Paul H Vigor Posted January 29, 2022 Share Posted January 29, 2022 6 hours ago, PhilJ W said: So am I. I notice that the seller is a well known charity (PDSA). Usually charities are on the ball with regard to valuations. Food for thought perhaps. The seller just invited me to make an offer! Think I'd better decline. The kind of offer they are seeking wouldn't result in me sleeping in the shed, it would probably see me buried under the garden! 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul H Vigor Posted January 29, 2022 Share Posted January 29, 2022 1 hour ago, PieGuyRob said: Damn, PayPal won't give me a credit option for buying it. It would look good bobing around Fleetwood boating lake. Imagine how upset you'd be if a big boy came along and sank it! 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted January 29, 2022 Share Posted January 29, 2022 3 hours ago, Paul H Vigor said: The seller just invited me to make an offer! Think I'd better decline. The kind of offer they are seeking wouldn't result in me sleeping in the shed, it would probably see me buried under the garden! Likewise, I suspect that my other half would end up with some very strange looking fuzzy dice hanging from the mirror in her car... 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul H Vigor Posted January 29, 2022 Share Posted January 29, 2022 (edited) 50 minutes ago, MrWolf said: Likewise, I suspect that my other half would end up with some very strange looking fuzzy dice hanging from the mirror in her car... And I presume the survivors would be living in said car by then!? Like a weird variation on the Jack and the Beanstalk story? Edited January 29, 2022 by Paul H Vigor to add information 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted January 29, 2022 Share Posted January 29, 2022 I suspect that the rest of me would be in an old coffee can on the mantelpiece... It's interesting to speculate for a minute or two what it would be like to be able to casually splurge £275,000 on what is basically an old, busted toy. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul H Vigor Posted January 29, 2022 Share Posted January 29, 2022 2 minutes ago, MrWolf said: I suspect that the rest of me would be in an old coffee can on the mantelpiece... It's interesting to speculate for a minute or two what it would be like to be able to casually splurge £275,000 on what is basically an old, busted toy. Tell you what, I would insist on an independent analysis to confirm build date, etc. I'm sure they're correct, but we live in funny times! 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul H Vigor Posted January 29, 2022 Share Posted January 29, 2022 On 28/01/2022 at 00:04, MrWolf said: More like a U-wot? Or a U-bend? 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy WD Posted January 30, 2022 Share Posted January 30, 2022 6 hours ago, Paul H Vigor said: Blue, as in Porterhouse! Tom Sharpe or steak 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul H Vigor Posted January 30, 2022 Share Posted January 30, 2022 2 minutes ago, Andy WD said: Tom Sharpe or steak Now, that is the question! 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kernowtim Posted January 30, 2022 Share Posted January 30, 2022 L@@k, rare Smokey Joe GTI? https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Hornby-OO-Gauge-Smokey-Joe-0-4-0-Steam-Tank-Engine-/224810176759?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&_trksid=p2349624.m46890.l6249&mkrid=710-127635-2958-0 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Phil Mc Posted January 30, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 30, 2022 42 minutes ago, kernowtim said: L@@k, rare Smokey Joe GTI? https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Hornby-OO-Gauge-Smokey-Joe-0-4-0-Steam-Tank-Engine-/224810176759?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&_trksid=p2349624.m46890.l6249&mkrid=710-127635-2958-0 Can anyone help, I seem to have misplaced the lid off my marker pen...... Cheers, Phil. 1 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
leopardml2341 Posted January 30, 2022 Share Posted January 30, 2022 https://www.ebay.co.uk/bfl/viewbids/284621088889?item=284621088889&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2565 Looks like some shill bidding though....... 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted January 30, 2022 Share Posted January 30, 2022 4 hours ago, kernowtim said: L@@k, rare Smokey Joe GTI? https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Hornby-OO-Gauge-Smokey-Joe-0-4-0-Steam-Tank-Engine-/224810176759?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&_trksid=p2349624.m46890.l6249&mkrid=710-127635-2958-0 Experimental ink burning loco. 2 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hroth Posted January 30, 2022 Share Posted January 30, 2022 4 hours ago, kernowtim said: L@@k, rare Smokey Joe GTI? https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Hornby-OO-Gauge-Smokey-Joe-0-4-0-Steam-Tank-Engine-/224810176759?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&_trksid=p2349624.m46890.l6249&mkrid=710-127635-2958-0 But, to be fair, no mention of those damning words! However, a bit economical with the truth, admitting to "front coupling has been broken off", but ignoring the replacement chimney completely! 4 hours ago, Phil Mc said: Can anyone help, I seem to have misplaced the lid off my marker pen...... Cheers, Phil. Out of the box thinking and a creditable stab at a spark arrester chimney? 5 minutes ago, MrWolf said: Experimental ink burning loco. Extra solvent explains the startling acceleration and ultimate top speed! Pricing-wise, if you need a Smokey Joe chassis for a project, its not unreasonable. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DK123GWR Posted January 30, 2022 Share Posted January 30, 2022 https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/393336188494?epid=12011263584&hash=item5b94a9ee4e:g:sLsAAOSwKdZgpoRP 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Hodgson Posted January 30, 2022 Share Posted January 30, 2022 He's currently got zero feedback. Can feedback go negative? 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
eldomtom2 Posted January 30, 2022 Share Posted January 30, 2022 On 28/01/2022 at 19:46, Re6/6 said: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/144282252214 I note they are offering worldwide shipping - do they have all the proper paperwork to export an item of that age and that value? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hroth Posted January 30, 2022 Share Posted January 30, 2022 On 28/01/2022 at 19:46, Re6/6 said: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/144282252214 I had another look at the listing, just to see how big the model was, and realised that there were a fair number of "descriptive" photos. The clockwork one was particularly interesting as it shows how crudely put together it was. It certainly looks like bits of "time-expired" clock went into it, and may well be a later addition to a large display model made for whoever commissioned the original ship. I also scrolled through the logorrhoeic screed attempting to describe how "important" the item is. There's lots of conjecture, but little in the way of referencing for the various claims made, and none of the provenance one would expect for such a high-ticket item. The amount of repetition would also have the writer knocked out of "Just A Minute" in about five seconds flat! Jeeves, my bargepole please!!! 4 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Hodgson Posted January 30, 2022 Share Posted January 30, 2022 "Subtype: Clockwork/ Wind-Up" Note the classification ... they even admit it's a wind-up! 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Compound2632 Posted January 30, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 30, 2022 17 minutes ago, Michael Hodgson said: "Subtype: Clockwork/ Wind-Up" Note the classification ... they even admit it's a wind-up! They probably knew commentators on this thread would spring into action... 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hroth Posted January 30, 2022 Share Posted January 30, 2022 14 minutes ago, Compound2632 said: They probably knew commentators on this thread would spring into action... Boingggg!!!! 1 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
leopardml2341 Posted January 30, 2022 Share Posted January 30, 2022 1 hour ago, Hroth said: I had another look at the listing, just to see how big the model was, and realised that there were a fair number of "descriptive" photos. The clockwork one was particularly interesting as it shows how crudely put together it was. It certainly looks like bits of "time-expired" clock went into it, and may well be a later addition to a large display model made for whoever commissioned the original ship. I also scrolled through the logorrhoeic screed attempting to describe how "important" the item is. There's lots of conjecture, but little in the way of referencing for the various claims made, and none of the provenance one would expect for such a high-ticket item. The amount of repetition would also have the writer knocked out of "Just A Minute" in about five seconds flat! Jeeves, my bargepole please!!! The listing also says: The oldest working steam train was built in 1855 Shows how much they know! 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul H Vigor Posted January 30, 2022 Share Posted January 30, 2022 6 hours ago, MrWolf said: Experimental ink burning loco. "cosmetic wear" - Thomas with lippy?? 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hroth Posted January 30, 2022 Share Posted January 30, 2022 4 minutes ago, Paul H Vigor said: "cosmetic wear" - Thomas with lippy?? Brings a new interpretation to Thomas and "friends".... Perhaps they now want to be known as Thomasina? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul H Vigor Posted January 30, 2022 Share Posted January 30, 2022 (edited) 22 minutes ago, Hroth said: Brings a new interpretation to Thomas and "friends".... Perhaps they now want to be known as Thomasina? Thomasina - drag queen! Those troublesome trucks won't know what hit them! Edited January 30, 2022 by Paul H Vigor to add information 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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