6990WitherslackHall Posted October 2, 2022 Share Posted October 2, 2022 4 hours ago, Steamport Southport said: They already have the rights to the James Bond 007 franchise. https://uk.scalextric.com/products/micro-scalextric-james-bond-set-no-time-die-g1161m https://uk.corgi.co.uk/products/james-bond-aston-martin-db5-no-time-die-cc04314 Whether they still have a usable Class 20 is probably the bigger problem, I don't think they've made one for quite a long time. On the topic of James Bond, LEGO recently released a set of the famous Aston Martin DB5 under their Speed Champions range. The set comes with 10 pairs of numberplates and a Daniel Craig James Bond minifigure! This is the second James Bond LEGO set that has been produced: the first being 10262 James Bond Aston Martin DB5 in their Creator: Expert range. Both sets were released on August 1st of this year. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DK123GWR Posted October 2, 2022 Share Posted October 2, 2022 4 hours ago, Steamport Southport said: They already have the rights to the James Bond 007 franchise. https://uk.scalextric.com/products/micro-scalextric-james-bond-set-no-time-die-g1161m https://uk.corgi.co.uk/products/james-bond-aston-martin-db5-no-time-die-cc04314 Whether they still have a usable Class 20 is probably the bigger problem, I don't think they've made one for quite a long time. Jason R3912/R3913 (if I've copied that correctly) were GBRF 20s, both released over the last couple of years. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Esmedune Posted October 2, 2022 Share Posted October 2, 2022 Apparently, it is worth silly money because it has a repair ticket after replacing traction tyres...https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/354272098389 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Enterprisingwestern Posted October 2, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 2, 2022 2 minutes ago, Esmedune said: Apparently, it is worth silly money because it has a repair ticket after replacing traction tyres...https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/354272098389 Well, is it a diesel or electric? Mike. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted October 2, 2022 Share Posted October 2, 2022 It's both Rare and Very Rare, I'm surprised that it's not L@@K!!!! R@RE!!!! 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveyDee68 Posted October 3, 2022 Share Posted October 3, 2022 What is it with Go$tude and his insistence that everything he sells is “kit built” … https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/363930926665?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=dUl0TI1oQ1m&sssrc=2349624&ssuid=e--l92_9TXi&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY Would eBay take action if we all started reporting him for “deliberately inaccurate descriptions”? I’m game to report on one of his items every day between now and Xmas … anybody else fancy a bit of “Go$tude trolling” for fun? Maybe - just maybe - he might start taking more care with his descriptions?! HOURS OF FUN!* * In case anyone wonders, I’ve stolen that catchphrase from Bilco over on the Gn15 Forum (the Gnatterbox) as I thought it perfectly describes our hobby both literally and ironically! 4 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hroth Posted October 3, 2022 Share Posted October 3, 2022 He probably uses the phrase as lazy shorthand to describe a model that has been mildly detailed and is not as it left the manufacturer. I think it may include mere inept weathering... Its still inexcusable, and may mislead the novice, but I'd consider it a minor rather than a major inaccuracy compared with some of the fact-stretchers we see on eBay! 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted October 3, 2022 Share Posted October 3, 2022 By "Fact Stretchers" do you mean "Bovine Defacators"? 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Rowsley17D Posted October 3, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 3, 2022 1 hour ago, SteveyDee68 said: What is it with Go$tude and his insistence that everything he sells is “kit built” … https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/363930926665?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=dUl0TI1oQ1m&sssrc=2349624&ssuid=e--l92_9TXi&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY Would eBay take action if we all started reporting him for “deliberately inaccurate descriptions”? I’m game to report on one of his items every day between now and Xmas … anybody else fancy a bit of “Go$tude trolling” for fun? Maybe - just maybe - he might start taking more care with his descriptions?! HOURS OF FUN!* * In case anyone wonders, I’ve stolen that catchphrase from Bilco over on the Gn15 Forum (the Gnatterbox) as I thought it perfectly describes our hobby both literally and ironically! I would but eBay's limited choice of reasons is putting me off as It doesn't let you put your own description of what's wrong. 1 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hroth Posted October 3, 2022 Share Posted October 3, 2022 1 hour ago, MrWolf said: By "Fact Stretchers" do you mean "Bovine Defacators"? That too! 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Rich_F Posted October 3, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 3, 2022 20 hours ago, Enterprisingwestern said: Well, is it a diesel or electric? Mike. Or there's a cardboard box for £30 from the same seller if you decide to buy the aforementioned diesel/electric loco to store it in😀 https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/354272568929?hash=item527c4a6661:g:KXQAAOSwQ0xiTznu 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted October 3, 2022 Share Posted October 3, 2022 4 hours ago, Rowsley17D said: I would but eBay's limited choice of reasons is putting me off as It doesn't let you put your own description of what's wrong. I've had a similar experience and wondered if it was eBay's way of making a hat tip to being on the ball but letting an awful lot slide so it doesn't eat into their profits too much. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MyRule1 Posted October 3, 2022 Share Posted October 3, 2022 My eBay madness is nothing to do with listings.. Due to problems with deliveries to home I usually use the collect option for online purchases. However in this case the seller omitted to initiate the tracking properly and the item vanished into nowhere. Today I visited the shop and was told that unless I had the pickup code they could not let me have it. After an internet search I actually located we wil call you option on the eBay site and they did ring me back within the stated 2 minutes. The agent understood the problem but did not have the authority to rectify it. It has now been passed to a special team and I have been told should be resolved within 24 hours. 2 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Bucoops Posted October 3, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 3, 2022 9 hours ago, Rowsley17D said: I would but eBay's limited choice of reasons is putting me off as It doesn't let you put your own description of what's wrong. Two options really, both under listing practices/search and browse manipulation - either keyword spamming or misleading title. However, I must have reported dozens of them with no apparent effect :( 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveyDee68 Posted October 3, 2022 Share Posted October 3, 2022 4 hours ago, MyRule1 said: My eBay madness is nothing to do with listings.. Due to problems with deliveries to home I usually use the collect option for online purchases. However in this case the seller omitted to initiate the tracking properly and the item vanished into nowhere. Today I visited the shop and was told that unless I had the pickup code they could not let me have it. After an internet search I actually located we wil call you option on the eBay site and they did ring me back within the stated 2 minutes. The agent understood the problem but did not have the authority to rectify it. It has now been passed to a special team and I have been told should be resolved within 24 hours. I feel for you having been there myself! Had this issue a number of times, but each time the drop off point (ARGOS) were able to sort it with eBay for me. Mind you, each time I got told off by the eBay rep as if it was my error that had caused the issue! How about phoning up the seller and bending their ear for not correctly following the procedure! HOURS OF FUN! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul H Vigor Posted October 3, 2022 Share Posted October 3, 2022 10 hours ago, MrWolf said: By "Fact Stretchers" do you mean "Bovine Defacators"? Autophiliacs (not the petrol boyos!)? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted October 3, 2022 Share Posted October 3, 2022 14 minutes ago, Paul H Vigor said: Autophiliacs (not the petrol boyos!)? Or Sanguinary terminological inexactitudinarian, as my late father would say, followed up with Bl**dy liar.... 2 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
40152 Posted October 4, 2022 Share Posted October 4, 2022 Making an unwelcome return is this poor wee overpriced specimen: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/275476026816? After not selling at this price previously, let’s see if poor running (looking at the pic I wonder why?) and a missing coupling rod have suddenly become desirable qualities 🙄 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hroth Posted October 4, 2022 Share Posted October 4, 2022 (edited) 27 minutes ago, 40152 said: Making an unwelcome return is this poor wee overpriced specimen: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/275476026816? After not selling at this price previously, let’s see if poor running (looking at the pic I wonder why?) and a missing coupling rod have suddenly become desirable qualities 🙄 It makes an old Triang 08 look desirable. Even this early one with the bendy cellulose acetate body looks better! Ok, I know they're different scales, but.... Edited October 4, 2022 by Hroth More, more!! And a minor correction!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
40152 Posted October 4, 2022 Share Posted October 4, 2022 Has someone, somewhere, declared today as national ‘overprice your old tooling N gauge Gronk’ day? https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/304564617733? 😳 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium John M Upton Posted October 4, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 4, 2022 I picked up one of those old tooling Farish 08's, hardly used mint and boxed for £40 at the weekend! I am guessing I may have saved it from the ebay scalpers... 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Enterprisingwestern Posted October 4, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 4, 2022 1 hour ago, John M Upton said: I picked up one of those old tooling Farish 08's, hardly used mint and boxed for £40 at the weekend! I am guessing I may have saved it from the ebay scalpers... Maybe, but deprived us of hours of fun! Mike. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2E Sub Shed Posted October 4, 2022 Share Posted October 4, 2022 13 hours ago, SteveyDee68 said: I feel for you having been there myself! Had this issue a number of times, but each time the drop off point (ARGOS) were able to sort it with eBay for me. Mind you, each time I got told off by the eBay rep as if it was my error that had caused the issue! How about phoning up the seller and bending their ear for not correctly following the procedure! HOURS OF FUN! As a sender, I usually add an extra label (in larger print) with the pick-up code if requested to send to a collect point. Easy to miss on the eBay generated Postal Label, plus send the details to buyer. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium jbqfc Posted October 4, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 4, 2022 a platform five red book cover your for £19.99 https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/393629364835?hash=item5ba6237263:g:rM8AAOSwvgFhXzb5&amdata=enc%3AAQAHAAAAoJzkeWTrDvuO224OiJWhlzfuAWpOmQkYasaC0OrF4hMWs6%2FnoOevi7pwteOMQeOp2KLRPgSk%2BKCaBHFJIAfBPkRFTKToVYp8IIntLuwzClyzEc4mTvvD3b33SMOTQliSubsu13PBkdZSL0p5eXsmW3ACN1Bffy71GgzgqqhCK1gilhNNmiD98edQo3JsAqxwOpKWJMYUs6Hsw7ygSQ5%2BKVw%3D|tkp%3ABk9SR5qKjLL0YA 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted October 4, 2022 Share Posted October 4, 2022 3 hours ago, jbqfc said: a platform five red book cover your for £19.99 https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/393629364835?hash=item5ba6237263:g:rM8AAOSwvgFhXzb5&amdata=enc%3AAQAHAAAAoJzkeWTrDvuO224OiJWhlzfuAWpOmQkYasaC0OrF4hMWs6%2FnoOevi7pwteOMQeOp2KLRPgSk%2BKCaBHFJIAfBPkRFTKToVYp8IIntLuwzClyzEc4mTvvD3b33SMOTQliSubsu13PBkdZSL0p5eXsmW3ACN1Bffy71GgzgqqhCK1gilhNNmiD98edQo3JsAqxwOpKWJMYUs6Hsw7ygSQ5%2BKVw%3D|tkp%3ABk9SR5qKjLL0YA I don't know how I'm ever going to live without one of those!!!! 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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