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Sometimes you can sell anything........

 

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Bachmann-OO-GAUGE-REPAINTED-CLASS-108-2-CAR-DMU-/201320276769?hash=item2edf9fa321

 

Bachmann OO GAUGE REPAINTED CLASS 108 2 CAR DMU

 

Jeez where me mixed tin of greens paint now...

 

"Best offer accepted".

I wonder how many places to the left the decimal point went?

 

MIke.

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Sometimes you can sell anything........

 

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Bachmann-OO-GAUGE-REPAINTED-CLASS-108-2-CAR-DMU-/201320276769?hash=item2edf9fa321

 

Bachmann OO GAUGE REPAINTED CLASS 108 2 CAR DMU

 

Jeez where me mixed tin of greens paint now...

They've been touting that for a while, now if only I could buy an empty box for it.

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They've been touting that for a while, now if only I could buy an empty box for it.

I've got one outside my back door. The Council have not long emptied it!

 

Keith

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I have a feeling that some big dealers on eBay have second or third accounts as iv bid on similar items and lost out to the same buyers on several occasions only to see the same items back on a week or two later at a much higher price by one of the big dealers. 

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Haha I can't believe this has been classed as "weathered" and not just "s**t"

 

http://m.ebay.co.uk/itm/351472579066

 

I suppose you could class the apparent paint spillage and thick coat of dust as natural indoor weathering, although I think he misunderstood when someone told him locomotives are worth more if they're chipped. Look at that wheel!

 

JB

 

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Another gem from Cartmel Toys.

 

Seriously though, how can anybody who is supposed to be in business be too lazy to check the 'finished product' before listing?

Perhaps it's a deliberate ploy to get everyone's attention, with the hope that people will click  "See other items" and then buy something.

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That risks the whole business going down the drain!

 

Keith

 

That sounds too good to be true!

 

The item consists of a Tri-ang TT 'Jinty' and two coaches (not worth a lot), some track (only fit for the bin) and a beat up box. £30 all in?

 

The sink appears to be a Tri-ang dolls house item from the dim and distant past (50s judging by the awful pattern on the curtain). Possibly more 'collectable' than the train???

 

EDIT The sink's 20 quid if anyone's interested

 

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/TRI-ANG-SPOT-ON-DOLLS-HOUSE-DOUBLE-DRAINER-SINK-UNIT-/301698083431

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Anyone remember James the Tank Engine? Or is that Thomas the Red Engine? (It's a charity shop, I suppose we can let them off).

 

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Hornby-Thomas-and-friends-Electric-Train-Set-/181823228124?hash=item2a558248dc

 

JB

 

$_57.JPG

 

 

I can't find a pic online though I'm sure I've seen one in the 'prototype for everything' series.  At the end of steam in Northern Ireland (when ROI had finished with steam) there was a WT class tank engine coupled to a tender for running into ROI in order to be able to carry enough water for eg Belfast-Dublin

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Anyone remember James the Tank Engine? Or is that Thomas the Red Engine? (It's a charity shop, I suppose we can let them off).

 

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Hornby-Thomas-and-friends-Electric-Train-Set-/181823228124?hash=item2a558248dc

 

JB

 

$_57.JPG

 

This came up as one of the 'suggestions'!

 

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Thomas-friends-Sing-long-karaoke-radio/171864088653?_trksid=p2047675.c100011.m1850&_trkparms=aid%3D222007%26algo%3DSIC.MBE%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20140107083358%26meid%3D168177d120f24ac6997eeb0f047cca5e%26pid%3D100011%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D6%26sd%3D181823228124

 

Just what we always wanted!

 

(or perhaps not?)

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How about this one for bidding madness.  A Heljan 86 Body only .... currently at £102 ! (or am I missing something except the winscreen wiper!)

 

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/252050607542?_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

 

The bidding pattern looks decidedly suspect to me.  Someone with a score of zero playing games?

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Ever wished you could make your guests go home so you can get back to playing trains? Now you can! :senile:

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Do I really believe I'll get paid ? No, no sir eeeeee

 

Just looking at the bids and automatic bids on that one.

 

The person with zero feedback actually put in a maximum bid of £100 on the 9th, presumably expecting that to be more than anyone else would be willing to pay for it thus winning him the item. eBay's been automatically out-bidding others on his behalf since then. Nothing suspicious there other than the fact it's a new account (we all had zero feedback at one point!). Then another bidder, with a feedback score of 486, came along and also placed a maximum bid of £100. When two people place the same maximum bid, the system deems the first bidder to be in the lead. This same second bidder then bid an extra £2 to get ahead.

 

I think you just have a case of two people really, really, really wanting a Heljan Freightliner 86 body! You always have to be wary of accounts with zero feedback, but someone with a high feedback score is unlikely to mess around bidding on stuff they don't intend to pay for.

 

Give us an update in 3d 15h!

 

JB

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