Martin S-C Posted October 3, 2021 Share Posted October 3, 2021 Is there a thread on here called e-Bay common sense and decent sellers? This person needs to be mentioned. Good clear photos, crisp and useful. Good quality models that look like they've been stored in good conditions and very sensible starting prices that are encouraging bidders to bid. This is the kind of person e-Bay should encourage. https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/j870mdo/m.html? 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 47137 Posted October 3, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 3, 2021 We have this thread: https://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/5758-good-buy-from-ebay/ Yes there are loads of decent sellers on eBay - this is where I buy many bits and pieces. - Richard. 3 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium TinTracks Posted October 3, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 3, 2021 1 hour ago, Hroth said: A curious "model", it appears to be compressed lengthways and just odd. The tender is bonkers, the livery and lettering likewise. I wonder where it originated? At a guess it's one of those Atlas part work series. Locos of the world. British stuff. Etc. He's got quite a selection all priced at 19.95. plus p&p Round these parts they usually go on the boot sales for less than a quid each 2 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Compound2632 Posted October 3, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 3, 2021 2 hours ago, TinTracks said: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/203630185104?hash=item2f694e0a90:g:79YAAOSwc05hUu-p This chap seems to have the scale/gauge thing well and truly nailed. Ooh! OTT. (See what I did there?) 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin S-C Posted October 3, 2021 Share Posted October 3, 2021 OOh! Oh dear. We seem to have started a T-Trend. 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Hodgson Posted October 3, 2021 Share Posted October 3, 2021 (edited) 1 hour ago, Martin S-C said: This person needs to be mentioned. Good clear photos, crisp and useful. Good quality models that look like they've been stored in good conditions and very sensible starting prices that are encouraging bidders to bid. This is the kind of person e-Bay should encourage. He's just pricing his stuff low on the basis that the bidding will reach whatever it's worth and he wants it to sell. A good description and decent photos serve to improve your chances of selling, as potential buyers won't be put off by missing information they may need to reach a decision, and fuzzy photos only mean it's not worth bidding so high because what you are looking at is a pig in a poke. Edited October 3, 2021 by Michael Hodgson 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul H Vigor Posted October 3, 2021 Share Posted October 3, 2021 23 minutes ago, Compound2632 said: Ooh! OTT. (See what I did there?) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/O.T.T. 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Northmoor Posted October 3, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 3, 2021 36 minutes ago, TinTracks said: At a guess it's one of those Atlas part work series. Locos of the world. British stuff. Etc. He's got quite a selection all priced at 19.95. plus p&p Round these parts they usually go on the boot sales for less than a quid each Which is probably where he gets his stock from. Buy for a quid, sell on-line for twenty. The last two car boot sales I've done, I was approached on arrival by someone asking for model railways or cars. 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruffnut Thorston Posted October 3, 2021 Share Posted October 3, 2021 (edited) 2 hours ago, Hroth said: A curious "model", it appears to be compressed lengthways and just odd. The tender is bonkers, the livery and lettering likewise. I wonder where it originated? My thinking is that this is an Ertl Thomas The Tank Engine and Friends “model”. City of Truro does make an appearance in the books…… Edit: Or maybe not! Still further research has confirmed this as an Atlas model, minus the plinth. This one is on Ebid… https://www.ebid.net/uk/for-sale/city-of-truro-great-western-railway-gwr-4-4-0-british-steam-engine-203738446.htm Edited October 3, 2021 by Ruffnut Thorston Added photos after some research… 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium TinTracks Posted October 3, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 3, 2021 9 minutes ago, Ruffnut Thorston said: My thinking is that this is an Ertl Thomas The Tank Engine and Friends “model”. City of Truro Dow’s make an appearance in the books…… The devil is in the detail. The ERTL version carries GWR logo on the tender. The Atlas carries Great Western in full with a logo between. (Errm I didn't know this,had to research,.... honest guvnor) Regards Rich 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruffnut Thorston Posted October 3, 2021 Share Posted October 3, 2021 Research, that’s my job…. 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
meatloaf Posted October 4, 2021 Share Posted October 4, 2021 Apparently new and unopened.... i guess the handrails broke themselves then... Hornby train. Class 08. New unopened. | eBay 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Rowsley17D Posted October 4, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 4, 2021 https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/154636518699? The box has taken quite a beating too. 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium John M Upton Posted October 4, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 4, 2021 And most definitely not Hornby either.... 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin S-C Posted October 4, 2021 Share Posted October 4, 2021 People put Hornby so it shows up in more searches. I really loathe scammers because that is what they are doing, falsely representing something. Although its just possible that some people really do think every model train is made by Hornby. 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Johnster Posted October 4, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 4, 2021 I'd agree that some less scrupulous sellers describe items as 'Hornby', or 'suitable for Hornby' (less mendacious, perhaps, but still done to trigger search results), but one must also allow an element of benefit of the doubt here. Hornby is sometimes used be people who are not really part of the hobby as a general catch-all term for 00 products, in the same inaccurate way as Hoover is used as a general term for vacuum cleaners. The box is a little scuffed, but I wouldn't have said it had 'taken a beating'! 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium TinTracks Posted October 4, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 4, 2021 (edited) https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/383837893807?hash=item595e8574af:g:NtwAAOSw8Wlfxr9u Apologies if these have already appeared. Here's a couple of items from the same seller which may be of interest to fellow "Dublo Boys" I think he's a tad adventurous with his prices. I wonder if he wants to buy some more.?https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/383774744693?hash=item595ac1e075:g:ElkAAOSwNqpfdKRX Edited October 4, 2021 by TinTracks Messed up the links 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hroth Posted October 4, 2021 Share Posted October 4, 2021 2 hours ago, TinTracks said: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/383837893807?hash=item595e8574af:g:NtwAAOSw8Wlfxr9u Apologies if these have already appeared. Here's a couple of items from the same seller which may be of interest to fellow "Dublo Boys" I think he's a tad adventurous with his prices. I wonder if he wants to buy some more.?https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/383774744693?hash=item595ac1e075:g:ElkAAOSwNqpfdKRX You'd think the vendor would bundle the mail coach with the trackside apparatus! And given the state of the Safety Minor... They obviously haven't got a clue. 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin S-C Posted October 4, 2021 Share Posted October 4, 2021 CARPET! AAAAAAAARGH! Sorry. I'll go have a glass of water and a lie down. I'll be fine, thank you... 1 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruffnut Thorston Posted October 4, 2021 Share Posted October 4, 2021 10 hours ago, meatloaf said: Apparently new and unopened.... i guess the handrails broke themselves then... Hornby train. Class 08. New unopened. | eBay The Bachmann 08 Shunters come new with the cab access steps in a little bag, not fitted! Well, at least our Black BR livery one did! 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruffnut Thorston Posted October 4, 2021 Share Posted October 4, 2021 https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/383774744693? Looks like someone has looked up Hornby Duchess of Athol, and got the new Hornby Dublo boxed Hornby China limited edition in the search results…. Oh well! 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted October 4, 2021 Share Posted October 4, 2021 1 hour ago, Hroth said: You'd think the vendor would bundle the mail coach with the trackside apparatus! And given the state of the Safety Minor... They obviously haven't got a clue. You could pass off that old H&M safety minor as having been looted from the control room at Chernobyl. It might then fetch a few quid... 1 1 1 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joeh260 Posted October 4, 2021 Share Posted October 4, 2021 12 hours ago, Rowsley17D said: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/154636518699? The box has taken quite a beating too. “Put it in my work bag and walked home. “ Fairly worn box, damaged handrails and one of the connecting rods with some paint scratched off If that’s what happens to the contents of the work bag from a walk home then I fear for the safety of the bag itself. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joeh260 Posted October 4, 2021 Share Posted October 4, 2021 The value for money seems a little off to me… https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/384425736950?hash=item59818f3af6:g:rDIAAOSwc4hhD8Bd 1 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul H Vigor Posted October 4, 2021 Share Posted October 4, 2021 18 minutes ago, Joeh260 said: The value for money seems a little off to me… https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/384425736950?hash=item59818f3af6:g:rDIAAOSwc4hhD8Bd Is that all you get for 1k?? 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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