RMweb Gold Bucoops Posted July 10, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 10, 2023 1 hour ago, Michael Edge said: He's blaming this Chelmsford entry on one of my "friends". Perhaps this was a good idea but it's just muddying the waters at the moment, he has promised to get it back to me after I pay a ransom of £25 for it which I have agreed to. If I spend much more time on this I would have been able to build another one.... Thanks again to all for your efforts with this. Have ended it now. Glad you are getting it back, shame you will be out of pocket for it. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium polybear Posted July 10, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 10, 2023 Sounds promising - hope it doesn't "get lost in the post" 😉 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Tim Dubya Posted July 10, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 10, 2023 14 minutes ago, polybear said: Sounds promising - hope it doesn't "get lost in the post" 😉 Well if it reappears on eBay, we'll be on it 👍 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Michael Edge Posted July 10, 2023 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted July 10, 2023 He says he's going to put it back on with a silly price of £500 and then I can make an offer on it of £25. Not appeared yet though. 2 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MossdaleNGauge Posted July 10, 2023 Share Posted July 10, 2023 He should put it on EBay as a Private listing, no one will see it without a link to it 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Enterprisingwestern Posted July 10, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 10, 2023 3 hours ago, MossdaleNGauge said: He should put it on EBay as a Private listing, no one will see it without a link to it Let's face, he should just send the bloody thing back, (as he should have done at the very beginning), can't all be worth the bad publicity he has had? Mike. 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium polybear Posted July 10, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 10, 2023 40 minutes ago, Enterprisingwestern said: Let's face, he should just send the bloody thing back, (as he should have done at the very beginning), can't all be worth the bad publicity he has had? Mike. All he's doing by listing it on the 'bay is losing some money in fees to return it to it's legal owner 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold big jim Posted July 10, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 10, 2023 (edited) 4 minutes ago, polybear said: All he's doing by listing it on the 'bay is losing some money in fees to return it to it's legal owner but he’s also making £25 (less fees) from the rightful owner by making him pay for the privilege of getting his own property back! Edited July 10, 2023 by big jim 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium polybear Posted July 10, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 10, 2023 7 minutes ago, big jim said: but he’s also making £25 (less fees) from the rightful owner by making him pay for the privilege of getting his own property back! True, but there are other ways to do that without going thru' the 'bay. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Popular Post Michael Edge Posted July 10, 2023 Author RMweb Premium Popular Post Share Posted July 10, 2023 Well I’ve paid the ransom now, it should be back with me by next week. It leaves a nasty taste but I’ll say no more for now. 1 28 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Roy Langridge Posted July 10, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 10, 2023 17 minutes ago, Michael Edge said: Well I’ve paid the ransom now, it should be back with me by next week. It leaves a nasty taste but I’ll say no more for now. Little solace I know, but at least you can be assured that several of his potential customers on here will not touch him with the proverbial barge pole. Roy 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium St Enodoc Posted July 11, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 11, 2023 4 hours ago, Michael Edge said: Well I’ve paid the ransom now, it should be back with me by next week. It leaves a nasty taste but I’ll say no more for now. Fingers crossed. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold chris p bacon Posted July 11, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 11, 2023 9 hours ago, Roy Langridge said: Little solace I know, but at least you can be assured that several of his potential customers on here will not touch him with the proverbial barge pole. Roy Although he's a 'poor pensioner' he also has several identities for selling, I often wonder if the point of the multiple identities is to bid an item up... Anyway hopefully we'll get back to Mikes builds now 👍 7 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jol Wilkinson Posted July 11, 2023 Share Posted July 11, 2023 He is listed on ebay as a "business seller". I wonder if he pays business rates on that part of his property he uses asa a warehouse for the 200+ items he has in stock? Likewise does he declare his revenue as income to the HMRC? 3 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Michael Edge Posted July 11, 2023 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted July 11, 2023 Can we leave this here please, I didn't want to start a war or a witch hunt, I just wanted my loco back - I built it for myself, not for the kit display, it was going to run on Cwmafon in a pway train which is why it wasn't powered. Unless of course it doesn't turn up..... 2 2 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staffordshire Posted July 11, 2023 Share Posted July 11, 2023 Changing the subject .... Any news on the LSWR C14 and Southern Diesel Shunter (15201/3) availability ?? Cheers, Ian 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Michael Edge Posted July 11, 2023 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted July 11, 2023 We should have the C14 at Scaleforum in September, no work on the SR 0-6-0DE recently (it's holiday season). 3 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Covkid Posted July 11, 2023 Share Posted July 11, 2023 22 hours ago, Michael Edge said: He's blaming this Chelmsford entry on one of my "friends". Perhaps this was a good idea but it's just muddying the waters at the moment, he has promised to get it back to me after I pay a ransom of £25 for it which I have agreed to. If I spend much more time on this I would have been able to build another one.... Thanks again to all for your efforts with this. Have to say that humanity continues to amaze me in it's various forms. This guy knows who the rightful owner is, but is still trying to sell it back to him, whilst involving many other interested parties. What am I missing ? 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Michael Edge Posted July 11, 2023 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted July 11, 2023 No comment, at least until I get it back, he appears to have posted it now and I have a tracking number. 6 4 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold NHY 581 Posted July 11, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 11, 2023 On 10/07/2023 at 14:29, Michael Edge said: He's blaming this Chelmsford entry on one of my "friends". Perhaps this was a good idea but it's just muddying the waters at the moment, he has promised to get it back to me after I pay a ransom of £25 for it which I have agreed to. If I spend much more time on this I would have been able to build another one.... Thanks again to all for your efforts with this. Not ideal but good news, Mike. Rob 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Asterix2012 Posted July 15, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 15, 2023 On 11/07/2023 at 08:34, chris p bacon said: Although he's a 'poor pensioner' he also has several identities for selling, I often wonder if the point of the multiple identities is to bid an item up... Anyway hopefully we'll get back to Mikes builds now 👍 Multiple selling identities does raise alarm bells. Glad Mike is getting his model back. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Popular Post Michael Edge Posted July 15, 2023 Author RMweb Premium Popular Post Share Posted July 15, 2023 Look what turned up in the post about an hour ago PWM650 back home at last, I really didn't think I'd ever see it again. No damage, lubricator drive was disconnected but still works and the DG couplings had been taken off and replaced with three links. Thanks once again to everyone on RMweb who helped me to get this back (at the expense of paying a ransom of £25 though), I don't think I would have succeeded without your pressure on him. 28 37 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Enterprisingwestern Posted July 15, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 15, 2023 2 hours ago, Michael Edge said: Look what turned up in the post about an hour ago PWM650 back home at last, I really didn't think I'd ever see it again. No damage, lubricator drive was disconnected but still works and the DG couplings had been taken off and replaced with three links. Thanks once again to everyone on RMweb who helped me to get this back (at the expense of paying a ransom of £25 though), I don't think I would have succeeded without your pressure on him. Are you going to eBay it? Just askin' Mike. 1 16 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium St Enodoc Posted July 16, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 16, 2023 7 hours ago, Michael Edge said: I really didn't think I'd ever see it again. Nor did I after all the kerfuffle. 7 hours ago, Michael Edge said: at the expense of paying a ransom of £25 though We could set up a crowdfund account for you. 7 hours ago, Michael Edge said: I don't think I would have succeeded without your pressure on him. The least we could do. 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Tim Dubya Posted July 16, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 16, 2023 8 hours ago, St Enodoc said: We could set up a crowdfund account for you. Offer stills stands to chip in from me 👍 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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