2E Sub Shed Posted June 5, 2022 Share Posted June 5, 2022 30 minutes ago, MrWolf said: Once listed items are sent to an off site warehouse for packaging so item specific questions cannot be answered. That's a new one. And six of these "pre-packed" items can be combined into a single P&P charge, one assumes into a single package. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium jbqfc Posted June 5, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 5, 2022 4 mintirix N gauge MGR hopper tops for £28 https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/155024746642?mkevt=1&mkpid=0&emsid=e11021.m43.l1120&mkcid=7&ch=osgood&euid=11717dce9b7547b88d0fadaec7f5d617&bu=44263544235&ut=RU&osub=-1~1&crd=20220605050320&segname=11021 John 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Enterprisingwestern Posted June 5, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 5, 2022 43 minutes ago, MrWolf said: Once listed items are sent to an off site warehouse for packaging so item specific questions cannot be answered. That's a new one. We're in rat and bargepole territory methinks. Mike. 1 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted June 5, 2022 Share Posted June 5, 2022 2 minutes ago, Enterprisingwestern said: We're in rat and bargepole territory methinks. Mike. Are they trying to say they're as big as Amazon? That said, I have two remote warehouses. No kidding, they really are mine! 5 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianmacc Posted June 5, 2022 Share Posted June 5, 2022 1 hour ago, MrWolf said: Are they trying to say they're as big as Amazon? That said, I have two remote warehouses. No kidding, they really are mine! Layout rooms right there lol 1 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted June 5, 2022 Share Posted June 5, 2022 57 minutes ago, ianmacc said: Layout rooms right there lol But then where would I hide my Doomsday Device? 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold big jim Posted June 5, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 5, 2022 5 hours ago, TimberValleyRailway said: Well this odd... Seller doesn't state whether it's just a box or not! https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/175306642100?hash=item28d11712b4:g:SZEAAOSwpOximnJ9 Am I missing something? The description says…… Hornby BR 4-6-2 West Country Class Yes Tor 34026 Loco & Tender in Original Box OO Gauge UNTESTED Unless the description has been amended, but ok the piccies don’t help! 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveyDee68 Posted June 6, 2022 Share Posted June 6, 2022 7 hours ago, big jim said: Am I missing something? The description says…… Hornby BR 4-6-2 West Country Class Yes Tor 34026 Loco & Tender in Original Box OO Gauge UNTESTED Unless the description has been amended, but ok the piccies don’t help! If you check out other sales by the same seller, you find that the pictures of “boxes” locos generally include photos of the actual locos too, whereas this particular auction the photographer seems to have a rather lazy attitude (i.e. they can’t be bothered opening the box!) However, the line about items being packaged up off site meaning the seller can’t answer any questions about their sales … well, that doesn’t sound dodgy at all, does it?! Definitely ‘caveat emptor’ with this one! Steve S 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold big jim Posted June 6, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 6, 2022 I see, I suppose if it turned out it was just the box then it could be returned as ‘not described’ However if the description didn’t have the word ‘in’ before ‘original box’ then I’d be wary 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul H Vigor Posted June 6, 2022 Share Posted June 6, 2022 12 hours ago, MrWolf said: Are they trying to say they're as big as Amazon? That said, I have two remote warehouses. No kidding, they really are mine! So, when you are late for tea, Miss Riding Hood knows where to look for you!? Mr Wolf is in the shed! 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted June 6, 2022 Share Posted June 6, 2022 I do have a considerably less overgrown actual workshop. Which is well within shouting distance. Those sheds are several miles from home for "plausible deniability" reasons...🙃 1 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Hodgson Posted June 6, 2022 Share Posted June 6, 2022 11 hours ago, big jim said: Am I missing something? The description says…… Hornby BR 4-6-2 West Country Class Yes Tor 34026 Loco & Tender in Original Box OO Gauge UNTESTED Unless the description has been amended, but ok the piccies don’t help! He's a trader and possibly knows no more than it's a toy train in a box, and going on the label in the box. I would suggest that what you are missing is his feedback. Although the total score is very high and the percentage score isn't bad, try reading some of the negative remarks. Also don't forget that he's described it clearly as untested, in block capitals, so don't assume it's going to be in working order. Then there's this in small print in the description Item Questions: Kindly note once our items are listed, they are sent to an off-site warehouse where they are pre-packaged ready for shipping to auction winners. Unfortunately, this means that we are generally unable to answer item specific questions or provide further images. We do our best to provide many detailed photos that accurately represent our items. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hroth Posted June 6, 2022 Share Posted June 6, 2022 14 hours ago, MrWolf said: Are they trying to say they're as big as Amazon? That said, I have two remote warehouses. No kidding, they really are mine! The Triffids are encroaching!!! 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Hodgson Posted June 6, 2022 Share Posted June 6, 2022 21 minutes ago, Hroth said: The Triffids are encroaching!!! The triffids are what he's selling from his warehouse - and some of them are escaping 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted June 6, 2022 Share Posted June 6, 2022 There's a very good reason for the neglected brambles and general run down look. The brambles stop scrotes from going round the sides and back to break in unseen. I keep the front looking neglected so that it looks like the place is just full of junk. Which it is to the average thief looking for tools and bicycles to fund their drug habit. Put a shiny new lock on and you can pretty much guarantee a break in. I learned that the hard way and the police won't even come out. 2 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Hodgson Posted June 6, 2022 Share Posted June 6, 2022 So it's your railway room? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted June 6, 2022 Share Posted June 6, 2022 They're full of used car and motorcycle parts from the 30s- 60s, bits of wood and some impressive spiders. Nothing your average scrote can sell quickly, it was just the mess they make and the work it causes. 4 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium John M Upton Posted June 6, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 6, 2022 Around here, your average oxygen thief tool stealer tends to stick to nicking stuff out of Ford Transits, far easier to break into than a grotty shed ironically thanks to their legendary awful locks!! If that doesn't work then they just nick the whole van!! 2 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted June 6, 2022 Share Posted June 6, 2022 6 hours ago, John M Upton said: Around here, your average oxygen thief tool stealer tends to stick to nicking stuff out of Ford Transits, far easier to break into than a grotty shed ironically thanks to their legendary awful locks!! If that doesn't work then they just nick the whole van!! No point having fancy locks when you can stick your arm through the rusty holes in the floor. #buy a used transit and learn to weld... 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hroth Posted June 6, 2022 Share Posted June 6, 2022 19 minutes ago, MrWolf said: No point having fancy locks when you can stick your arm through the rusty holes in the floor. #buy a used transit and learn to weld... But if your dodgy transit gets nicked it might turn up on the telly being chased by the rozzers! Entertainment value to the max!!! 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted June 6, 2022 Share Posted June 6, 2022 It's never like The Sweeney though.... ☹️ 2 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium John Besley Posted June 6, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 6, 2022 The Sweeney's doing ninety 'cause they've got the word to go They get a gang of villains in a shed up at Heathrow They're counting out the fivers when the handcuffs lock again.... It's Cool for Cats 4 1 2 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted June 6, 2022 Share Posted June 6, 2022 It's funny how their missus always looks the b****in' same... 5 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Bucoops Posted June 6, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 6, 2022 Madness I tell thee! 4 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianmacc Posted June 6, 2022 Share Posted June 6, 2022 Here’s a madness I only encountered tonight. Over the years I’ve acquired loads of stuff like endless packs of track pins and fishplates etc so thought I’d have a clear out and checked the “opposition” to make sure I was the cheapest seller. These are 2-4 quid all day long yet it’s amazing how many folks put them as auctions! Am I missing something here? They’re going to sell for about three pounds so why not just list them buy it now and achieve it anyway? You’re not going to suddenly achieve a ridiculous price. And nobody in the market for a three pounds pack of rail joiners is going to bother with the faff of a bidding war to save 9p surely… 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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