bertiedog Posted January 22, 2011 Share Posted January 22, 2011 Yes I notice this comment by the seller, the calculation of the feedback stars is speculative, he should not worry about 4 stars, rarely are they given, but he is going the right way to reduce his ratings entirely due to his method of listing, including the complaining tone, and no photos.....methinks a self inflicted wound. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LNWR lives on Posted January 22, 2011 Share Posted January 22, 2011 http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=300514607449&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT Another one with the word rare, pretty sure it is not as it is one of the more regular old GEM offerings on ebay, amusing BIN price as one just went for £26.35 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LNWR lives on Posted January 22, 2011 Share Posted January 22, 2011 Yes I notice this comment by the seller, the calculation of the feedback stars is speculative, he should not worry about 4 stars, rarely are they given, but he is going the right way to reduce his ratings entirely due to his method of listing, including the complaining tone, and no photos.....methinks a self inflicted wound. Definetly a self inflicted wound waiting to happen, when I had bought something from this vendor I got the same speil via email and it made me scrutinise and think about feedback and ratings alot more than I usually do Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philip Jackson Posted January 23, 2011 Share Posted January 23, 2011 http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Lima-Mk1-Sealink-Corridor-2nd-Mint-Boxed-Condition-/250759877353?pt=UK_Trains_Railway_Models&hash=item3a627412e9 Good grief, time for a retailer to do a 4 pack of Bachmann mk1's in this livery Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Oldddudders Posted January 23, 2011 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 23, 2011 http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Lima-Mk1-Sealink-Corridor-2nd-Mint-Boxed-Condition-/250759877353?pt=UK_Trains_Railway_Models&hash=item3a627412e9 Good grief, time for a retailer to do a 4 pack of Bachmann mk1's in this livery £94.50 with 5 days to go? For a piece of plastic in garish colours? Collectors, surely. I know an RMWebber spent a lot of effort getting one of these painted a few months back, but I'm sure even he wouldn't have valued his time at this sort of price! EDIT http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php/topic/9799-glasgow-george-square/page__st__50 Sheesh! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Baron Posted January 23, 2011 Share Posted January 23, 2011 I have one of those... I better get it advertised!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Stationmaster Posted January 23, 2011 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 23, 2011 Don't worry folks - with two large auctions over the weekend and the dealer buyers out in force there'll be loads of entertainment in the coming week; it will be worth keeping a lookout for some nice looking Ks kits plus a GEM ex LNW 4-6-0 on a Hornby chassis which had been inadvertently advertised as 'scratch built', oh and a few more Hornby Blue P'mans Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
industrial Posted January 23, 2011 Share Posted January 23, 2011 £94.50 with 5 days to go? For a piece of plastic in garish colours? Collectors, surely. I know an RMWebber spent a lot of effort getting one of these painted a few months back, but I'm sure even he wouldn't have valued his time at this sort of price! EDIT http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php/topic/9799-glasgow-george-square/page__st__50 Sheesh! Also the P&P will cost you more as well as they have gone over £36 but you won't know how much until the auction is over. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Re6/6 Posted January 23, 2011 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 23, 2011 http://cgi.ebay.co.u...e=STRK:MEWAX:IT Another one with the word rare, pretty sure it is not as it is one of the more regular old GEM offerings on ebay, amusing BIN price as one just went for £26.35 This is the same 'dealer' that has had this load of old rubbish priced at £50, repeatedly up for maybe two years now! I would have thought that he'd have realized by now that no one could possibly want such a thing and chuck it in the bin! I've actually got one of these old 'Gaiety' pieces of junk. Perhaps I should put it up as BIN @0.99p! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Summerisle Posted January 23, 2011 Share Posted January 23, 2011 It's really about time Replica dusted of the dies and fired up their injection moulding machine and brought the PCV back into production. I remember reading somewhere that it was very unlikely that they were going to do that as they were focusing on other projects, but my long time project to model a Railnet terminal is going to need at least 4 of these and I can't afford these prices! I knew I should have got my hands on some when they first came out. http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/REPLICA-RAILWAYS-15001-PCV-POST-OFFICE-MAIL-COACH-/200565185340?pt=UK_Trains_Railway_Models&hash=item2eb29ddb3c&autorefresh=true#ht_4587wt_1078 http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/REPLICA-RAILWAYS-15002-PCV-RES-MAIL-COACH-RARE-/190490496228?pt=UK_Trains_Railway_Models&hash=item2c5a1e4ce4&autorefresh=true#ht_4490wt_1078 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philip Jackson Posted January 23, 2011 Share Posted January 23, 2011 It's really about time Replica dusted of the dies and fired up their injection moulding machine and brought the PCV back into production. I remember reading somewhere that it was very unlikely that they were going to do that as they were focusing on other projects, but my long time project to model a Railnet terminal is going to need at least 4 of these and I can't afford these prices! I knew I should have got my hands on some when they first came out. http://cgi.ebay.co.u...#ht_4587wt_1078 http://cgi.ebay.co.u...#ht_4490wt_1078 I recall they had a bunch of "seconds" on sale at warley a long with chassis, bogies and wheels, maybe worth a call to them 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
industrial Posted January 24, 2011 Share Posted January 24, 2011 This is the same 'dealer' that has had this load of old rubbish priced at £50, repeatedly up for maybe two years now! I would have thought that he'd have realized by now that no one could possibly want such a thing and chuck it in the bin! I've actually got one of these old 'Gaiety' pieces of junk. Perhaps I should put it up as BIN @0.99p! Also £175 for a LMS 57' coach with no photo etc, it must be museum quality for that price. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torn-on-the-platform Posted January 24, 2011 Share Posted January 24, 2011 This listing seems rather good, but the photo worries me a little bit... yes the advertised product is in the photo, but it's in the back ground, and not the subject! 1957 Maunsell Coach Pack Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mozzer models Posted January 24, 2011 Share Posted January 24, 2011 This listing seems rather good, but the photo worries me a little bit... yes the advertised product is in the photo, but it's in the back ground, and not the subject! 1957 Maunsell Coach Pack this sell all so is selling the LMS coaches in th photo http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/4-LMS-Corridor-Coaches-/260726227412?pt=UK_Trains_Railway_Models&hash=item3cb47e81d4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Summerisle Posted January 24, 2011 Share Posted January 24, 2011 I recall they had a bunch of "seconds" on sale at warley a long with chassis, bogies and wheels, maybe worth a call to them Thanks Philip, I'll give that a try. If that fails there is always the Hurst overlays. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve K Posted January 24, 2011 Share Posted January 24, 2011 Could someone explain to me what the hell is going on here: http://cgi.ebay.co.u...=item27b82d4462 Apart from the lack of pictures (dumb, really dumb) there seems to be some strange spiel about if you give him four stars on feedback instead of five he will get thrown off Ebay? His lack of punctuation is disturbing, too - he says he works nights, so maybe insomnia has led to a phobia of capitalisation... Does Ebay really throw sellers out if they dip below 99.3% approval? Has the rating system really been that devalued? What's the point of a star system if a seller demands top marks? Twonk. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest baldrick25 Posted January 24, 2011 Share Posted January 24, 2011 His lack of punctuation is disturbing, too - he says he works nights, so maybe insomnia has led to a phobia of capitalisation... Does Ebay really throw sellers out if they dip below 99.3% approval? Has the rating system really been that devalued? What's the point of a star system if a seller demands top marks? Twonk. The 'negatives' in his feedback might have a bigger influence with Ebay , than his '4 out 5' claims... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
EddieB Posted January 24, 2011 Share Posted January 24, 2011 His lack of punctuation is disturbing, too - he says he works nights, so maybe insomnia has led to a phobia of capitalisation... Does Ebay really throw sellers out if they dip below 99.3% approval? Has the rating system really been that devalued? What's the point of a star system if a seller demands top marks? Twonk. At least there's a description for that, if no photo. But what about this, then: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/triang-horrnby-loco-coach-spare-parts-/170593693733?pt=UK_Trains_Railway_Models&hash=item27b82d3025 ? Whatever could that be? (I won't be trying to find out, for sure!) Or, of course, there's the old empty box... Perhaps they should realise that those percentages are based on the proportion of positive feedback, rather than the star ratings. Their negative feedback tells a lot about this seller. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shamouti Ben Yafo Posted January 24, 2011 Share Posted January 24, 2011 i thought this was a joke at first!!!!!! who'd pay £2.75 for £2?? madness http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/2004-milled-incuse-railway-line-motif-/270689045250?pt=UK_Coins_BritishDecimal_RL&hash=item3f06530b02 Brilliant marketing. Now; I have a £10 note with an unique number - Free! Free! FREE!! P&P £19.37 - no discounts... Anyone? No? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Oldddudders Posted January 24, 2011 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 24, 2011 This listing seems rather good, but the photo worries me a little bit... yes the advertised product is in the photo, but it's in the back ground, and not the subject! 1957 Maunsell Coach Pack Someone must have nudged him, and we now at least have a relevant picture for the item. Giving us the wisdom of vehicle type, numbers etc is still beyond the wit of this man - who'd need to know, anyway? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torn-on-the-platform Posted January 25, 2011 Share Posted January 25, 2011 Torn-on-the-platform, on 24 January 2011 - 16:42 , said: This listing seems rather good, but the photo worries me a little bit... yes the advertised product is in the photo, but it's in the back ground, and not the subject! 1957 Maunsell Coach Pack Someone must have nudged him, and we now at least have a relevant picture for the item. Giving us the wisdom of vehicle type, numbers etc is still beyond the wit of this man - who'd need to know, anyway? 'Never been used on track' - I now no longer believe this statement... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
industrial Posted January 25, 2011 Share Posted January 25, 2011 'Never been used on track' - I now no longer believe this statement... Also notice the left hand one is in the box up side down as well. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
muddys-blues Posted January 25, 2011 Share Posted January 25, 2011 This one is having a laugh !http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/MAINLINE-37-1398-exLMS-BR-50-BG-PARCELS-VAN-MIB-/260726251401?pt=UK_Trains_Railway_Models&hash=item3cb47edf89#ht_936wt_698 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Oldddudders Posted January 25, 2011 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 25, 2011 This one is having a laugh Do serious collectors actually collect things in BR blue - surely one of the low eras in British railway design? Building a layout set in that era because the operations were interesting is one thing, but rows of blue thingies on yer shelf? Crikey. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
muddys-blues Posted January 25, 2011 Share Posted January 25, 2011 Do serious collectors actually collect things in BR blue - surely one of the low eras in British railway design? Building a layout set in that era because the operations were interesting is one thing, but rows of blue thingies on yer shelf? Crikey. hey cheeky !!! Grey as well, not just Blue, oh and some yellow thrown in for warning Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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