RMweb Gold RFS Posted February 16, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 16, 2014 http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Micro-Trains-N-Scale-10-Pack-1035-Barber-Roller-Bearing-Trucks-With-/201013432232?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item2ecd558fa8 is another example £70.38, available from suppliers here in the UK for £38 plus postage. Not sure what their business model is. Maybe they buy things on offer or at best deal prices. Then just wait for them to sell Their "business model" is that if someone buys one they go out and buy one themselves (cheaper of course). That's why the lead time on delivery is so long. Note that everything they sell like this has "5 available". I'm sure this is against Ebay rules .... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Gary H Posted February 16, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 16, 2014 http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Micro-Trains-N-Scale-10-Pack-1035-Barber-Roller-Bearing-Trucks-With-/201013432232?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item2ecd558fa8 is another example £70.38, available from suppliers here in the UK for £38 plus postage. Not sure what their business model is. Maybe they buy things on offer or at best deal prices. Then just wait for them to sell Are there really people out there who would buy those trucks / bogies or a model like that Athearn Genesis SD70, paying about £140 over the top without atleast researching if they could get a better deal somewhere else first?? I find it hard to believe personally. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium James Makin Posted February 16, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 16, 2014 Not entirely madness, but after a fair while sitting in bargain bins, the Heljan Class 58s now seem to be going for good money! I bought mine from a Hattons clearance at a (fairly) reasonable £50 a pop, now the current eBay auctions are in three figures - how times change!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
steveb860 Posted February 16, 2014 Share Posted February 16, 2014 Am I missing something here, these normally sell for about £210 give or take a quid! http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Athearn-HO-SD70ACe-w-DCC-Sound-UP-8669-ATHG68684-/201013370455?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item2ecd549e57 Even importing them from the States at the moment with the high shipping costs and import VAT etc you'd still only pay about £220. Regular followers of this thread will know ukpartsdeal has been discussed at length over the last few pages for his practices! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
valeofyork Posted February 16, 2014 Share Posted February 16, 2014 Not entirely madness, but after a fair while sitting in bargain bins, the Heljan Class 58s now seem to be going for good money! Still got a way to go to catch up with FGW HSTs, though! (or 67026s) 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack374 Posted February 16, 2014 Share Posted February 16, 2014 (edited) Dunno if this has come up before..........guess the seller........ http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/TRIANG-Hornby-R1520-CANADIAN-CLASS-08-DIESEL-SWITCHER-/370489383887?pt=UK_Trains_Railway_Models&hash=item5642e35bcf EDIT just found this too, and it's damaged! http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/AEI-Western-Australian-Railway-WAGR-2-DO-2-XA-CLASS-LOCO-NILIGARA-BUILDERS-MODEL-/220906416755?pt=UK_Trains_Railway_Models&hash=item336f0c6a73 Jack Edited February 16, 2014 by Jack374 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
valeofyork Posted February 16, 2014 Share Posted February 16, 2014 Dunno if this has come up before..........guess the seller........ http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/TRIANG-Hornby-R1520-CANADIAN-CLASS-08-DIESEL-SWITCHER-/370489383887?pt=UK_Trains_Railway_Models&hash=item5642e35bcf EDIT just found this too, and it's damaged! http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/AEI-Western-Australian-Railway-WAGR-2-DO-2-XA-CLASS-LOCO-NILIGARA-BUILDERS-MODEL-/220906416755?pt=UK_Trains_Railway_Models&hash=item336f0c6a73 Jack Even by his standards those are expensive! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wombatofludham Posted February 17, 2014 Share Posted February 17, 2014 http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/RAILWAY-CARRIAGE-COACH-FULL-SIZE-FRENCH-NORD-TORPEDO-72-SEATS-ART-DECO-/201036943001?pt=UK_HG_Property_RL&hash=item2ecebc4e99 Just in case you've got a few grand to spare and a very big back garden. Oh, and understanding neighbours... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andytrains Posted February 17, 2014 Share Posted February 17, 2014 Dunno if this has come up before..........guess the seller........ http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/TRIANG-Hornby-R1520-CANADIAN-CLASS-08-DIESEL-SWITCHER-/370489383887?pt=UK_Trains_Railway_Models&hash=item5642e35bcf EDIT just found this too, and it's damaged! http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/AEI-Western-Australian-Railway-WAGR-2-DO-2-XA-CLASS-LOCO-NILIGARA-BUILDERS-MODEL-/220906416755?pt=UK_Trains_Railway_Models&hash=item336f0c6a73 Jack Gosturde again!!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Gary H Posted February 17, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 17, 2014 Dunno if this has come up before..........guess the seller........ http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/TRIANG-Hornby-R1520-CANADIAN-CLASS-08-DIESEL-SWITCHER-/370489383887?pt=UK_Trains_Railway_Models&hash=item5642e35bcf EDIT just found this too, and it's damaged! http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/AEI-Western-Australian-Railway-WAGR-2-DO-2-XA-CLASS-LOCO-NILIGARA-BUILDERS-MODEL-/220906416755?pt=UK_Trains_Railway_Models&hash=item336f0c6a73 Jack £595 Is that a typo or inflated price because he no longer has it? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Il Grifone Posted February 17, 2014 Share Posted February 17, 2014 (edited) Dunno if this has come up before..........guess the seller........ http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/TRIANG-Hornby-R1520-CANADIAN-CLASS-08-DIESEL-SWITCHER-/370489383887?pt=UK_Trains_Railway_Models&hash=item5642e35bcf omis Jack This piece of cr@p didn't sell in Canada (I can't imagine why?), so is now a 'valuable collector's item' for the P.T. Barnum brigade*. (Calling this a class 08 surely falls foul of the Trades Description Act?!) * Sorry if I offend anyone, but that is my opinion.... Collecting is fine, but once you start paying ridiculous prices for junk....... Edited February 17, 2014 by Il Grifone 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
darren01 Posted February 17, 2014 Share Posted February 17, 2014 Their "business model" is that if someone buys one they go out and buy one themselves (cheaper of course). That's why the lead time on delivery is so long. Note that everything they sell like this has "5 available". I'm sure this is against Ebay rules .... Hi This chap has nothing in stock, he just puts stuff up to sell ,then once he sells it he orders it from somewhere else and sends it to you, that's if you ever get it that is!. I have reported him to ebay a while back about this, But nothing was ever done , STAY AWAY FROM HIM NOTHING BUT BAD NEWS just have a look at his feed back!. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruffnut Thorston Posted February 17, 2014 Share Posted February 17, 2014 (edited) http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/RAILWAY-CARRIAGE-COACH-FULL-SIZE-FRENCH-NORD-TORPEDO-72-SEATS-ART-DECO-/201036943001?pt=UK_HG_Property_RL&hash=item2ecebc4e99 Just in case you've got a few grand to spare and a very big back garden. Oh, and understanding neighbours... Another item from the Nene Valley Railway...thinning out their collection...a bit like me in fact! Edited February 17, 2014 by Sarahagain Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkC Posted February 17, 2014 Share Posted February 17, 2014 Higher bid now than a brand new one, including postage, would cost from SEF... http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/251445549664?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsetan Posted February 17, 2014 Share Posted February 17, 2014 Higher bid now than a brand new one, including postage, would cost from SEF... http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/251445549664?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649 No surprise there. He also had a Brassmasters 4F kit - loco only plus AGW wheels - that someone has just shelled out £170 for. Going direct to Brassmasters costs £105, and AGW wheels top out at £20 at most..... Madness. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkC Posted February 17, 2014 Share Posted February 17, 2014 Good news if you're the vendor, of course, Horse, but ... *wanders off, shaking head* 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Oldddudders Posted February 17, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 17, 2014 I'm not sure that the modelling bit is likely to be troubled, but earlier this evening I encountered a phishing page on ebay. This was in Digital Cameras, and an item for sale had a pic of a young girl, instead of a camera. Puzzled, I clicked on it to go to the item, and immediately got the ebay sign-in page. Except that I had recently signed-in, and ebay always offers me my user-name, which this didn't. Closer inspection showed it to be a false sign-in page. However many times I paged back and forth, all I got was the faux sign-in - so couldn't even "Report" it to ebay - I never got to the item, if indeed there was one. You have been warned! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Kris Posted February 17, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 17, 2014 I've come across a couple of those for a vendor trying to sell n gauge loco name plates, Ian. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
valeofyork Posted February 17, 2014 Share Posted February 17, 2014 You would have hoped that a major seller of model trains would have noticed that the carriages aren't the right ones! http://www.ehattons.com/72588/Hornby_R2612_LN_HST_Inter_city_125_GNER_4_car_pack_Pre_owned_Like_new/StockDetail.aspx Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Il Grifone Posted February 18, 2014 Share Posted February 18, 2014 (edited) I'm not sure that the modelling bit is likely to be troubled, but earlier this evening I encountered a phishing page on ebay. This was in Digital Cameras, and an item for sale had a pic of a young girl, instead of a camera. Puzzled, I clicked on it to go to the item, and immediately got the ebay sign-in page. Except that I had recently signed-in, and ebay always offers me my user-name, which this didn't. Closer inspection showed it to be a false sign-in page. However many times I paged back and forth, all I got was the faux sign-in - so couldn't even "Report" it to ebay - I never got to the item, if indeed there was one. You have been warned! These pages are a pain! and getting rid of them is tricky. I have 'Session Manager' installed on 'Firefox'. Closing down the web (or crashing off, which might be necessary - I've had pages that block everything), then enables you to remove the offending page(s) before restarting and avoids losing all the open tabs you want (RMweb for instance!) Whether reporting it would produce any results, I wouldn't like to say.... Edited February 18, 2014 by Il Grifone Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
'CHARD Posted February 18, 2014 Share Posted February 18, 2014 Hornby Class 45 body anyone? http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/USED-Hornby-CLASS-no-45-BODY-no-R-863-010-/111282086313?pt=UK_Trains_Railway_Models&hash=item19e8ede1a9 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 18, 2014 Share Posted February 18, 2014 Hornby Class 45 body anyone? http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/USED-Hornby-CLASS-no-45-BODY-no-R-863-010-/111282086313?pt=UK_Trains_Railway_Models&hash=item19e8ede1a9 Same seller, similar c**k up! http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/LIMA-CLASS-52-WESTERN-LOCO-DRAGON-WARSHIP-CLASS-/111279775320?pt=UK_Trains_Railway_Models&hash=item19e8ca9e58 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
'CHARD Posted February 18, 2014 Share Posted February 18, 2014 Same seller, similar c**k up! http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/LIMA-CLASS-52-WESTERN-LOCO-DRAGON-WARSHIP-CLASS-/111279775320?pt=UK_Trains_Railway_Models&hash=item19e8ca9e58 BUT WOULD BENIFIT FROM A SERVICE AND LONG RUN... ...off a short shunting plank Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andytrains Posted February 18, 2014 Share Posted February 18, 2014 BUT WOULD BENIFIT FROM A SERVICE AND LONG RUN... Wouldn't we all!!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruffnut Thorston Posted February 18, 2014 Share Posted February 18, 2014 http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/221366905829?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649 BOXED NEAR MINT VINTAGE TRI-ANG R850 B.R FLYING SCOTSMAN LOCOMOTIVE AND TENDER So, missing one nameplate, worn paint on the handrails, a good coat of dust....and the foam packing in the tender has gone gooey and fragmented.... Please ignor the yellow dusty appearance in the pictures of the paintwork,this is due to the foam packing material used which had started to break down.The loco has been carefully cleaned and the paintwork is now flawless. But it does have the outer sleeve... But not 1970s...1968 this one! No made after 1969, LNER ruled afterwards! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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