Tony Davis Posted March 17, 2021 Share Posted March 17, 2021 16 minutes ago, rab said: This seller obviously believes the item is worth the asking price: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/OO-gauge-tunnel-portal-type-B1-vintage-/114729557870?_trksid=p2349624.m46890.l49292 They've been relisting it for weeks. But it’s a portal! Who knows where it might lead!!! 2 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hroth Posted March 17, 2021 Share Posted March 17, 2021 1 hour ago, rab said: This seller obviously believes the item is worth the asking price: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/OO-gauge-tunnel-portal-type-B1-vintage-/114729557870?_trksid=p2349624.m46890.l49292 They've been relisting it for weeks. If they had offered it as a buy now, even with their postal rates it would be no more expensive than a "new" time tunnel portal. However, its not worth bidding on... 2 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul H Vigor Posted March 17, 2021 Share Posted March 17, 2021 1 hour ago, Tony Davis said: But it’s a portal! Who knows where it might lead!!! Nadia? (The Lion, the Wheel and the Tunnel) 2 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hroth Posted March 17, 2021 Share Posted March 17, 2021 22 minutes ago, Paul H Vigor said: Nadia? (The Lion, the Wheel and the Tunnel) The entrance screened by old waistcoats... 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Hodgson Posted March 17, 2021 Share Posted March 17, 2021 2 hours ago, rab said: This seller obviously believes the item is worth the asking price: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/OO-gauge-tunnel-portal-type-B1-vintage-/114729557870?_trksid=p2349624.m46890.l49292 They've been relisting it for weeks. Of course it's worth at least that. It's got its original box. 2 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jack Benson Posted March 17, 2021 Share Posted March 17, 2021 This may been mentioned but it seems slightly over priced Hornby Simplon Express £2,999.99 StaySafe Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Hodgson Posted March 17, 2021 Share Posted March 17, 2021 34 minutes ago, Jack Benson said: This may been mentioned but it seems slightly over priced Hornby Simplon Express £2,999.99 StaySafe Don't forget the £499.99 to have it sent first class post (not even special delivery??) from Peterborough. Doesn't give the option of collection in person. But he won't send it to Bolivia, Haiti, Liberia, Nicaragua, Turkmenistan, Paraguay, Mauritius, Sierra Leone, Venezuela. I don't know why but ebay have added that restriction to my listings too. 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
coastalview Posted March 17, 2021 Share Posted March 17, 2021 1 hour ago, Jack Benson said: This may been mentioned but it seems slightly over priced Hornby Simplon Express £2,999.99 StaySafe That seems to be about 10 times the going price. Virtually everything he sells is either Rare!!! or Very Rare. For those collectors of disinfectant bottles he is the seller of choice. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Zoflora-Midnight-Blooms-Limited-Edition-120ml-Bottle-/333521465486?_trksid=p2349624.m46890.l49292 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted March 17, 2021 Share Posted March 17, 2021 32 minutes ago, Michael Hodgson said: Don't forget the £499.99 to have it sent first class post (not even special delivery??) from Peterborough. Doesn't give the option of collection in person. But he won't send it to Bolivia, Haiti, Liberia, Nicaragua, Turkmenistan, Paraguay, Mauritius, Sierra Leone, Venezuela. I don't know why but ebay have added that restriction to my listings too. Something to do with trafficking in class A drugs, armaments, money laundering perhaps? 2 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hroth Posted March 17, 2021 Share Posted March 17, 2021 (edited) 1 hour ago, Jack Benson said: This may been mentioned but it seems slightly over priced Hornby Simplon Express £2,999.99 StaySafe Complete with the Hornby digital controller that no one would want to touch with a bargepole! (Even worse, if its unsealed since 2007, it'll be the un-updated Mk1 version...) Edited March 17, 2021 by Hroth digtal? 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradfordbuffer Posted March 17, 2021 Share Posted March 17, 2021 1 hour ago, coastalview said: That seems to be about 10 times the going price. Virtually everything he sells is either Rare!!! or Very Rare. For those collectors of disinfectant bottles he is the seller of choice. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Zoflora-Midnight-Blooms-Limited-Edition-120ml-Bottle-/333521465486?_trksid=p2349624.m46890.l49292 Got to guild the lily....cant say smells like you toilet on a Sunday morning after 10 pints of bitter and a lamb madras . 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted March 17, 2021 Share Posted March 17, 2021 1 hour ago, coastalview said: That seems to be about 10 times the going price. Virtually everything he sells is either Rare!!! or Very Rare. For those collectors of disinfectant bottles he is the seller of choice. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Zoflora-Midnight-Blooms-Limited-Edition-120ml-Bottle-/333521465486?_trksid=p2349624.m46890.l49292 I read this eBay listing several times over, but no matter how I tried to reason it out, I was left with the same question: Did I drop too much acid at art college? Or not enough? 1 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
coastalview Posted March 17, 2021 Share Posted March 17, 2021 11 minutes ago, MrWolf said: I read this eBay listing several times over, but no matter how I tried to reason it out, I was left with the same question: Did I drop too much acid at art college? Or not enough? I really do not understand it at all everything is listed at such absurd prices and it must have taken ages to set up. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firecrest Posted March 17, 2021 Share Posted March 17, 2021 3 hours ago, coastalview said: That seems to be about 10 times the going price. Virtually everything he sells is either Rare!!! or Very Rare. For those collectors of disinfectant bottles he is the seller of choice. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Zoflora-Midnight-Blooms-Limited-Edition-120ml-Bottle-/333521465486?_trksid=p2349624.m46890.l49292 Well that's my secret hobby out in the open... blast. Back to the stock cube foil packaging for me it is then... 1 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Northmoor Posted March 17, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 17, 2021 58 minutes ago, coastalview said: I really do not understand it at all everything is listed at such absurd prices and it must have taken ages to set up. I wonder if this is a case of the theory that "If you repeat a lie often enough, it becomes accepted as the truth". The seller(s) put out a lot of listings with absurd prices and claims of rarity. Eventually, someone will see that everything is listed at that price, will accept that is the norm and pays up. Now EBay lists that as the highest price Sold Item in a search, every other seller now believes that this is an achievable price and lists theirs accordingly. So inflation of some model railway items in the last year could easily be £500%. Unfortunately many, if not most people simply don't understand that the value of an item is not what the seller thinks it is worth. It is what two people, the seller and the buyer, AGREE what it is worth. 2 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium John M Upton Posted March 17, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 17, 2021 (edited) There are still those who go by the rule that if it is old it must be valuable, and rare of course. The truth is of course that they need not an Ebay listing but a binbag.... The Prosecution offers the following into evidence... https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1963-Mini-Pickup/203303874460?hash=item2f55daef9c:g:VU0AAOSwXZtgS5p- Edited March 17, 2021 by John M Upton 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Compound2632 Posted March 17, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 17, 2021 (edited) 2 minutes ago, John M Upton said: There are still those who go by the rule that if it is old it must be valuable, and rare of course. The Prosecution offers the following into evidence... https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1963-Mini-Pickup/203303874460?hash=item2f55daef9c:g:VU0AAOSwXZtgS5p- Hand over the cash and drive it away? Edited March 17, 2021 by Compound2632 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted March 17, 2021 Share Posted March 17, 2021 37 minutes ago, Compound2632 said: Hand over the cash and drive it away? I have sold several such sheds over the years as spares or repair if it's not a vehicle that I am interested in. All a "restorer" needs is a log book, VIN tag and engine block and they can build a concours original from parts if they have enough money. Or steal someone else's. But getting back to the quoted post - You would not believe the number of people who asked me such gems as "Does it run?" "Would it drive X distance?" or: "What did I think that it needed to get an MOT?" 3 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Enterprisingwestern Posted March 17, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 17, 2021 2 hours ago, MrWolf said: I read this eBay listing several times over, You only have to read it once as he repeats himself numerous times! Mike. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Enterprisingwestern Posted March 17, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 17, 2021 From the same seller. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Super-Nintendo-Official-Rubber-Keychains-Very-Rare/333900074309?hash=item4dbdfecd45:g:3VYAAOSw4PNb0by4 'Yeah, very rare, how many have you got? Mike. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul H Vigor Posted March 17, 2021 Share Posted March 17, 2021 4 hours ago, bradfordbuffer said: Got to guild the lily....cant say smells like you toilet on a Sunday morning after 10 pints of bitter and a lamb madras . "THE MOST AND BEST SMELL EVER..."!? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul H Vigor Posted March 17, 2021 Share Posted March 17, 2021 43 minutes ago, Enterprisingwestern said: From the same seller. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Super-Nintendo-Official-Rubber-Keychains-Very-Rare/333900074309?hash=item4dbdfecd45:g:3VYAAOSw4PNb0by4 'Yeah, very rare, how many have you got? Mike. "ABSOLUTELY HIGHLY COLLECTIBLE, AND AMAZING." - Get 'em while they're HOT! 2 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted March 17, 2021 Share Posted March 17, 2021 42 minutes ago, Enterprisingwestern said: From the same seller. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Super-Nintendo-Official-Rubber-Keychains-Very-Rare/333900074309?hash=item4dbdfecd45:g:3VYAAOSw4PNb0by4 'Yeah, very rare, how many have you got? Mike. When I think back on all of the must have things of the last 40 years ( first memories being Argentina '78 football stickers and Star Wars toys I realise that I must be a bit weird because I never bought into any of that collectibles krap. Probably why the media likes to ridicule anyone who doesn't toe the line and spend time and money on what they're told to by having unfashionable hobbies! 5 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul H Vigor Posted March 17, 2021 Share Posted March 17, 2021 1 hour ago, Compound2632 said: Hand over the cash and drive it away? If I dared to bring that home, I'd be sleeping in the shed! 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted March 17, 2021 Share Posted March 17, 2021 6 minutes ago, Paul H Vigor said: "ABSOLUTELY HIGHLY COLLECTIBLE, AND AMAZING." - Get 'em while they're HOT! WHY are they "highly collectible"? Because the guy trying to shift a furniture truck full of useless tat says they are? 2 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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