RMweb Premium petethemole Posted November 27, 2015 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 27, 2015 John Marlott of Bow Street is on the case. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsetan Posted November 28, 2015 Share Posted November 28, 2015 Should've gone to Specsavers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold BoD Posted November 28, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 28, 2015 Should've gone to Specsavers Don't be so facetious .... ....... the second photograph is much clearer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsetan Posted November 28, 2015 Share Posted November 28, 2015 ..... the second photograph is much clearer. What, like this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob D2 Posted November 29, 2015 Share Posted November 29, 2015 Wants wrong with the 40 then ? I thought it was preserved condition and be careful the guy that produced it is a member here.... What's just made me laugh is a REX class 37 twin pack with sound , buy it now £600....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Re6/6 Posted November 29, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 29, 2015 Not madness but computer stupidity. A small item (four loco driving wheels) didn't sell at 0.99p starting bid so Ebay advized this... Sell Tip: Looks like this item could take longer to sell. We recommend changing the selling format to a fixed price listing at around £31.50 and accepting Best Offers.†Edit and relist it Well, if they didn't sell at 0.99p what chance of them selling at £31.50! Seeing as nobody wanted them I'll use them for turning practice! Oh, and don't you just love their stupid suggestions of other items 'similar' to the one that you didn't win. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith George Posted December 2, 2015 Share Posted December 2, 2015 Why do some traders put "or near offer" after their buy it now price, then refuse all offers.? I put a close offer in on a item, but it was refused, so a couple of days later I put another offer in, this time so close to the buy it now price it was almost touching. again that was refused. So why do they bother.? In this instance they lost a sell because I then looked elsewhere and found a better product at a very good price. Keith Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BG John Posted December 2, 2015 Share Posted December 2, 2015 Another problem with offers is regretting not making one low enough! I offered £150 on a £175 item that was already surprisingly cheap, and it was immediately accepted. I still wonder if I could have gone lower, as I thought I was pushing my luck and didn't dare go lower! I've just bought something where the BIN was £7.25, I offered £6, and accepted the counter offer of £7, because it wasn't worth haggling over less than a quid, and I'd played the game by making an offer anyway. I had one private sale when I think the seller must have chosen the wrong option, as he refused my offer, and changed it to a straight BIN! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenton Posted December 2, 2015 Share Posted December 2, 2015 So why do they bother.? Smple answer. Testing the water. Usually they are set at a very long end date as well. Your close offer nforms them that they are in the right (if not low) ball park asking price. You can add that type of seller to the ones that ask a ridiculously high starting price - They scan ebay for VAGUELY similar items (eg a Finney kit may have recently sold for near £200, so they ask the same for a Falcon/Jidenco or even DJH one!!) What they are doing is trawling for the gullible, daft or simply desperate buyer. It is likely to go unsold and will re-appear until it is sold. Which ultimately confirms their strategy. Also those who list an item with a start price of 99p and a reserve of £200 (yes seen that one) and they wonder why they get offers of £20! O gauge seems to attract them. They see a really well built loco selling for upwards of £2000 and expect the scrap they are selling to be "worth" the same. It really is a lunatic asylum on there at the moment some really stupid prices being hit in time for Xmas. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold RFS Posted December 2, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 2, 2015 BG John, on 02 Dec 2015 - 14:14, said: Another problem with offers is regretting not making one low enough! I offered £150 on a £175 item that was already surprisingly cheap, and it was immediately accepted. I still wonder if I could have gone lower, as I thought I was pushing my luck and didn't dare go lower! I've just bought something where the BIN was £7.25, I offered £6, and accepted the counter offer of £7, because it wasn't worth haggling over less than a quid, and I'd played the game by making an offer anyway. I had one private sale when I think the seller must have chosen the wrong option, as he refused my offer, and changed it to a straight BIN! Once you have made 3 offers on an item that are rejected, you are barred from bidding on it again. I made that mistake once ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jinty3f Posted December 2, 2015 Share Posted December 2, 2015 (edited) http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/00-Water-Pipeline-For-Model-Railway-Train-Layout-/172016227754?hash=item280cf755aa:g:cO4AAOSwF1dUQoP- Almost a tenner with the postage.......or you could buy the same straws and angles yourself at the 99p store, pinch a couple of press studs from the wife's' underwear and slap the lot with some old paint (not the underwear.......) ( or the wife....) Edited December 2, 2015 by Jinty3f Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsetan Posted December 2, 2015 Share Posted December 2, 2015 Smple answer. Testing the water. Usually they are set at a very long end date as well. Your close offer informs them that they are in the right (if not low) ball park asking price....... ...in which case, successive offers should go progressively lower 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BG John Posted December 2, 2015 Share Posted December 2, 2015 Once you have made 3 offers on an item that are rejected, you are barred from bidding on it again. I made that mistake once ... So far I've only made offers on things where I'd be happy to pay the BIN price, but if they've taken the trouble to be willing to haggle, it only seems fair to take them up on it. I then start to worry that if they don't respond within a few minutes, someone else may buy it, and have to try hard to stop myself paying the BIN price to relieve the stress it's causing me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold RFS Posted December 2, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 2, 2015 Rails of Sheffield's items are usually obtainable at around 20% discount. I've bought several items that way (eg coaches priced at £24, offer accepted at £20). Looking at their sold items, it's surprising how many buyers have paid full price. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grovenor Posted December 2, 2015 Share Posted December 2, 2015 Well, if they didn't sell at 0.99p what chance of them selling at £31.50! You might be surprised, BIN of £31.50 tells the buyer that they are valuable and desirable. Starting at 99p they are just seen as rubbish. Regards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
47164 Posted December 2, 2015 Share Posted December 2, 2015 gbp 265 for an 00 guage prototype , paint work is good looks like a new chassis.....but totally wrecked by wrong sized door Windows , makes the model look weird ... But good luck to the seller Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
47164 Posted December 2, 2015 Share Posted December 2, 2015 Read Hst to my previous note Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rail-Online Posted December 3, 2015 Share Posted December 3, 2015 Read Hst to my previous note I think you mean this one: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Hornby-class-41-Prototype-HST-252-001-Power-Cars-DCC-Fitted-/281869416264?hash=item41a0b9f748:g:hUEAAOSw5ZBWHsiW And it is £325 not £265! Tony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruffnut Thorston Posted December 3, 2015 Share Posted December 3, 2015 (edited) This is so wrong in so many ways.... http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/RARE-TRIANG-R251-OO-GAUGE-BR-MAROON-CLASS-3F-0-6-0-LOCOMOTIVE-3775-WITH-TENDER/221955678866?_trksid=p5713.c100041.m2061&_trkparms=aid%3D333008%26algo%3DRIC.MBE%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20140109122350%26meid%3Dfb25948500d54e03b1cbddc522f64b57%26pid%3D100041%26rk%3D15%26rkt%3D34%26sd%3D311489138328 A pre-1961 R.251 done up as James The Red Engine....It was a Black Model! The BR Maroon Model was not actually made, only a mock up based on the Midland Railway Maroon model that WAS made, and featured in "The Midlander" Train Set... And that one is not exactly "Rare"! Edited December 3, 2015 by Sarahagain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Il Grifone Posted December 3, 2015 Share Posted December 3, 2015 (edited) This is so wrong in so many ways.... http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/RARE-TRIANG-R251-OO-GAUGE-BR-MAROON-CLASS-3F-0-6-0-LOCOMOTIVE-3775-WITH-TENDER/221955678866?_trksid=p5713.c100041.m2061&_trkparms=aid%3D333008%26algo%3DRIC.MBE%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20140109122350%26meid%3Dfb25948500d54e03b1cbddc522f64b57%26pid%3D100041%26rk%3D15%26rkt%3D34%26sd%3D311489138328 A pre-1961 R.251 done up as James The Red Engine....It was a Black Model! The BR Maroon Model was not actually made, only a mock up based on the Midland Railway Maroon model that WAS made, and featured in "The Midlander" Train Set... And that one is not exactly "Rare"! Ah, but this one is rare! There can only be one, that that has been bug messed up like this! (at least I hope so!) The start price of £9.99 was about right for the loco chassis - the rest is bin material, though the loco body might just be recoverable. The crack in the cab side looks quite serious. EDIT for excess of subordinate clauses. Edited December 4, 2015 by Il Grifone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruffnut Thorston Posted December 3, 2015 Share Posted December 3, 2015 (edited) A parts lot... BUT the chassis is from the early Hornby Tender Drive "Black 5" with Britannia cylinders and valve gear...the LMS tender body goes with that bit! About the right price for a working "5"? http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Assorted-OO-Gauge-Spare-Parts-For-Steam-Locomotives/171976373755?_trksid=p2060778.c100277.m3477&_trkparms=aid%3D222007%26algo%3DSIC.MBE%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20140725134205%26meid%3De77bac807cef475d8776d1d237979d97%26pid%3D100277%26rk%3D3%26rkt%3D4%26sd%3D311494341301 Edited December 3, 2015 by Sarahagain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruffnut Thorston Posted December 3, 2015 Share Posted December 3, 2015 A bit dodgy.... http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/OO-gauge-job-lot-see-description-below-242/172012165479?_trksid=p2060778.c100277.m3477&_trkparms=aid%3D222007%26algo%3DSIC.MBE%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20140725134205%26meid%3De236af0259c74d37add761e5a17d9a6f%26pid%3D100277%26rk%3D3%26rkt%3D4%26sd%3D361437523646 Looks tempting...until you note:- OO gauge job lot of bits and bobs – may come in handy for someone - various makes - sold for spares/repair – please study photo’s - sold as seen – station not included in purchase - multiple purchase discount - international buyers welcome – please contact me for postage costs beforehand – should any problems arise regarding your purchase, please liaise with me prior to issuing feedback in order to rectify the position and achieve a satisfactory outcome - that thanks for looking – regards john The Die Cast Bulleid is probably Graham Farish MN...but with the zinc pest! There is also a Hornby O Gauge Platform Ramp. Tri-ang Hornby Battle Space Expoloding Car bits... BUT no Dublo Station....so why is it pictured! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Il Grifone Posted December 4, 2015 Share Posted December 4, 2015 Most of that is junk! The poor MN is terminal and needs to be gently put down...... The best item appears to be the cutting mat, which, like the station, I assume is not included A classic example of how not to present your items for sale, I think. The seller appears to have used the mat and the Dublo station as a back drop for all his items. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shortliner Posted December 4, 2015 Share Posted December 4, 2015 John Marlott of Bow Street is on the case. Does that mean it is "A Runner" then? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MartinWales Posted December 4, 2015 Share Posted December 4, 2015 Nah! He's from Aberystwyth! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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