FPH 603 Posted February 25, 2018 Share Posted February 25, 2018 Isnt it nice to see this seller has gone to great lengths and taken their time to lay out all the items for sale in a tidy fashion. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/JOB-LOT-OF-TRIANG-Hornby-MODEL-RAILWAYS-TRACK-AND-BUILDING-TRAINS-ETC/112821658972?_trkparms=aid%3D222007%26algo%3DSIM.MBE%26ao%3D2%26asc%3D43781%26meid%3D85caf986861648cd91a5d3e0f2fc6439%26pid%3D100005%26rk%3D6%26rkt%3D6%26sd%3D152895446188%26itm%3D112821658972&_trksid=p2047675.c100005.m1851 Would have been better off just showing a photo of the big plastic sack that lot of utterly worthless junk will need to be put in on its way to landfill... I wouldn't waste 5p for a plastic bag on that lot........ Cheers Mick I could get that sort of stuff for free from friends, in fact I have a couple of times! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gareth 73 Posted February 25, 2018 Share Posted February 25, 2018 https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/OO-GAUGE-DEPARTMENTAL-OBSERVATION-COACH-DB983534-DETAILED-CUSTOM-WEATHERED/382386154320?hash=item5907fdab50:g:bckAAOSwUiBaiy8q Really? well its not all yellow i suppose Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sem34090 Posted February 25, 2018 Share Posted February 25, 2018 The price isn't justified, but it seems nicely enough done. Out of interest I would like to enquire about a rather nice set of SECR Coaches with an E Class 4-4-0 currently on ebay under the somewhat infamous name 'Gostude'. I seem to remember they were about £800 each time I looked. Possibly a bargain to someone, but they've been there an awfully long time! If they were incorrectly listed (Means less people will find it: happened with an E5 the other week.) and were up for sale at £100 I'd be in there! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium kevinlms Posted February 25, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 25, 2018 Isnt it nice to see this seller has gone to great lengths and taken their time to lay out all the items for sale in a tidy fashion. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/JOB-LOT-OF-TRIANG-Hornby-MODEL-RAILWAYS-TRACK-AND-BUILDING-TRAINS-ETC/112821658972?_trkparms=aid%3D222007%26algo%3DSIM.MBE%26ao%3D2%26asc%3D43781%26meid%3D85caf986861648cd91a5d3e0f2fc6439%26pid%3D100005%26rk%3D6%26rkt%3D6%26sd%3D152895446188%26itm%3D112821658972&_trksid=p2047675.c100005.m1851 A would be buyer could never make a claim that the goods were damaged in the post! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Colin_McLeod Posted February 25, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 25, 2018 Postage £8.50 so it appears he has plans to package it up in some fashion. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Enterprisingwestern Posted February 25, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 25, 2018 Isnt it nice to see this seller has gone to great lengths and taken their time to lay out all the items for sale in a tidy fashion. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/JOB-LOT-OF-TRIANG-Hornby-MODEL-RAILWAYS-TRACK-AND-BUILDING-TRAINS-ETC/112821658972?_trkparms=aid%3D222007%26algo%3DSIM.MBE%26ao%3D2%26asc%3D43781%26meid%3D85caf986861648cd91a5d3e0f2fc6439%26pid%3D100005%26rk%3D6%26rkt%3D6%26sd%3D152895446188%26itm%3D112821658972&_trksid=p2047675.c100005.m1851 I wasn't aware that members of the public were allowed onto council tips to take pictures? Mike. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium John M Upton Posted February 25, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 25, 2018 I'd maybe give him a quid for the pair of old Hornby Freightliner containers (I have always liked those for some reason!) but that is about it... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Il Grifone Posted February 25, 2018 Share Posted February 25, 2018 Not eBay, but their rival. I've just noticed that the huge (and extremely ugly) new Amazon warehouse that defaces the main road into Tilbury is signposted as "Fulfillment centre". How pretentious can one get? It was supposed to bring lots of jobs, but apparently the conditions of employment are so onerous that no one wants them. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Gary H Posted February 25, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 25, 2018 I'd maybe give him a quid for the pair of old Hornby Freightliner containers (I have always liked those for some reason!) but that is about it... Indeed, John. Certainly, the only 2 items in there that caught my eye! As you say, about a quid for the pair. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Gary H Posted February 25, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 25, 2018 Not eBay, but their rival. I've just noticed that the huge (and extremely ugly) new Amazon warehouse that defaces the main road into Tilbury is signposted as "Fulfillment centre". How pretentious can one get? It was supposed to bring lots of jobs, but apparently the conditions of employment are so onerous that no one wants them. There's been a lot of bad PR lately on these so called "Fulfillment Centres". Undercover folk going in and recording their staff being treated like robots and generally like utter s*** Seems like the way of the world now, unfortunately. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Il Grifone Posted February 25, 2018 Share Posted February 25, 2018 I understand that one has to be on call at all hours as well as the above.... I might be wrong, it's second hand info. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Happy Hippo Posted February 25, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 25, 2018 Not eBay, but their rival. I've just noticed that the huge (and extremely ugly) new Amazon warehouse that defaces the main road into Tilbury is signposted as "Fulfillment centre". How pretentious can one get? We have an Army fulfillment centre just opened near where i live. in days of old they used to call them stores depots: A term everyone understood! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rail-Online Posted February 25, 2018 Share Posted February 25, 2018 I understand that one has to be on call at all hours as well as the above.... I might be wrong, it's second hand info. I would rather work in there today rather than picking Brussel Sprouts in East Anglia, like some people will be........ Tony Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
royaloak Posted February 25, 2018 Share Posted February 25, 2018 Not eBay, but their rival. I've just noticed that the huge (and extremely ugly) new Amazon warehouse that defaces the main road into Tilbury is signposted as "Fulfillment centre". How pretentious can one get? It was supposed to bring lots of jobs, but apparently the conditions of employment are so onerous that no one wants them. It will bring lots of jobs For Eastern Europeans. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Il Grifone Posted February 25, 2018 Share Posted February 25, 2018 (edited) It will bring lots of jobs For Eastern Europeans. There are plenty around here (Thurrock voted for Brexit). I'm not sure even they are interested. Edited February 25, 2018 by Il Grifone Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Gary H Posted February 25, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 25, 2018 (edited) There are plenty around here (Thurrock voted for Brexit). I'm not sure even they are interested. You have to hand it to these EE folk. Thousands of acres of Daffs and vegetable land in Cornwall near Hayle and Cambourne. I often see them bent over in fields cutting and picking in driving rain and wind and up to their ankles in mud. There was an experiment carried out recently when a dozen young UK students worked along side the EE's for the day, I'm not sure if it made national TV or not but it was covered locally. Suffice to say, the job nearly killed them and they all addmitted that they couidn't stick it after one day! Edited February 25, 2018 by Gary H Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
N15class Posted February 25, 2018 Share Posted February 25, 2018 It seems to me that the EE get accused of taking British jobs but they nearly always seem to be doing jobs that the British folk don't want or think are beneath them. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
royaloak Posted February 25, 2018 Share Posted February 25, 2018 It seems to me that the EE get accused of taking British jobs but they nearly always seem to be doing jobs that the British folk don't want or think are beneath them. The British lower classes (Chavs as they are now known) expect to be housed, fed and kept for nothing, why should they go out and get a job when it is easier to drop another chavvy and be given a bigger house and more money? They are the ones that should be in the fields picking produce, no work= no money. At least most of the Eastern Europeans who come over here come over to work and work bloomin hard at that! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold gwrrob Posted February 25, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 25, 2018 Don't get me started or Andy Y will have to lock the thread. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
royaloak Posted February 25, 2018 Share Posted February 25, 2018 Don't get me started or Andy Y will have to lock the thread. I think we are in accord so will leave it at that. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold BlueLightning Posted February 25, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 25, 2018 Let's try and return to the topic of eBay madness!! and in the maddest thing that I think has ever happened on eBay. I have just purchased something from Gostude!! Gary Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
royaloak Posted February 25, 2018 Share Posted February 25, 2018 Let's try and return to the topic of eBay madness!! I have just purchased something from Gostude!! Gary Are you receiving any help with your medical condition, I can recommend a good psychiatrist! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Re6/6 Posted February 25, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 25, 2018 Let's try and return to the topic of eBay madness!! and in the maddest thing that I think has ever happened on eBay. I have just purchased something from Gostude!! Gary So have l. I console myself that it was priced at half the price of several very similar items! My bargain, his loss! Those others are still there three months later at the same pricey BIN price. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold BlueLightning Posted February 25, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 25, 2018 I couldn't help myself. GEM LB&SCR B1 "Gladstone" built and very poorly painted, including wheels and nameplates (no motor, but I have loads of them) for £44.50!!! Gary 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marly51 Posted February 25, 2018 Share Posted February 25, 2018 There are some model railway YouTubers who are trying get more people into the hobby and encouraging purchasing second hand through eBay and various second hand model shops. Great to encourage folk, but it is also creating a new demand which may subsequently be pushing up the price of second hand and, as many on this thread have noted, end up paying more than if they bought the items ‘new’ directly from a model shop! A few years ago when our community was commemorating WW1 I had the idea of working with local youngsters to create a WW1 trench diorama and we bought some Action Men figures and accessories on eBay - very cheap and bargains at the beginning, but then I was aware that prices were rising steadily and becoming silly, so decided we would just use what we had. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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