Waverley West Posted May 28, 2010 Share Posted May 28, 2010 Just flicked through ebay, this item has been relisted @ £99.99 + P+P £9.20 as an auction...... couldn't belive it didn't sell @ £225.00 or best offer. Interesting that the original item had a short listing "due to upcoming holiday", yet the seller was still around to relist it. Funny that. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium John M Upton Posted May 29, 2010 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 29, 2010 £128 for a Hornby Class 73?!?!?! http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Hornby-Class-73-Pullman-The-Royal-Alex-Brown-Cream-Li-/400125104372?cmd=ViewItem&pt=UK_Trains_Railway_Models&hash=item5d295090f4 This bloke is having a laugh surely... Also annoying that every word of each sentence is capitalised which makes it look extremely silly. Some punctuation would not have gone amiss either... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve K Posted May 29, 2010 Share Posted May 29, 2010 Annoying that every word of each sentence is capitalised which makes it look extremely silly. Some punctuation would not have gone amiss either... Sadly, punctuation and Ebay seem to be mutually exclusive. Also, and I'm not an unreasonable man, I think that from now on, anyone who writes "A Loco That Would Grace Any Layout" should be shot. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
A4-Mike Posted May 29, 2010 Share Posted May 29, 2010 I think as long as you do your research and set a maximum you can get bargains, but you also get alot of failed bids. You just have to keep at it. I have bought several loco's on eBay as low 50% of the trade prices, but you get the odd idiot who trys to sell a Hornby as a Wrenn. What suprises me is where do they get there stock from? they can't all be dealers off loading can they? rails of sheffield for instance and even there you can get an odd bargain. missed 3x Commonwealth of Austraila boxed set sold for £140 amazing value. Mike Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ragtag Posted May 29, 2010 Share Posted May 29, 2010 Picked up a bargain myself this week, Hornby's new GNER HST power cars, DCC factory fitted, brand new in box - £68. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Butler Henderson Posted May 29, 2010 Share Posted May 29, 2010 Got earlier in the week 16 yards of brand new flex (well Hornbys semi-flex stuff) for 3p under £18 including postage - the seller had described it as "R.8090 track" so defeated anyone searching for flexible track or R8090. Only found it at the last moment searching for stuff ending soonest. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Chris116 Posted May 31, 2010 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 31, 2010 I was contacted by ebay a few days ago to say they had removed an item from sale that contravened their policies that I had bid on and I should contact the seller if this caused a problem! I wrote back asking why as it was a carriage key which they had a number of others on sale and asking for the sellers name so I could as suggested contact them. I have now been informed by ebay that as they have deleted the item they have no record of the seller!!!!!!! I have therefore written back and told them to close my account and cancel all outstanding bids as I do not believe them! If that is the way they conduct business then they can go play somewhere else. Chris Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest dilbert Posted May 31, 2010 Share Posted May 31, 2010 I have therefore written back and told them to close my account and cancel all outstanding bids as I do not believe them! If that is the way they conduct business then they can go play somewhere else. I closed my Ebay account a couple of years ago ... and still receive Ebay BS marketing mails linked to my email address. It may sound bizarre, but for convenience, I still use PayPal for the sporadic txn. As for Ebay, I don't even bother looking on their sites anymore...dilbert Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Colin_McLeod Posted June 2, 2010 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 2, 2010 Chris 116. I understand your annoyance, but why cut off your nose to spite your face? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Chris116 Posted June 2, 2010 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 2, 2010 Chris 116. I understand your annoyance, but why cut off your nose to spite your face? Today I received an e-mail from ebay saying that their previous replies had been misleading and that they have the name of the seller! They have given me his name and e-mail address and they have sent him the same information on me. I thought if I told them to close the account they might suddenly find they had the information they were claiming they did not have and I have been proved right. Account still open. Chris Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
'CHARD Posted June 2, 2010 Share Posted June 2, 2010 Sadly, punctuation and Ebay seem to be mutually exclusive. Also, and I'm not an unreasonable man, I think that from now on, anyone who writes "A Loco That Would Grace Any Layout" should be shot. Steve, I was just saying to Pete Harvey earlier that HobbyRail's got a couple of nice pre-owned Heljans in at the moment, you know they would grace any lay 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Colin_McLeod Posted June 2, 2010 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 2, 2010 (edited) This item is listed under "UK Comics and Annuals" 1973 RAILWAY MODELLER"LOTS OF PICTURES OF TOY TRAINS" Edited June 2, 2010 by Mod4 Topic merged into exisiting similar thread Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Colin_McLeod Posted June 5, 2010 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 5, 2010 The saving is £5.00 (2%) not 5p Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve K Posted June 5, 2010 Share Posted June 5, 2010 The saving is £5.00 (2%) not 5p It is now, but I've seen plenty of such measly "bargains" on amazon before! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold PhilH Posted June 5, 2010 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 5, 2010 Surely ebay is the same as Tesco, Sainsbury or Asda. You have a look around, you don't like what you see, you leave / don't buy. I don't see anyone starting a thread because sausages are 50p dearer in Sainsbury than they are in Tesco. Why moan? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
edcayton Posted June 5, 2010 Share Posted June 5, 2010 Because they are better sausages! Ed Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold PhilH Posted June 5, 2010 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 5, 2010 Good point, well put... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium petethemole Posted June 6, 2010 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 6, 2010 I've been feeling my age a bit lately but I don't think i'm ready for this; http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/CONVERTED-PLASTIC-TENDER-MAYBE-USE-SOMEONE-OLD-/150421615281?cmd=ViewItem&pt=UK_Trains_Railway_Models&hash=item2305d3b2b1 the price may be valid enough but the listing title got my attention! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
micklner Posted June 6, 2010 Share Posted June 6, 2010 Unbelievable I bid £2.50 http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=140412328672&ssPageName=STRK:MEDWX:IT 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoff Endacott Posted June 6, 2010 Share Posted June 6, 2010 That is quite a good one. RRP £4.99. Best online price I found (in a couple of minutes) £3.83. eBay price £30.77. And there were four people who put in bids above the RRP. Geoff Endacott Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
'CHARD Posted June 6, 2010 Share Posted June 6, 2010 That is quite a good one. RRP £4.99. Best online price I found (in a couple of minutes) £3.83. eBay price £30.77. And there were four people who put in bids above the RRP. Geoff Endacott £30.77!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Speechless Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
smudgeloco Posted June 6, 2010 Share Posted June 6, 2010 It jumped from 8 to 30 in one hit! It was also used,with a bit missing, yet was still in it's unopened packet! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Belgian Posted June 7, 2010 Share Posted June 7, 2010 Sometimes it goes the other way . . . a new Hornby "Southern Suburban 1957" set has just sold for £87-65, which includes a Schools and three Maunsell coaches (the latter being the only way of getting low-window stock in BR livery). A Schools alone goes for around £90 or more usually - buy-it-nows ask up to £115! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
'CHARD Posted June 7, 2010 Share Posted June 7, 2010 Bagpipe Peak anyone? http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Mainline-00-Peak-Diesel-Loco-SHERWOOD-FORESTER-Detailed-/120579832504?cmd=ViewItem&pt=UK_Trains_Railway_Models&hash=item1c131e3ab8#ht_500wt_1154 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium John M Upton Posted June 7, 2010 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 7, 2010 Perhaps this link should be added to the 'chancer' category.. http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Lima-Ltd-Edt-OO-Gauge-Class-50-008-Thunderer-Boxed-/360107372750?cmd=ViewItem&pt=UK_Trains_Railway_Models&hash=item53d81270ce Ah, look at the seller name. SMCtoys aka the late (and very much NOT missed) Southampton Model Centre who shut up their real shop (if you could call it that, they used to shut on a Saturday including the day when the model show was in town!!) and now concentrate on flogging well overpriced Lima tat on Ebay, this being but one of their examples. The prosecution also offers the following into evidence: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Hornby-OO-GAUGE-R6103-Hornby-2000-TANK-WAGON-RARE-/200373499154?cmd=ViewItem&pt=UK_Trains_Railway_Models&hash=item2ea730f512 They also list a lot of the other annual wagons as well and upwards of thirty notes a piece, avoid these cowboys like the plague!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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