MrWolf Posted December 31, 2021 Share Posted December 31, 2021 2 hours ago, JimFin said: To the classic rally fraternity, the V5 is probably worth about £3k as it could be used to register and get MSA/FIA historic papers for a new build / rebuild with a lot less admin and certification effort. Equally as useful for insurance fiddles, fakes and ringers. I know several people who own unrestored low mileage survivor cars who keep them hidden away on the grounds that it's too risky to park them anywhere. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hroth Posted December 31, 2021 Share Posted December 31, 2021 4 hours ago, Hroth said: So where are the Ferreo Rochas then??? 21 minutes ago, MrWolf said: Sorry, used them all to endear myself to cute girls in evening dresses as per the instructions on the box.... You utter, utter Bounder!!! (Shades of Terry-Thomas I suspect...) 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted December 31, 2021 Share Posted December 31, 2021 Drat. Rumbled. 1 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveyDee68 Posted December 31, 2021 Share Posted December 31, 2021 3 hours ago, MrWolf said: Sorry, used them all to endear myself to cute girls in evening dresses as per the instructions on the box.... Assuming that Miss Red Riding Hood doesn’t know about this, as you are still able to post on RMWeb with unbroken fingers, and not have to eat your food through a straw?! 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted December 31, 2021 Share Posted December 31, 2021 20 minutes ago, SteveyDee68 said: Assuming that Miss Red Riding Hood doesn’t know about this, as you are still able to post on RMWeb with unbroken fingers, and not have to eat your food through a straw?! I've not even been lightly stabbed, for she played the part of said cute girls in evening dresses. She's (genuinely) very strict with herself when it comes to chocolate and has more clothes than a Next warehouse. Two chocolates and a different outfit per day over two weeks and I get fooled into thinking I'm Hugh Hefner... Everybody wins! 2 9 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Bucoops Posted January 1, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 1, 2022 Nearly 3x the price of new from Dart castings https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/203644992656 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted January 1, 2022 Share Posted January 1, 2022 16 hours ago, Bucoops said: Nearly 3x the price of new from Dart castings https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/203644992656 Isn't that the entire business model for a lot of tycoons? Know where to buy an item cheap and then fleece people who don't? 8 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul H Vigor Posted January 1, 2022 Share Posted January 1, 2022 (edited) On 31/12/2021 at 16:15, MrWolf said: I've not even been lightly stabbed, for she played the part of said cute girls in evening dresses. She's (genuinely) very strict with herself when it comes to chocolate and has more clothes than a Next warehouse. Two chocolates and a different outfit per day over two weeks and I get fooled into thinking I'm Hugh Hefner... Everybody wins! Who is Hugh Heifer? Edited January 2, 2022 by Paul H Vigor to add information 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted January 1, 2022 Share Posted January 1, 2022 3 minutes ago, Paul H Vigor said: Who is Hugh Hiefer? Were you reading in autocorrect? "Hugh Hefner - Wikipedia" https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Hefner 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul H Vigor Posted January 1, 2022 Share Posted January 1, 2022 34 minutes ago, MrWolf said: Were you reading in autocorrect? "Hugh Hefner - Wikipedia" https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Hefner Could be! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul H Vigor Posted January 1, 2022 Share Posted January 1, 2022 36 minutes ago, MrWolf said: Were you reading in autocorrect? "Hugh Hefner - Wikipedia" https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Hefner I assume he's not "a cow that has not borne a calf, or has borne only one calf."? The mists are clearing! 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Johnster Posted January 2, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 2, 2022 6 hours ago, MrWolf said: Isn't that the entire business model for a lot of tycoons? Know where to buy an item cheap and then fleece people who don't? I think you've just described capitalism, haven't you? 1 5 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted January 2, 2022 Share Posted January 2, 2022 36 minutes ago, The Johnster said: I think you've just described capitalism, haven't you? And everything that likes to pretend that it isn't capitalism too. 5 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Re6/6 Posted January 2, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 2, 2022 https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/144353160902?mkevt=1&mkpid=0&emsid=e11021.m43.l3160&mkcid=7&ch=osgood&euid=42a72937ff7741f786c67ec261fa3901&bu=43704251606&ut=RU&osub=-1~1&crd=20220102020507&segname=11021&sojTags=ch%3Dch%2Cbu%3Dbu%2Cut%3Dut%2Cosub%3Dosub%2Ccrd%3Dcrd%2Csegname%3Dsegname%2Cchnl%3Dmkcid Just come up today ...yet again...! Now entering their third year of listing....There are more at this stupid price....clueless! 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
centraltrains Posted January 2, 2022 Share Posted January 2, 2022 https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/353837778846 "Central Trains" - the perfect title for this ScotRail 153. The description goes onto to give more context "Rederedelivered in to Hornby Loco R30011 ScotRail". 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Rowsley17D Posted January 2, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 2, 2022 I see it's cash on pick-up too. I wonder if eBay will get their cut should it sell? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PieGuyRob Posted January 2, 2022 Share Posted January 2, 2022 1 hour ago, centraltrains said: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/353837778846 "Central Trains" - the perfect title for this ScotRail 153. The description goes onto to give more context "Rederedelivered in to Hornby Loco R30011 ScotRail". I wonder if the internal modifications have been done as well? Or, have they just stuck a transfer on the sides of it? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wombatofludham Posted January 2, 2022 Share Posted January 2, 2022 On 31/12/2021 at 02:13, MrWolf said: What indeed? My own conclusion was that there are a large number of people with an interest in model trains with a vast disposable income. Evidently they have so little else going on in their lives that they have become addicted to compulsive purchasing on eBay. Either that or there's something dodgy going on. Actually I have bought from La Turde du Gosse, and at very competitive prices. It's just that he does seem to have a pricing policy inspired by a wind powered wonky shopping trolley in a car park, going in all directions at once. I do wonder if he uses a bingo machine to value items. No compulsive bidding from me, and when I look through his listings I do sometimes think "Really? You cannot be serious" but on occasions, presumably when his meds kick in, there have been instances when I've gone "Really? You're only asking that much?" 4 5 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Re6/6 Posted January 2, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 2, 2022 41 minutes ago, wombatofludham said: Actually I have bought from La Turde du Gosse, and at very competitive prices. It's just that he does seem to have a pricing policy inspired by a wind powered wonky shopping trolley in a car park, going in all directions at once. I do wonder if he uses a bingo machine to value items. No compulsive bidding from me, and when I look through his listings I do sometimes think "Really? You cannot be serious" but on occasions, presumably when his meds kick in, there have been instances when I've gone "Really? You're only asking that much?" I too have had a bargain from Mr Diffen! I think that it must've been a mistake! 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hroth Posted January 2, 2022 Share Posted January 2, 2022 The thing is, we pick up on the whacko pricing, but if you look about, there are sensibly priced listings for stuff that is worth having. And yes, I've bought stuff that was worth bidding on. 2 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium cessna152towser Posted January 2, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 2, 2022 4 hours ago, centraltrains said: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/353837778846 "Central Trains" - the perfect title for this ScotRail 153. The description goes onto to give more context "Rederedelivered in to Hornby Loco R30011 ScotRail". The second photo perhaps suggests it could be an Australian or New Zealand train 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium cessna152towser Posted January 2, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 2, 2022 2 hours ago, wombatofludham said: Actually I have bought from La Turde du Gosse, and at very competitive prices. It's just that he does seem to have a pricing policy inspired by a wind powered wonky shopping trolley in a car park, going in all directions at once. I do wonder if he uses a bingo machine to value items. No compulsive bidding from me, and when I look through his listings I do sometimes think "Really? You cannot be serious" but on occasions, presumably when his meds kick in, there have been instances when I've gone "Really? You're only asking that much?" Me too. One of the things I factor into his pricing is the free postage and the fact that he will send the item in a good quality box - which I can re-use when I sell on eBay. On a few rare occasions for certain items I was looking for he has actually been offering cheapest buy-it-now price on eBay. Though he must by now also have a huge stock of overpriced tat which will never sell. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted January 2, 2022 Share Posted January 2, 2022 There seems to be no rhyme or reason to it. I have also bought a very nice white metal (genuinely "kit built"!!) wagon a couple of years back for less than he was asking for a plastic wagon that appeared to be weathered with white emulsion. I suppose that it's eBay madness? 3 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hroth Posted January 2, 2022 Share Posted January 2, 2022 22 minutes ago, MrWolf said: There seems to be no rhyme or reason to it. I have also bought a very nice white metal (genuinely "kit built"!!) wagon a couple of years back for less than he was asking for a plastic wagon that appeared to be weathered with white emulsion. I suppose that it's eBay madness? By George, I think you've got it! Sorry, My Fair Lady was on the other day... 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Hodgson Posted January 2, 2022 Share Posted January 2, 2022 1 hour ago, Hroth said: By George, I think you've got it! Oh dear. These days that means you'll have to go for a PCR test and self isolate. 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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