EBay madness

[Oldddudders]

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/0n30-DIESEL-SWITCHER-LOCO-NARROW-GAUGE-8-Wheel-drive_W0QQitemZ370452309670QQcategoryZ485QQcmdZViewItemQQ_trksidZp4340.m8QQ_trkparmsZalgo%3DMW%26its%3DC%26itu%3DUCC%26otn%3D5%26ps%3D63%26clkid%3D4762061538896643311

 

Would seem to require a particular sort of purchaser?

[John M Upton]

About a pound when they were new, still can be found in car boot sales for ten pence so what on earth is this being listed at £20 for?!?

Matchbox Ford Cortina

[S.A.C Martin]

Not often I post in this thread, but this I found on ebay left me speechless!

 

Hornby Railroad 9F, yours for £110!

 

TMC Railroad 9F

 

Honestly, WHAT?!

 

Double the price of most box shifters, and for what? A renumbering job? I could understand if they added some detail, but it's a renumbering job with a pristine coat. Done in under half an hour. Where do they justify an extra £50...?

 

Am I missing something?

[Guest baldrick25]

Am I missing something?

 

Nope, not missing anything , £50 or more for a renumbered 'TMC Special' is one of their lines of business--- Ohhh and a 'special cardboard box'..

Now if you did that and sold the box and accessories seperate , there's probably an extra tenner in it as well..

 

There's a Brittania class here - Solway Firth for an eye-watering £180.. eeeekkk

[Lady_Ava_Hay]

There's a Brittania class here - Solway Firth for an eye-watering £180.. eeeekkk

 

Look at the last pic. Just to the left on the cess. I wonder if this is a Terence Cuneo touch.

[Enterprisingwestern]

Nope, not missing anything , £50 or more for a renumbered 'TMC Special' is one of their lines of business--- Ohhh and a 'special cardboard box'..

Now if you did that and sold the box and accessories seperate , there's probably an extra tenner in it as well..

 

There's a Brittania class here - Solway Firth for an eye-watering £180.. eeeekkk

 

New: A brand-new, unused, unopened and undamaged item.

 

So it came out of the factory weathered and in a different box then?

[Oldddudders]

Similarly, this item http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/R4299D-SR-Maunsell-Composite-Coach-5150-Weathered-/250721306662?pt=UK_Trains_Railway_Models&hash=item3a60278826 has a bizarre overall weathering - including the windows! Surely no-one thinks the windows are left that dirty? In a previous life I was involved with carriage cleaning, and even if nothing else could be done because the washer was frozen or zapped (polite version), the windows were the least you could do!

[John M Upton]

Sparkling compared to this specimen:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Fading-Virgin-Mk-3-coach-carriage-WEATHERED-RUSTY-LOOK-/270659184415?pt=UK_Trains_Railway_Models&hash=item3f048b671f

 

Considering how rare spare Mk 3's are on the 12 inch to the foot railway, I find it extremely unlikely that any one would have got into this sort of state!!

[Colin_McLeod]

New: A brand-new, unused, unopened and undamaged item.

 

So it came out of the factory weathered and in a different box then?

 

 

We've been here before. The item is obviously not "second hand", "used" or "played with". If you quote the FULL E Bay definition of "New" it also says "See the seller's listing for full details"

 

So something that is brand new and has had some modification such as weathering, renumbering etc, is IMO still worthy of the description "New" so long as the seller clearly states what he/she has done to the item. Perhaps E Bay could consider another option such as "New but modified" or "Unused but modified" or some such wording to cover items such as this.

[Baby Deltic]

Sparkling compared to this specimen:

http://cgi.ebay.co.u...=item3f048b671f

 

Considering how rare spare Mk 3's are on the 12 inch to the foot railway, I find it extremely unlikely that any one would have got into this sort of state!!

 

That is an appalling weathering job.

[iploffy]

Sparkling compared to this specimen:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Fading-Virgin-Mk-3-coach-carriage-WEATHERED-RUSTY-LOOK-/270659184415?pt=UK_Trains_Railway_Models&hash=item3f048b671f

 

Considering how rare spare Mk 3's are on the 12 inch to the foot railway, I find it extremely unlikely that any one would have got into this sort of state!!

Ha Ha have you read the write up for the ad what a joke he is deffinately havin a laugh i think the word proffesional is quoted some where

[Bernard Lamb]

Sparkling compared to this specimen:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Fading-Virgin-Mk-3-coach-carriage-WEATHERED-RUSTY-LOOK-/270659184415?pt=UK_Trains_Railway_Models&hash=item3f048b671f

 

Considering how rare spare Mk 3's are on the 12 inch to the foot railway, I find it extremely unlikely that any one would have got into this sort of state!!

 

 

On Thursday while changing trains at Willesden Junction I noticed two Virgin coaches at the rear of the depot. This was from the Stratford- Richmond high level platform. They had, by the look of things, been there for some time, but were in remarkably good condition and far cleaner than this model.

Bernard

[M Graff]

Ha Ha have you read the write up for the ad what a joke he is deffinately havin a laugh i think the word proffesional is quoted some where

And don´t forget this "looker"

0-4-0 weathered

What´s the deal here really?

[Baby Deltic]

And don´t forget this "looker"

0-4-0 weathered

What´s the deal here really?

 

Its quite simple. The loco crew empty the fire at the end of the shift and shovel the hot ash over the loco to keep it warm.

[Bernard Lamb]

The industrial loco is quite well done when compared to this.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ENGINE-SHED-WATER-TOWER-BUILDING-WEATHERED-LOOK-/270657437685?pt=UK_Trains_Railway_Models&hash=item3f0470bff5

Bernard

[Stroudie]

The industrial loco is quite well done when compared to this.

http://cgi.ebay.co.u...=item3f0470bff5

Bernard

 

Quite simply the worst collection of "weathered" models I've ever seen.....

[muddys-blues]

The industrial loco is quite well done when compared to this.

http://cgi.ebay.co.u...=item3f0470bff5

Bernard

 

 

Is this bloke "THE SON OF HARDJEFF" - THE GUY WHO SHOUTS ON AN EBAY KEYBOARD - because his weathering jobs & descriptions are very similar.

 

 

[Guest baldrick25]

Silly as it sounds , according to the feedback, he's shifting between 2 and 6 items a day, with at least 116 'feedbacks' left for the last 30 days, averaging say a tenner . Suppose it could be quite useful as a source of income.

[PhilEakins]

I don't know if you chaps have seen this. Apparently a 7 foot 3ins by 2 foot N gauge layout costs £898 to build!

 

 

 

Phil

[micklner]

Its quite simple. The loco crew empty the fire at the end of the shift and shovel the hot ash over the loco to keep it warm.

 

 

Looks more like a hard doneby Tiger tank than a loco :blink:

[Chris116]

I don't know if you chaps have seen this. Apparently a 7 foot 3ins by 2 foot N gauge layout costs £898 to build!

 

 

 

Phil

If you charge £30 an hour for building it that is possible!

 

Chris

[nightstar.train]

Another good one. Model Rail 08. 100 quid! I bought one exactly the same for 35 the other week. And that one came DCC chipped. Feel like selling it now, make a profit. Or perhaps it is worth the extra as the certificate has a nice round number on it?And it's another one that is 'unused and unopened' yet is sitting on someone's layout for the photo.

[Etched Pixels]

Looks more like a hard doneby Tiger tank than a loco :blink:

 

Some of the NCB stuff didn't look much different to that in terms of dirt levels although the look is somewhat wrong,. Looking at NCB photos I sometimes wonder if they sprayed the locos with glue and coal dust regularly and perhaps it was cheaper than paint

[Trainshed Terry]

I just did a quick search for "Scalecraft Roadrailer Kits" On Ebay

 

And this turned up.

 

Dream ON

 

Terry.

[Kenton]

And this turned up.

 

Dream ON

Suspiciously like a typo he meant to type £1.00 but lost the decimal point. Not so much madness as carelessness.