MrWolf Posted February 28, 2021 Share Posted February 28, 2021 45 minutes ago, Paul H Vigor said: I love older model railway engineering. Not just the motor noise and smells but the better than average chances of breathing life into a 'non-runner' chassis. Judging by what I am reading about brand new locomotives recently, it seems that levels of reliability and durability haven't quadrupled along with prices over the last 20 years. If anything, they seem to be inversely proportional. 2 3 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Darius43 Posted February 28, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 28, 2021 (edited) So I was looking for some small screws on eBay - M2 x 4mm countersunk - and found the ideal item. However, when I tried to buy them this message popped up. What is this all about - does the seller actually want to remain in business? Did Mrs Doyle (Father Ted) write their business plan? Cheers Darius (who will be buying from a seller that, you know, actually wants to sell things) Edited February 28, 2021 by Darius43 2 1 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruffnut Thorston Posted February 28, 2021 Share Posted February 28, 2021 This can happen when eBay settings are messed up... In theory, it is to prevent someone buying lots of items and not paying I think... Maybe message the seller and tell them what’s happening? 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Bucoops Posted February 28, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 28, 2021 I've seen it before when I inadvertently tried to buy something from a seller I had had to make a claim from previously - so I assumed they had blocked me as a buyer. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Hodgson Posted February 28, 2021 Share Posted February 28, 2021 not just empty boxes on ebay ... https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Vintage-Collectors-Item-Modelzone-Plastic-Carrier-Bag/294027581225?hash=item447568d729:g:Gf4AAOSwPO5Zz9ys 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hroth Posted February 28, 2021 Share Posted February 28, 2021 22 minutes ago, Michael Hodgson said: not just empty boxes on ebay ... https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Vintage-Collectors-Item-Modelzone-Plastic-Carrier-Bag/294027581225?hash=item447568d729:g:Gf4AAOSwPO5Zz9ys I've got a number of these... https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/VINTAGE-PROBE-RECORDS-RECORD-SHOP-LIVERPOOL-MEMORABILIA-BAG/233718737803?hash=item366ab8eb8b:g:4BkAAOSwm8hfZj9O £25??? And another £5 postage? I suppose the Modelzone bag could be used as some sort of selling ploy for a dodgy model... 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul H Vigor Posted February 28, 2021 Share Posted February 28, 2021 (edited) 1 hour ago, Michael Hodgson said: not just empty boxes on ebay ... https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Vintage-Collectors-Item-Modelzone-Plastic-Carrier-Bag/294027581225?hash=item447568d729:g:Gf4AAOSwPO5Zz9ys "Sold as a Collector's item or for use in a period setting, plays etc." 'A hand-bag': "MISS PRISM: Lady Bracknell, I admit with shame that I do not know. I only wish I did. The plain facts of the case are these. On the morning of the day you mention, a day that is for ever branded on my memory, I prepared as usual to take the baby out in its perambulator. I had also with me a somewhat old, but capacious hand-bag in which I had intended to place the manuscript of a work of fiction that I had written during my few unoccupied hours. In a moment of mental abstraction, for which I never can forgive myself, I deposited the manuscript in the basinette, and placed the baby in the hand-bag. JACK [Who has been listening attentively.]: But where did you deposit the hand-bag?" Edited February 28, 2021 by Paul H Vigor to add information 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
surfsup Posted February 28, 2021 Share Posted February 28, 2021 3 hours ago, Michael Hodgson said: not just empty boxes on ebay ... https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Vintage-Collectors-Item-Modelzone-Plastic-Carrier-Bag/294027581225?hash=item447568d729:g:Gf4AAOSwPO5Zz9ys Makes me wonder how much my old Modelzone T-Shirts and Jumpers might be worth now. Anyone for a Christmas Gift Ideas at Modelzone T-Shirt? It’s @LOOK Rare Collectable Limited Edition you know! 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted March 1, 2021 Share Posted March 1, 2021 29 minutes ago, surfsup said: Makes me wonder how much my old Modelzone T-Shirts and Jumpers might be worth now. Anyone for a Christmas Gift Ideas at Modelzone T-Shirt? It’s @LOOK Rare Collectable Limited Edition you know! Anyone give me £50 for a real vintage yellow Beatties carrier bag circa 1985? 1 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul H Vigor Posted March 1, 2021 Share Posted March 1, 2021 51 minutes ago, surfsup said: Makes me wonder how much my old Modelzone T-Shirts and Jumpers might be worth now. Anyone for a Christmas Gift Ideas at Modelzone T-Shirt? It’s @LOOK Rare Collectable Limited Edition you know! 'Harvest the DNA and grow your very own surfsup!' 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Enterprisingwestern Posted March 1, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 1, 2021 12 hours ago, Michael Hodgson said: not just empty boxes on ebay ... https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Vintage-Collectors-Item-Modelzone-Plastic-Carrier-Bag/294027581225?hash=item447568d729:g:Gf4AAOSwPO5Zz9ys You need something to carry the empty boxes in though! Mike. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Re6/6 Posted March 1, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 1, 2021 13 hours ago, Michael Hodgson said: not just empty boxes on ebay ... https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Vintage-Collectors-Item-Modelzone-Plastic-Carrier-Bag/294027581225?hash=item447568d729:g:Gf4AAOSwPO5Zz9ys This person seems to sell used plastic bags! I never knew that such things were collectable! 2 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hroth Posted March 1, 2021 Share Posted March 1, 2021 1 hour ago, Re6/6 said: This person seems to sell used plastic bags! I never knew that such things were collectable! Money for old rope ! 2 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hroth Posted March 1, 2021 Share Posted March 1, 2021 (edited) And getting back to trains, how about a Triang Blue Pullman if you can't afford a Bachmann one? Starting at £250, lovely plumage! Someone is offering a genuine Bachmann Blue Pullman at a starting bid of a fiver or so less, including an eye-watering delivery charge... Edited March 2, 2021 by Hroth Sorted out the link problem and somthing extra! 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruffnut Thorston Posted March 1, 2021 Share Posted March 1, 2021 (edited) The link made clickable... https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/KIT-BUILT-TRI-ANG-6-CAR-BLUE-MIDLAND-PULLMAN-DIESEL-MULTIPLE-UNIT-00-Gauge/294033233605?hash=item4475bf16c5:g:3eAAAOSw4BVgJEQ1 Interesting... Not the Kitmaster kits... Tri-ang parlour cars with the window strips modified. I seem to recall some self adhesive overlays were made? The kitchen side doors are only marked on the window strips. The lettering is all redone... The description is interesting...Southern Pride coach parts? All that work, and the bogies and some under frames are wrong... Edited March 1, 2021 by Ruffnut Thorston Tested link...more added 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium John M Upton Posted March 1, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 1, 2021 (edited) Err, right.... https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Graham-Farish-Sana-Fe-8731-No-8007-Class-47-Locomotive-N-Gauge-Boxed/233915540754?hash=item367673e512:g:zxUAAOSwmZhgPSwF Just because that is what it says on the outside of the box, it does not always equate to the contents... From the same seller - Not Hornby (you don't say) and not LNER either unless Union Pacific bought them up at some point... https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Arnold-N-5230-Union-Pacific-Railway-Not-Hornby-LNER/233915564608?hash=item3676744240:g:TBAAAOSwqx5gPTE0 Edited March 1, 2021 by John M Upton 3 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul H Vigor Posted March 2, 2021 Share Posted March 2, 2021 1 hour ago, John M Upton said: Err, right.... https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Graham-Farish-Sana-Fe-8731-No-8007-Class-47-Locomotive-N-Gauge-Boxed/233915540754?hash=item367673e512:g:zxUAAOSwmZhgPSwF Just because that is what it says on the outside of the box, it does not always equate to the contents... From the same seller - Not Hornby (you don't say) and not LNER either unless Union Pacific bought them up at some point... https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Arnold-N-5230-Union-Pacific-Railway-Not-Hornby-LNER/233915564608?hash=item3676744240:g:TBAAAOSwqx5gPTE0 It really doesn't fill one [as a potential buyer] with confidence! 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Darius43 Posted March 2, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 2, 2021 6 hours ago, John M Upton said: Err, right.... https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Graham-Farish-Sana-Fe-8731-No-8007-Class-47-Locomotive-N-Gauge-Boxed/233915540754?hash=item367673e512:g:zxUAAOSwmZhgPSwF Just because that is what it says on the outside of the box, it does not always equate to the contents... From the same seller - Not Hornby (you don't say) and not LNER either unless Union Pacific bought them up at some point... https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Arnold-N-5230-Union-Pacific-Railway-Not-Hornby-LNER/233915564608?hash=item3676744240:g:TBAAAOSwqx5gPTE0 I note that the San[t]a Fe “Class 47”, in addition to being a dodgy repaint, has had its cab roof bitten off and end handrails broken to make it fit into the box inlay tray. Masterpiece. Cheers Darius 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Re6/6 Posted March 2, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 2, 2021 20 hours ago, Hroth said: Money for old rope ! This stuff can be very expensive nowadays. I wanted some for fendering around my launch but used rubber instead! 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruffnut Thorston Posted March 2, 2021 Share Posted March 2, 2021 5 hours ago, Darius43 said: I note that the San[t]a Fe “Class 47”, in addition to being a dodgy repaint, has had its cab roof bitten off and end handrails broken to make it fit into the box inlay tray. Masterpiece. Cheers Darius Maybe that’s why there are no photos shewing the model out of the box. The chopped off cab roof would be more noticeable then. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruffnut Thorston Posted March 2, 2021 Share Posted March 2, 2021 (edited) 12 hours ago, John M Upton said: Err, right.... https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Graham-Farish-Sana-Fe-8731-No-8007-Class-47-Locomotive-N-Gauge-Boxed/233915540754?hash=item367673e512:g:zxUAAOSwmZhgPSwF Just because that is what it says on the outside of the box, it does not always equate to the contents... From the same seller - Not Hornby (you don't say) and not LNER either unless Union Pacific bought them up at some point... https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Arnold-N-5230-Union-Pacific-Railway-Not-Hornby-LNER/233915564608?hash=item3676744240:g:TBAAAOSwqx5gPTE0 This misplaced faith in the box description is, unfortunately, not uncommon! Another example out there is a Playcraft open wagon residing in a Hornby Dublo box...described as a Hornby Dublo model! https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Hornby-dublo-sd6-13-ton-standard-wagon-br-oo-gauge-in-excellent-condition-boxed/114501900266? OK, later Playcraft models do have a very similar coupling to HD, but there is Playcraft moulded on the bottom of the wagon! Another strange thing, a Tri-ang Railways boxed wagon, described as Hornby Dublo.... Nowhere on the box or wagon is Hornby even mentioned! Edited March 2, 2021 by Ruffnut Thorston More added 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul H Vigor Posted March 2, 2021 Share Posted March 2, 2021 https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Kit-Built-J50-Loco-With-REAL-STEAM-effect-And-Weathered-See-Video/124605990828?hash=item1d031887ac:g:JhgAAOSwBS5gPg~L This guy's steam/'smoke' generator appears rather impressive! Only works when the loco is running forwards. Some kind of vaping mechanism? 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruffnut Thorston Posted March 2, 2021 Share Posted March 2, 2021 A boiler that produces no heat whatsoever? Cold Fusion is now a reality? 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul H Vigor Posted March 2, 2021 Share Posted March 2, 2021 Just now, Ruffnut Thorston said: A boiler that produces no heat whatsoever? Cold Fusion is now a reality? The other possibility may be whatever drives those vapouriser/humidifiers? I believe they work 'cold'?? 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Metr0Land Posted March 2, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 2, 2021 On 01/03/2021 at 11:21, Hroth said: Someone is offering a genuine Bachmann Blue Pullman at a starting bid of a fiver or so less, including an eye-watering delivery charge... Seems to have changed to £219. The £26.75 delivery is Royal Mail Special Delivery which includes automatic compo up to £500 (and can be increased for a price). It used to start at £12.50 but am guessing size/weight pushes it up. Not entirely unreasonable given the likely final price and the fact that normal compo is £20 with RM, and go whistle with many other courier services. If I were bidding I'd simply factor it in and reduce my ceiling for the bid on the train. 4 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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