the penguin of doom Posted January 11, 2012 Share Posted January 11, 2012 The coaches certainly look professionally detailled and painted, so I echo the above. Good luck to him. Cheers. Sean. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
multiprinter Posted January 11, 2012 Share Posted January 11, 2012 Does this confirm that model railways are recession proof?. Cheers, Mick No, it just confirms the old saying that a fool and his money are easily parted Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cromptonnut Posted January 11, 2012 Share Posted January 11, 2012 No, it just confirms the old saying that a fool and his money are easily parted If it was a load of tatty old rubbish (as is often the case on Ebay, and often featured in this thread at silly prices) then you might have a point, but that's the sort of price that custom paint jobs go for. Honestly I think it's quite a good deal even if perhaps its not something I would be interested in buying myself as it's outside of my area of interest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Il Grifone Posted January 13, 2012 Share Posted January 13, 2012 Posted without comment for your appreciation http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/FREELANCE-Hornby-O-L-M-S-BILLY-DIESEL-SHUNTER-/300554399689?pt=UK_Trains_Railway_Models&hash=item45fa702fc9#ht_1022wt_1112 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Welly Posted January 13, 2012 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 13, 2012 ^^^ Ebay appear to have a "basket" now! What's the wierdest possible collection to have in a basket before checkout?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cromptonnut Posted January 13, 2012 Share Posted January 13, 2012 This one also from the same seller: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/FREELANCE-Hornby-O-M-R-DIESEL-SHUNTER-LOCO-/300554398728?pt=UK_Trains_Railway_Models&hash=item45fa702c08 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cromptonnut Posted January 13, 2012 Share Posted January 13, 2012 The price for the item isn't too bad but the postage? http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/JAR-BULLFROG-SNOT-TRACTION-TIRE-MAKER-NEW-FREE-SHIPNG-/150678980758?pt=Model_RR_Trains&hash=item23152ac896 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grovenor Posted January 13, 2012 Share Posted January 13, 2012 The price for the item isn't too bad but the postage? http://www.ebay.co.u...=item23152ac896 Yet the text states clearly the shipping is free, but only to the lower 48 states. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Metr0Land Posted January 13, 2012 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 13, 2012 Yet the text states clearly the shipping is free, but only to the lower 48 states. Looks like he won't ship outside the lower 48 states and the high international postage is a way of stopping non-US bidders from bidding? Otherwise you can't actually stop wallies from bidding? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cromptonnut Posted January 13, 2012 Share Posted January 13, 2012 It's the seller that's the idiot then because there's a tickbox to say where you're willing to send, and if you don't want to send outside the US (or wherever) you just untick the relevant boxes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Metr0Land Posted January 13, 2012 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 13, 2012 It's the seller that's the idiot then because there's a tickbox to say where you're willing to send, and if you don't want to send outside the US (or wherever) you just untick the relevant boxes. I don't think ticking those boxes actually stops people in those countries from bidding (and potentially winning). If you as the seller then enter into a polite conversation with the bidder about not sending, you can find yourself getting a red mark from said foreigner which ebay won't remove. Just look at the number of times good sellers immediately refund things and find themselves getting stuck in this way. I don't know if it's my imagination or not but when I look at people's scores which I haven't dealt with before, some countries/cultures seem to be more prone to throwing around a higher proportion of red cards than others. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amdaley Posted January 13, 2012 Share Posted January 13, 2012 (edited) The price for the item isn't too bad but the postage? http://www.ebay.co.u...=item23152ac896 Would that be first class postage I wonder 8) Edited January 13, 2012 by amdaley Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cromptonnut Posted January 13, 2012 Share Posted January 13, 2012 For that price I'd expect it hand delivered by a tribe of vestal virgins... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Il Grifone Posted January 13, 2012 Share Posted January 13, 2012 Yes I sold a Lima loco back to her home country once. Despite clearly saying she was damaged, I got negative feedback for 'damaged'. IIRC I got about £5 for her! Incidently the 'Bullfrog snot does work, but unfortunately is an insulator, which doesn't matter with locos using the American pickup system, but is disastrous with small tank engines. If you don't fancy the slightly OTT postage, you can get it here (no connection whatsoever - just the first insertion I found) http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/BULLFROG-SNOT-IMPROVED-TRACTION-MODEL-RAILWAYS-/200694939893?pt=UK_Trains_Railway_Models&hash=item2eba59c0f5#ht_1671wt_906 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kandc_au Posted January 13, 2012 Share Posted January 13, 2012 I don't think ticking those boxes actually stops people in those countries from bidding (and potentially winning). If you as the seller then enter into a polite conversation with the bidder about not sending, you can find yourself getting a red mark from said foreigner which ebay won't remove. Well something stops overseas bidders from bidding as I quite often have to ask sellers if they will allow me to bid an d if so to change the settings so that I can bid. Khris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forest2807 Posted January 14, 2012 Share Posted January 14, 2012 I wish I had a few of these in the attic..... http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/WRENN-W5504-MANOR-FARM-LIMITED-EDITION-CATTLE-WAGON-/180796826548?pt=UK_Trains_Railway_Models&hash=item2a1854a3b4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Re6/6 Posted January 14, 2012 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 14, 2012 Posted without comment for your appreciation http://www.ebay.co.u...#ht_1022wt_1112 Aah, but it's at a typical price of the Micmcn/Gostude stables ....! No surpises there then! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Metr0Land Posted January 14, 2012 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 14, 2012 With ref to the US seller, I have to say that when I hunt through US online hobby shops on a well known site they seem to be finding themselves between a rock and a hard place. http://pages.ebay.co.uk/help/policies/seller-non-performance.html They're only allowed a small number of negatives in each 3 month period (and/or a small number of 1 and 2 feedback scores in the various categories). It's quite right that we should expect high standards from online sellers, and I'm sure everyone on rmweb wants to see small hobby shops survive both at home and abroad. However some buyers seem to be holding small shops to ransom with unreasonable demands under threat of getting a red card, and some buyers are just complete ******'s and neither know nor care about the impact their feedback may be having. Hence some sellers get more and more intransigent about rules like having to have recorded delivery (at extra cost - thanks £bay) or trying to ensure they don't get the wrong kind of buyer in the first place. I haven't sold on the site for a couple of years and have 100pct feedback and a score approaching 800. On one level I hope this gives buyers confidence but I find also my heart sinks when the winning bidder has a score of zero (or very low). They're always the ones who TEND to throw around poor feedback. If you're judging a talent show and the first act is superb do you give them a score of 10/10? Or do you leave something in reserve in case a better act follows? ie someone with very low scores tends not to give all 5's across the board on 1st purchase. And don't tell me you can't see who's given what scores. If you have scores of 4.9 or 5 in any category and don't sell high volume, ANY score less than 5 will knock the average down 0.1 or so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
royaloak Posted January 14, 2012 Share Posted January 14, 2012 The price for the item isn't too bad but the postage? http://www.ebay.co.u...=item23152ac896 Why advertise on ebay. co .UK if the item is only available in America for delivery to America? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Metr0Land Posted January 14, 2012 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 14, 2012 Why advertise on ebay. co .UK if the item is only available in America for delivery to America? I think everything else he's selling, he will ship to Europe etc. He can't stop this one going airmail in deep frozen aircraft holds so has come up with a pragmatic (if somewhat zany) solution to stop bidders outside the contiguous 48 states. He may have missed a trick in missing a way to keep this one out of the international listings but am guessing that as a relatively small trader he's not a computer geek or familiar with all the obstacles that can trip any of us up when trying to list items either singly or in multiple. I'm certainly prepared to give him the benfit of the doubt - after all he doesn't seem to be twinned with Cartmel? BTW I can't speak for this guy but when I've found items I'm looking for on other US hobby shop sites - the airmail priority price is often very high (driven by the need to have proof/tracking for ebay/paypal) but some traders are prepared to ship surface if you ask politely (and say you're in no hurry) and you have a good track record of not handing out red cards willy-nilly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coldgunner Posted January 14, 2012 Share Posted January 14, 2012 http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Hornby-R3080-NRM-Special-Edition-Class-A3-Black-Flying-Scotsman-BNIB-/150736889202?pt=UK_Trains_Railway_Models&hash=item23189e6572 Still available on the NRM site for £146... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete_mcfarlane Posted January 14, 2012 Share Posted January 14, 2012 Posted without comment for your appreciation http://www.ebay.co.u...#ht_1022wt_1112 A loco strangely missing from the Wild Swan book on LMS diesel shunters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest baldrick25 Posted January 14, 2012 Share Posted January 14, 2012 Text from the item for sale:- "will look best viewed from a distance" http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Hornby-OO-gauge-2x-Coaches-1x-Mail-van-1x-Open-Wagon-Re-painted-Olive-Green-/220927893438?_trksid=p4340.m185&_trkparms=algo%3DDLSL%252BSIC.NPJS%26its%3DI%26itu%3DUCI%252BUA%26otn%3D10%26pmod%3D170758833784%252B170758833784%26po%3D%26ps%3D63%26clkid%3D5611442265446794274 You don't say! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Oldddudders Posted January 14, 2012 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 14, 2012 Text from the item for sale:- "will look best viewed from a distance" http://www.ebay.co.u...442265446794274 You don't say! Was that the same emulsion he used in the downstairs loo? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
industrial Posted January 14, 2012 Share Posted January 14, 2012 At least they went cheap enough to be striped of that lovely green and to have a good buy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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