RMweb Premium RichardT Posted May 10, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 10, 2020 And just to complete the hat-trick: this wagon is also £18.00 from Wizard, so the buyer could have almost bought two new for the price of his second-hand D&S kit: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/D-amp-S-DS159-C-NER-8T-Open-Dia-C3-with-expanded-metal-frame-W-M-amp-Etched-Brass-Kit-/283866828657?nma=true&si=KKWNKfsvk3uRyOs%2FV9x2Xnktxsk%3D&orig_cvip=true&nordt=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557 D&S coach kits are bonkers prices - I think Paul Vigor put his finger on it as it is obvious that they are just being traded in circles unopened as a form of alternative currency! 1 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted May 10, 2020 Share Posted May 10, 2020 Recently saw an old white metal D&S GWR outside frame brake van kit fetch £64. Another, incomplete, badly built and even worse painted, £42. (that one has a better chance of being sorted out and used rather than being stuck in a bank vault) Even the more prosaic models are pushing £25, such as the old Ratio GWR Open C and the MAJ models L&Y LWB Open. I have a couple of these on the bench at present. The big question is: Do I build and run them? Or surround them with razor wire, Dobermans, a minefield and a couple of Panzer divisions for good measure, just in case Miss Riding Hood and I decide to get married on Bali? 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul H Vigor Posted May 10, 2020 Share Posted May 10, 2020 1 hour ago, MrWolf said: Recently saw an old white metal D&S GWR outside frame brake van kit fetch £64. Another, incomplete, badly built and even worse painted, £42. (that one has a better chance of being sorted out and used rather than being stuck in a bank vault) Even the more prosaic models are pushing £25, such as the old Ratio GWR Open C and the MAJ models L&Y LWB Open. I have a couple of these on the bench at present. The big question is: Do I build and run them? Or surround them with razor wire, Dobermans, a minefield and a couple of Panzer divisions for good measure, just in case Miss Riding Hood and I decide to get married on Bali? I tried to bid on both those GWR early toads, dropped out when it just got silly. I guess the last dealer holding the item when the expected sale price is so huge that no one will bid, is the one who catches a cold? Why does that sound like some kind of dodgy financial scam!? Ebay seems to have introduced the concept that anyone and everyone can be a dealer and make money buying and selling. However, taking a fairly bulk standard wagon for example, the bid price plus 'economy' postage is likely to produce an invoice that will deter me from bidding. Pre-Lockdown, I preferred to take my chances buying at shows - at least one got to handle and examine closely what one planned to buy. Its so easy to miss things in photographs. Another thing: dealer's photos of items - items they expect us to pay big bucks for - can be diabolical. 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted May 10, 2020 Share Posted May 10, 2020 Very true, the old "condition as per photos" get-out methods. I bought the wagons I mentioned at a model railway exhibition. The L&Y wagons were in the £2 box of general train set tat. Seller had a huge modern image layout and said they had come in a box of junk. A friend is a big LSWR/SR fan, he lives up north and picks a lot of models cheaply at exhibitions. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium J. S. Bach Posted May 11, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 11, 2020 (edited) On 09/05/2020 at 17:16, J. S. Bach said: Whatever this seller is drinking, I want to stay far, very far, away from it: These retail for about $150.00 or less! And the missing box They were first listed at $11,000 then upped to $12,000! Edit: These are US O scale 1/48. Now the price has been upped to $17,000!!!!!!! Edited May 11, 2020 by J. S. Bach Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted May 11, 2020 Share Posted May 11, 2020 1 minute ago, J. S. Bach said: Now the price has been upped to $17,000!!!!!!! Dammit, he can throw in a low mileage 1959 Invicta 4 door hardtop! (And a few trains!) 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted May 11, 2020 Share Posted May 11, 2020 You've probably heard about secret messages being dropped into seemingly jibberish newspaper ads during world war two? Maybe this is the 21st century version? A coded message from "Them" to "They"? Whatever it is, don't click on anything, there will probably be a black helicopter over your house in ten minutes! 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium J. S. Bach Posted May 11, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 11, 2020 10 minutes ago, MrWolf said: You've probably heard about secret messages being dropped into seemingly jibberish newspaper ads during world war two? Maybe this is the 21st century version? A coded message from "Them" to "They"? Whatever it is, don't click on anything, there will probably be a black helicopter over your house in ten minutes! It is dark out now so I will not even see it. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium polybear Posted May 11, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 11, 2020 The price just been dropped by a tenner, so surely a bargain? https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/254585286866?ul_noapp=true 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted May 11, 2020 Share Posted May 11, 2020 Bric a brac dealer. I had a look at his inventory just to see if there was a Victorian chamber pot, so I could say: "Here's another item he's selling that truly takes the p###". I'll get me coat... 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium boxbrownie Posted May 11, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 11, 2020 9 hours ago, MrWolf said: Very true, the old "condition as per photos" get-out methods. I bought the wagons I mentioned at a model railway exhibition. The L&Y wagons were in the £2 box of general train set tat. Seller had a huge modern image layout and said they had come in a box of junk. A friend is a big LSWR/SR fan, he lives up north and picks a lot of models cheaply at exhibitions. And don’t forget the biggy that has caught a lot of people out.......”you are buying a picture of the item” in really VERY small print buried in the description.......oh yes, some very dodgy traders out there...... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium boxbrownie Posted May 11, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 11, 2020 7 hours ago, J. S. Bach said: It is dark out now so I will not even see it. You won’t hear it either...... 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Enterprisingwestern Posted May 11, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 11, 2020 2 hours ago, polybear said: The price just been dropped by a tenner, so surely a bargain? https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/254585286866?ul_noapp=true Even though it's only a cardboard box, it is in full working order!! Mike. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MartinWales Posted May 11, 2020 Share Posted May 11, 2020 3 hours ago, Enterprisingwestern said: Even though it's only a cardboard box, it is in full working order!! Mike. Hmmm.....complete with 'factory fitted air' no doubt? 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MartinWales Posted May 11, 2020 Share Posted May 11, 2020 16 hours ago, RichardT said: And just to complete the hat-trick: this wagon is also £18.00 from Wizard, so the buyer could have almost bought two new for the price of his second-hand D&S kit: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/D-amp-S-DS159-C-NER-8T-Open-Dia-C3-with-expanded-metal-frame-W-M-amp-Etched-Brass-Kit-/283866828657?nma=true&si=KKWNKfsvk3uRyOs%2FV9x2Xnktxsk%3D&orig_cvip=true&nordt=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557 D&S coach kits are bonkers prices - I think Paul Vigor put his finger on it as it is obvious that they are just being traded in circles unopened as a form of alternative currency! I'm convinced that there is a benevolent millionaire scooping up all the remaining unbuilt D&S kits...... 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jwealleans Posted May 11, 2020 Share Posted May 11, 2020 Well it ain't me. That's just stupid money. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedGemAlchemist Posted May 11, 2020 Share Posted May 11, 2020 (edited) Greetings from a guy who runs a similar thread about weird stuff on eBay rather than overpriced. Is it just me, or are all Hornby/Dapol L&Y Class 21 Pugs (RTR, not kit) prohibitively expensive online? Edited May 11, 2020 by RedGemAlchemist Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted May 11, 2020 Share Posted May 11, 2020 IF someone started churning out all of the old D&S, Coopercraft, Kirk, Geen et al kits again, half of the secondhand dealers would go bust. Sadly, so would the reproducers of the kits. Because people like me would have laughed themselves to death 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted May 11, 2020 Share Posted May 11, 2020 4 minutes ago, RedGemAlchemist said: Greetings from a guy who runs a similar thread about weird stuff on eBay rather than overpriced. Is it just me, or are all Hornby/Dapol L&Y Class 21 Pugs prohibitively expensive online? I could be wrong, but possibly because tiny shunting layouts are in vogue currently. I was looking at a motorised Airfix / kitmaster one on eBay and I'll bet that fetches a good price too. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedGemAlchemist Posted May 11, 2020 Share Posted May 11, 2020 6 minutes ago, MrWolf said: I could be wrong, but possibly because tiny shunting layouts are in vogue currently. I guess, so they're being bought up by everyone who (like me) can't afford a Hornby Peckett. All I want is the damn gear from the drive axle so I can fix the Pugbash I already have! My larger locos can't fit into the sidings to get their own coaches, and it was my station pilot. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted May 11, 2020 Share Posted May 11, 2020 I take it that OEM spares are not available? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedGemAlchemist Posted May 11, 2020 Share Posted May 11, 2020 34 minutes ago, MrWolf said: I take it that OEM spares are not available? I'm not sure what that means. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted May 11, 2020 Share Posted May 11, 2020 19 minutes ago, RedGemAlchemist said: I'm not sure what that means. Sorry, Car speak! OEM means Original Equipment Manufacturer. Not able to get the bits you need from Hornby /Dapol or get their parts from someone else like Peters Spares? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium J. S. Bach Posted May 11, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 11, 2020 15 hours ago, J. S. Bach said: Now the price has been upped to $17,000!!!!!!! And the "missing box" is now $400.00! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedGemAlchemist Posted May 11, 2020 Share Posted May 11, 2020 2 hours ago, MrWolf said: Sorry, Car speak! OEM means Original Equipment Manufacturer. Not able to get the bits you need from Hornby /Dapol or get their parts from someone else like Peters Spares? Ah, right. Not sure, as I'm not sure as to what the exact part number is. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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