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Hroth

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1 hour ago, Rowsley17D said:

Here's another camera-shy offering from the same person.

 

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/114735632406?

 

You're evidently supposed to look up the "R" numbers to save him photographing the models. 

 

£50 seems a bit steep for an old Triang shorty DMU, I suppose its priced on the rarity of having the optional centre coach. Or perhaps the value of a Triang motor bogie.  If you can forgo the centre coach, there's a Triang R.157/R.158 pair  ending in a  bit over 3 days, currently at £14.51. That one has proper pictures too! The delivery carges are comparable.

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MrWolf

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23 minutes ago, farren said:

Any one like a APT, I love the description,

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/115225863340?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=VvArukubSGy&sssrc=2349624&ssuid=Sas8ngTwS8u&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

 

I get the impression that the new sets aren't up to much?

 

That still doesn't convince me that a 1980s train set (which has been modernized, so originality lost) is worth the thick end of £500.

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Hroth

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1 hour ago, DK123GWR said:

Have I been misundertanding the word 'rare' for the past two decades?

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/265689933356?hash=item3ddc5aa62c%3Ag%3Ai6sAAOSww3Zidmvi&LH_BIN=1

 

Possibly meaning "Rarely NOT seen on eBay"...

 

1 minute ago, Bucoops said:

 

A railways engineer, sorry RAILWAY ENGINEER has looked at it? Not necessarily a good thing.

 

A chap with a big hammer?

 

 

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DK123GWR

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2 hours ago, MrWolf said:

 

I get the impression that the new sets aren't up to much?

 

That still doesn't convince me that a 1980s train set (which has been modernized, so originality lost) is worth the thick end of £500.

He does say:

'500 POUND FOR A SECOND RATE ITEM THAT INVESTMENT WISE A WASTE OF MONEY'

I'll trust him and stay away from this. 

 

My other favourite part is:

'BITS FALLING OFF RECOMMEND  BUY A TUBE OF GLUE'

I thought that half the old APTs sold on ebay were missing the pantograph.

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MrWolf

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1 hour ago, DK123GWR said:

He does say:

'500 POUND FOR A SECOND RATE ITEM THAT INVESTMENT WISE A WASTE OF MONEY'

I'll trust him and stay away from this. 

 

My other favourite part is:

'BITS FALLING OFF RECOMMEND  BUY A TUBE OF GLUE'

I thought that half the old APTs sold on ebay were missing the pantograph.

 

Quite true, in fact I've seen a new old stock pantograph in the one year only promotional Hornby genuine spare parts box ( with misprint and yellow card insert) run to £7,450 and 63 bids...

 

But, you can't fake patina, even if you get your six year old to stuff the coach insides with mashed potato and bury the trailer car in the garden. 

Where are you going to get those genuine 1982 purple nylon carpet threads to wind round the axles? 

Can you dig up granny and get her to smoke sixty Capstan full strength near it for a decade?

 

Of course not.

 

It's a once in a lifetime opportunity to invest in a classic collectors item which can only go up in value.

 

Bequeath it to your family, safe in the knowledge that they won't be interested in anything but your home and the house clearance totters will give them £4 if you're lucky.

 

Then put it on eBay for £500.....

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John Besley

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12 minutes ago, Michael Hodgson said:

 

 

I wouldn't buy so much as a used paper clip from a pillock who writes descriptions like that.

 

Nothing is worse than writing everything with cap lock on...

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MrWolf

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38 minutes ago, Michael Hodgson said:

 

 

I wouldn't buy so much as a used paper clip from a pillock who writes descriptions like that.

 

Me neither, but it did inspire my thoughts on "collectibles".

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Michael Hodgson

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I suppose I'm being intolerant again.  I'm really not very good with morons, though of course I realise some people have limited faculties and I ought to make allowances.

 

There's an awful lot of cr*p on the internet where the public have unfetterd access.   I can only wish the best of luck to Elon Musk if his Twitter bid goes ahead!

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MrWolf

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40 minutes ago, Michael Hodgson said:

I suppose I'm being intolerant again.  I'm really not very good with morons, though of course I realise some people have limited faculties and I ought to make allowances.

 

There's an awful lot of cr*p on the internet where the public have unfetterd access.   I can only wish the best of luck to Elon Musk if his Twitter bid goes ahead!

 

No, I think that idiot intolerance is a diagnosable condition.

I don't think that it's a bad thing either, plus there's plenty of evidence of causal factors in the human environment.

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John M Upton

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32 minutes ago, Ncarter2 said:

Some wishful thinking. Can’t fault the optimism. 
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/115358176523?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=Gp3YmJDLRdS&sssrc=2349624&ssuid=Ghyxkm76TAy&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

 

"Selling on behalf of my son" yadda yadda yadda.

 

Cobblers - It's a dealer trying it on, plain and simple.

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MrWolf

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1 hour ago, John M Upton said:

 

"Selling on behalf of my son" yadda yadda yadda.

 

Cobblers - It's a dealer trying it on, plain and simple.

 

He also has this ( I selected it as being dissimilar to the loco for sale:

 

THREE BRAND NEW Hornby 5 PLANK WAGONS "PONTITHEL CHEMICAL CO" R6072

 

These are in the same condition, but part of his late father's collection, apparently...

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