MartinWales Posted March 8, 2021 Share Posted March 8, 2021 25 minutes ago, Ruffnut Thorston said: The most unusual thing is that this one is mounted onto a Hornby “Caledonian Pug” type chassis.... Good idea gone wrong? 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MartinWales Posted March 8, 2021 Share Posted March 8, 2021 1 hour ago, MrWolf said: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/313417319190 How is a rehash of an obsolete model with a face stuck on it worth £500? Some people clearly have far too much money it seems. More money than sense, some! 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hroth Posted March 9, 2021 Share Posted March 9, 2021 (edited) 14 hours ago, MrWolf said: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/313417319190 How is a rehash of an obsolete model with a face stuck on it worth £500? Some people clearly have far too much money it seems. Because ebay? Its the "one born every minute" shop. also Limited Production of 1000. Very rare & highly collectible. or, as the more excitable vendors would say "L@@K RARE!!!" By his standards, "Dart" is a bargain! Edited March 9, 2021 by Hroth 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul H Vigor Posted March 9, 2021 Share Posted March 9, 2021 59 minutes ago, Hroth said: Because ebay? Its the "one born every minute" shop. also Limited Production of 1000. Very rare & highly collectible. or, as the more excitable vendors would say "L@@K RARE!!!" By his standards, "Dart" is a bargain! And don't forget: "FAST & FREE"! 2 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Radford Posted March 9, 2021 Share Posted March 9, 2021 Touch of Bargain Hunt here... https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Bachmann-31-337-04-DIESEL-SHUNTER-D2280-BR-GREEN-SCALE-1-76/265007775672?_trkparms=aid%3D555023%26algo%3DHOMESPLICE.SIMRVI%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20210125104017%26meid%3Df64b87a1370c403cb876f42899c9807f%26pid%3D100752%26rk%3D5%26rkt%3D24%26mehot%3Dpf%26sd%3D313390656390%26itm%3D265007775672%26pmt%3D1%26noa%3D0%26pg%3D2047675%26algv%3DSimplAMLv5hPointwiseWebNoToraCoCoViewsNoHighIdfOrRoundRobinBlenderWithPromotedViewItems%26brand%3DBachmann&_trksid=p2047675.c100752.m1982 I got mine for 20 notes from a toy fair! 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted March 9, 2021 Share Posted March 9, 2021 9 minutes ago, Bill Radford said: Touch of Bargain Hunt here... https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Bachmann-31-337-04-DIESEL-SHUNTER-D2280-BR-GREEN-SCALE-1-76/265007775672?_trkparms=aid%3D555023%26algo%3DHOMESPLICE.SIMRVI%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20210125104017%26meid%3Df64b87a1370c403cb876f42899c9807f%26pid%3D100752%26rk%3D5%26rkt%3D24%26mehot%3Dpf%26sd%3D313390656390%26itm%3D265007775672%26pmt%3D1%26noa%3D0%26pg%3D2047675%26algv%3DSimplAMLv5hPointwiseWebNoToraCoCoViewsNoHighIdfOrRoundRobinBlenderWithPromotedViewItems%26brand%3DBachmann&_trksid=p2047675.c100752.m1982 I got mine for 20 notes from a toy fair! Another house clearance tat dealer it would seem. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hroth Posted March 9, 2021 Share Posted March 9, 2021 9 minutes ago, Bill Radford said: Touch of Bargain Hunt here... https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Bachmann-31-337-04-DIESEL-SHUNTER-D2280-BR-GREEN-SCALE-1-76/265007775672?_trkparms=aid%3D555023%26algo%3DHOMESPLICE.SIMRVI%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20210125104017%26meid%3Df64b87a1370c403cb876f42899c9807f%26pid%3D100752%26rk%3D5%26rkt%3D24%26mehot%3Dpf%26sd%3D313390656390%26itm%3D265007775672%26pmt%3D1%26noa%3D0%26pg%3D2047675%26algv%3DSimplAMLv5hPointwiseWebNoToraCoCoViewsNoHighIdfOrRoundRobinBlenderWithPromotedViewItems%26brand%3DBachmann&_trksid=p2047675.c100752.m1982 I got mine for 20 notes from a toy fair! One of those lots where they lose their shirts! A split-chassis job too, hardly "new"... 2 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul H Vigor Posted March 9, 2021 Share Posted March 9, 2021 11 minutes ago, Bill Radford said: Touch of Bargain Hunt here... https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Bachmann-31-337-04-DIESEL-SHUNTER-D2280-BR-GREEN-SCALE-1-76/265007775672?_trkparms=aid%3D555023%26algo%3DHOMESPLICE.SIMRVI%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20210125104017%26meid%3Df64b87a1370c403cb876f42899c9807f%26pid%3D100752%26rk%3D5%26rkt%3D24%26mehot%3Dpf%26sd%3D313390656390%26itm%3D265007775672%26pmt%3D1%26noa%3D0%26pg%3D2047675%26algv%3DSimplAMLv5hPointwiseWebNoToraCoCoViewsNoHighIdfOrRoundRobinBlenderWithPromotedViewItems%26brand%3DBachmann&_trksid=p2047675.c100752.m1982 I got mine for 20 notes from a toy fair! I wonder what - if anything - informs their pricing? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted March 9, 2021 Share Posted March 9, 2021 2 minutes ago, Paul H Vigor said: I wonder what - if anything - informs their pricing? Look on eBay for similar item. Sort by "Highest price first". Ignoring the fact that the most expensive has DCC, sound, lights, camera, action, open bar and full waitress service... Or whatever the full list of toys is. Then add a few quid. 1 1 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul H Vigor Posted March 9, 2021 Share Posted March 9, 2021 5 minutes ago, Paul H Vigor said: I wonder what - if anything - informs their pricing? EBay pricing of railway models by dealers seems to resemble a game of 'Musical Chairs'? The 'mark up' price goes ever higher until 'the loser' is left with a model that is too expensive to sell to anyone? This final dealer is the mug who takes the loss? 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted March 9, 2021 Share Posted March 9, 2021 2 minutes ago, Paul H Vigor said: EBay pricing of railway models by dealers seems to resemble a game of 'Musical Chairs'? The 'mark up' price goes ever higher until 'the loser' is left with a model that is too expensive to sell to anyone? This final dealer is the mug who takes the loss? That is bang on. You can substitute the word "Railway models" for absolutely anything else that people collect as an "investment". I find that you can get around 25% above the going rate from investors. It pays to get in at the middle of the buying frenzy and not be too greedy. 2 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Hodgson Posted March 9, 2021 Share Posted March 9, 2021 21 minutes ago, Paul H Vigor said: I wonder what - if anything - informs their pricing? Opportunism 2 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted March 9, 2021 Share Posted March 9, 2021 Or 3 for £1 when the exhibitions and swapmeets start again... https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/293281643488 1 3 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Darius43 Posted March 9, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 9, 2021 (edited) Two Lima wagons Only £2,799 plus postage the pair. Misplaced decimal point perchance? Cheers Darius Edited March 9, 2021 by Darius43 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveyDee68 Posted March 9, 2021 Share Posted March 9, 2021 7 hours ago, Bill Radford said: Touch of Bargain Hunt here... https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Bachmann-31-337-04-DIESEL-SHUNTER-D2280-BR-GREEN-SCALE-1-76/265007775672?_trkparms=aid%3D555023%26algo%3DHOMESPLICE.SIMRVI%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20210125104017%26meid%3Df64b87a1370c403cb876f42899c9807f%26pid%3D100752%26rk%3D5%26rkt%3D24%26mehot%3Dpf%26sd%3D313390656390%26itm%3D265007775672%26pmt%3D1%26noa%3D0%26pg%3D2047675%26algv%3DSimplAMLv5hPointwiseWebNoToraCoCoViewsNoHighIdfOrRoundRobinBlenderWithPromotedViewItems%26brand%3DBachmann&_trksid=p2047675.c100752.m1982 I got mine for 20 notes from a toy fair! I contacted this chancer a while back - strangely enough, this auction has been around for a while... I politely pointed out that this wasn't a new model, in fact was quite an old one, certainly not DCC ready, and asking why he was charging more than for an actual brand new loco, DCC ready, with manufacturer's warranty? Stangely enough, he didn't reply... He also didn't reply when I sent him a second message late at night quite a while later, saying I saw that he still hadn't sold his loco, and then listed the sale prices of a half dozen identical items (all a minimum of £90 cheaper!) and suggesting that perhaps he should revise his price to a more sensible amount. Maybe it was because I then asked him whether he was sticking to his price hoping to get some gullible buyer to pay two maybe three times its actual worth because he was an unscrupulous chancer? My defence, m'lud, was that I was drunk in charge of an iPhone and his item was at the top of my watched list - again! HOURS OF FUN! 8 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted March 9, 2021 Share Posted March 9, 2021 In my experience ( being "in the trade" sort of m'lud ) a lot of these tat sellers will just sit on items at silly prices on the off chance, because they don't actually need the money. The "antique" business is often a loss leader for tax purposes, or they are frightened of missing a quid. I know several who are multiple property owners, making a very good living from rentals, but they still have an antique and collectibles stall on the market, car boot and eBay. You may be wasting your time, but it's still funny.... 5 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Enterprisingwestern Posted March 9, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 9, 2021 14 minutes ago, MrWolf said: In my experience ( being "in the trade" sort of m'lud ) a lot of these tat sellers will just sit on items at silly prices on the off chance, because they don't actually need the money. The "antique" business is often a loss leader for tax purposes, or they are frightened of missing a quid. I know several who are multiple property owners, making a very good living from rentals, but they still have an antique and collectibles stall on the market, car boot and eBay. You may be wasting your time, but it's still funny.... I once knew a builder who opened a carpet shop as a loss leader, 6 months later the carpet shop was going from strength to strength so he had to close it down! Mike. 1 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradfordbuffer Posted March 9, 2021 Share Posted March 9, 2021 1 hour ago, Darius43 said: Two Lima wagons Only £2,799 plus postage the pair. Misplaced decimal point perchance? Cheers Darius Have you checked out sellers name and address.... U-NICK?...is that typo for R-NICKED?..if he sells good on him....poor fool who flicks on ebay and catches buy it now with little finger! oops 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted March 9, 2021 Share Posted March 9, 2021 I like the way that he still wants £4.39 postage on top of the £2,799.00 price tag... 3 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Davis Posted March 9, 2021 Share Posted March 9, 2021 Is this really the going price for this book? Because I have one sitting on my bookshelf..... https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Fine-Scale-Track-in-4mm-An-Approach-to-Building-by-Iain-Rice/164704290033?hash=item26592404f1:g:GggAAOSwFsxgKfyr 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted March 9, 2021 Share Posted March 9, 2021 That's possibly a case of someone listing a book who hasn't found out the going rate for it yet, so will amend it later. It seems to happen a lot at the moment. That said, used copies of Iain Rice's books do seem to be fetching quite high sums lately. 4 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clearwater Posted March 9, 2021 Share Posted March 9, 2021 14 minutes ago, MrWolf said: I like the way that he still wants £4.39 postage on top of the £2,799.00 price tag... Watch the pennies and the pounds will look after themselves! 2 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted March 9, 2021 Share Posted March 9, 2021 23 minutes ago, Clearwater said: Watch the pennies and the pounds will look after themselves! Probably making the pounds in a current stage production of Oliver!... 1 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul H Vigor Posted March 9, 2021 Share Posted March 9, 2021 3 hours ago, Darius43 said: Two Lima wagons Only £2,799 plus postage the pair. Misplaced decimal point perchance? Cheers Darius "IN VERY GOOD CONDITION WITH ALL BRAKE HANDLES,BUFFERS AND Hornby STYLE COUPLINGS" - I should jolly well hope so for £2,799 plus postage! 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul H Vigor Posted March 9, 2021 Share Posted March 9, 2021 50 minutes ago, Tony Davis said: Is this really the going price for this book? Because I have one sitting on my bookshelf..... https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Fine-Scale-Track-in-4mm-An-Approach-to-Building-by-Iain-Rice/164704290033?hash=item26592404f1:g:GggAAOSwFsxgKfyr Sellers name: 'loveourprices2'! 3 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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