the bidding:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/London-Transport-Underground-tube-train-Victoria-Line-2009-stock-4-car-bodies/154226870924?hash=item23e8a34a8c:g:cC0AAOSw2d9fylK8

 

I see he has the much sort after Bachmann LT S stock set listed. At the moment its only £59 but is bound to rise a lot more.

[Paul H Vigor]

29 minutes ago, PhilJ W said:

I see he has the much sort after Bachmann LT S stock set listed. At the moment its only £59 but is bound to rise a lot more.

Almost 8K for four 3-D, not very well painted, plastic body prints and some cheap-looking bogies?

[MrWolf]

Question.

 

Is this:

 

A. Someone doing a great job of artificially inflating the perceived value of these models.

 

B. People who have vast amounts of cash but no life

 

C. Quite a clever money laundering racket.

 

Your choice.

[Hroth]

NOT a railway model, but something is a similar state to some of the horrors we've been looking at.

 

 The Isle of Wight Monolith , obtained from the National Trust under possibly false pretences and put on ebay.  Currently 77 bids and £5,100

 

 

 

 

Edited December 14, 2020 by Hroth

[Paul H Vigor]

16 minutes ago, Hroth said:

NOT a railway model, but something is a similar state to some of the horrors we've been looking at.

 

 The Isle of Wight Monolith , obtained from the National Trust under possibly false pretences and put on ebay.  Currently 77 bids and £5,100

 

 

 

 

"... you 100% will not find another one this is the real deal isle of wight monolith ..."Guess that makes it 'Rare'?

[MrWolf]

2 minutes ago, Paul H Vigor said:

"... you 100% will not find another one this is the real deal isle of wight monolith ..."Guess that makes it 'Rare'?

 

Another godawful piece of public art. Someone was probably given a £30,000 grant of taxpayers money to create that. 

[Paul H Vigor]

3 minutes ago, Paul H Vigor said:

"... you 100% will not find another one this is the real deal isle of wight monolith ..."Guess that makes it 'Rare'?

The charity (the National Trust) said one of its rangers who had come to collect the pieces was "approached by an individual who asked if he could have the remains for his garden, so they were left for him to take away."