EBay madness

[Bodmin Bob]

Am I the only person who thinks that TMC seem to charge an awful lot for their weathered items?

 

The attached shows their weathered 2 car Brighton Belle unit in blue/grey available for £204

 

This raises 2 questions:

 

• Firstly how can you charge so much for what appears to be a 30 second spray job (these train packs are available unweathered elsewhere for around £100 and you can get the full 5 car set for about £240)?
• Secondly when did you ever see a weathered Brighton Belle in real life (whenever I saw it in the 1960s it was always spotless right up until the end)?

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/TMC-Hornby-R2988-Pullman-Brighton-Belle-1969-Train-Pack-Weathered-/251345209373?pt=UK_Trains_Railway_Models&hash=item3a8557881d

[newbryford]

CMC Limited Edition Golden Ochre "Western Champion" on ebay

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Dapol-Class-52-D1015-Western-Champion-Golden-Ochre-Livery-Ltd-Edition-300pcs-/151370476140?pt=UK_Trains_Railway_Models&hash=item233e622a6c

 

It'll be interesting to see how this one goes with less than two days to the end of the auction, as there's currently (as of 2120 on Wednesday 5th August), 37 in stock at CMC......

 

Cheers,

Mick

Edited August 5, 2014 by newbryford

[Trainshed Terry]

Heljan Hymek went for a good price.

 

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/321475968820?_trksid=p2060778.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

 

Terry

[Horsetan]

CMC Limited Edition Golden Ochre "Western Champion" on ebay

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Dapol-Class-52-D1015-Western-Champion-Golden-Ochre-Livery-Ltd-Edition-300pcs-/151370476140?pt=UK_Trains_Railway_Models&hash=item233e622a6c

 

It'll be interesting to see how this one goes with less than two days to the end of the auction, as there's currently (as of 2120 on Wednesday 5th August), 37 in stock at CMC......

 

 

Oh, what a surprise....

[melmerby]

CMC Limited Edition Golden Ochre "Western Champion" on ebay

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Dapol-Class-52-D1015-Western-Champion-Golden-Ochre-Livery-Ltd-Edition-300pcs-/151370476140?pt=UK_Trains_Railway_Models&hash=item233e622a6c

 

It'll be interesting to see how this one goes with less than two days to the end of the auction, as there's currently (as of 2120 on Wednesday 5th August), 37 in stock at CMC......

 

Cheers,

Mick

Still £32.50 to go! (@23:15)

 

Keith

Edited August 5, 2014 by melmerby

[Metr0Land]

Anyone want some cheap Bachmann Mk1's?  Apparently they were made by Bachmann by don't carry their name on them.  Yeah right........

 

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/5-NEW-Bachmann-OO-GAUGE-CARRIAGES-COACHES-EXCELLENT-CONDITION-/141361579825?pt=UK_Trains_Railway_Models&hash=item20e9ce8731

 

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/3-NEW-Bachmann-OO-GAUGE-CARRIAGES-COACHES-EXCELLENT-CONDITION-/131255435131?pt=UK_Trains_Railway_Models&hash=item1e8f6eff7b

[Horsetan]

Anyone want some cheap Bachmann Mk1's?  Apparently they were made by Bachmann by don't carry their name on them.  Yeah right........

 

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/5-NEW-Bachmann-OO-GAUGE-CARRIAGES-COACHES-EXCELLENT-CONDITION-/141361579825?pt=UK_Trains_Railway_Models&hash=item20e9ce8731

 

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/3-NEW-Bachmann-OO-GAUGE-CARRIAGES-COACHES-EXCELLENT-CONDITION-/131255435131?pt=UK_Trains_Railway_Models&hash=item1e8f6eff7b

 

Probably sourced from a partwork....oh wait...hang on....

[Ian Abel]

Not exactly "madness" as this is certainly a unique/rare item, but does anyone actually buy something for this amount on eBay??? More importantly for 25USD shipping I'm not sure that would cover the insured loss value, I think the USPS, UPS or FedEx would have a slight premium on the shipping of an item that valuable!

 

http://www.ebay.com/itm/LIONEL-OO-SCALE-VERY-RARE-SALESMANS-SUITCASE-IN-EXCELLENT-CONDITION-/301269119011?pt=Model_RR_Trains&hash=item462509f023#ht_776wt_1158

Edited August 6, 2014 by Ian Abel

[Horsetan]

Not exactly "madness" as this is certainly a unique/rare item, but does anyone actually buy something for this amount on eBay??? More importantly for 25USD shipping I'm not sure that would cover the insured loss value, I think the USPS, UPS or FedEx would have a slight premium on the shipping of an item that valuable!

 

http://www.ebay.com/itm/LIONEL-OO-SCALE-VERY-RARE-SALESMANS-SUITCASE-IN-EXCELLENT-CONDITION-/301269119011?pt=Model_RR_Trains&hash=item462509f023#ht_776wt_1158

 

If that's American "OO" scale, the track gauge should be about 19mm.

 

Seventeen-and-a-half grand, though 

[RFS]

Not exactly "madness" as this is certainly a unique/rare item, but does anyone actually buy something for this amount on eBay??? More importantly for 25USD shipping I'm not sure that would cover the insured loss value, I think the USPS, UPS or FedEx would have a slight premium on the shipping of an item that valuable!

 

http://www.ebay.com/itm/LIONEL-OO-SCALE-VERY-RARE-SALESMANS-SUITCASE-IN-EXCELLENT-CONDITION-/301269119011?pt=Model_RR_Trains&hash=item462509f023#ht_776wt_1158

 

Well yes is the answer if you look at his completed sales ...http://www.ebay.com/itm/LIONEL-NO-7-LOCO-AND-TENDER-THREE-RIVET-TRUCK-WITH-THIN-RIMS-EXTREMELY-RARE-/291161250468?pt=Model_RR_Trains&hash=item43ca901aa4

Edited August 6, 2014 by RFS

[Ian Abel]

Well yes is the answer if you look at his completed sales ...http://www.ebay.com/itm/LIONEL-NO-7-LOCO-AND-TENDER-THREE-RIVET-TRUCK-WITH-THIN-RIMS-EXTREMELY-RARE-/291161250468?pt=Model_RR_Trains&hash=item43ca901aa4

Yikes!!!!

[kevinlms]

Not exactly "madness" as this is certainly a unique/rare item, but does anyone actually buy something for this amount on eBay??? More importantly for 25USD shipping I'm not sure that would cover the insured loss value, I think the USPS, UPS or FedEx would have a slight premium on the shipping of an item that valuable!

 

http://www.ebay.com/itm/LIONEL-OO-SCALE-VERY-RARE-SALESMANS-SUITCASE-IN-EXCELLENT-CONDITION-/301269119011?pt=Model_RR_Trains&hash=item462509f023#ht_776wt_1158

Obviously they do! If you look at some of the other items, there is an empty set box for $US750.00!

[haslam999]

I'm surprised nobody has replied to your post, Terry.

I totally agree.

There is a lot of very poor weathering appearing on eBay items, mainly from two sources:

 

1. Buy a new item, spray a bit of brown round the bottom and list it for three times the prices, claiming to be 'professionally weathered'

 

2. Buy a job lot of ex-Lima/Hornby stuff from the 1980's and 1990's, give it a heavy coat of brown stuff and whack it on eBay

 

Most of it is poor, in terms of the fact that the person who did it clearly has never seen a real-life item (or even a photograph) to work from.

 

But, what really frustrates me is how they weather the front of engines. Like this Brighton Belle unit, they have merely sprayed a bit of brake dust etc. round the front, like what appears across the side of the body of engines. Errrmmm....really? Have you ever seen an engine with a thin coat of brown along the bottom of its front? It reminds me of the Heljan class 47, number 47555, which came factory weathered and had just the most ridiculous amount of brown dirt simply sprayed around the bottom half inch of the loco. Search it online....it is terrible!

 

Anyhow, yes I agree, but that's what makes the "eBay madness" topic so compelling to read...

 

Mike

 

P.S. The TTA tanks from TMC are really good actually....just wish they sold them in batches of 10, 15 or 20, instead of 4 or 5 at a time. If they did, think I would be tempted....

[Il Grifone]

A rather tatty (and broken!) spare part for the price of the complete locomotive. (I have paid even less!)

 

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Hornby-DUBLO-3-RAIL-N2-0-6-2T-REAR-BOGIE-SPOKED-WHEELS-STEEL-COUPLING-wrenn-/351117706919?pt=UK_Trains_Railway_Models&hash=item51c03f06a7

 

EDIT to insert missing opening bracket (I don't know what happened I thought I hit the key!)

Edited August 8, 2014 by Il Grifone

[haslam999]

Sorry, my last post was in reply to Bodmin Bob, 12123.....

[Bodmin Bob]

I'm surprised nobody has replied to your post, Terry.

I totally agree.

There is a lot of very poor weathering appearing on eBay items, mainly from two sources:

 

1. Buy a new item, spray a bit of brown round the bottom and list it for three times the prices, claiming to be 'professionally weathered'

 

2. Buy a job lot of ex-Lima/Hornby stuff from the 1980's and 1990's, give it a heavy coat of brown stuff and whack it on eBay

 

Most of it is poor, in terms of the fact that the person who did it clearly has never seen a real-life item (or even a photograph) to work from.

 

But, what really frustrates me is how they weather the front of engines. Like this Brighton Belle unit, they have merely sprayed a bit of brake dust etc. round the front, like what appears across the side of the body of engines. Errrmmm....really? Have you ever seen an engine with a thin coat of brown along the bottom of its front? It reminds me of the Heljan class 47, number 47555, which came factory weathered and had just the most ridiculous amount of brown dirt simply sprayed around the bottom half inch of the loco. Search it online....it is terrible!

 

Anyhow, yes I agree, but that's what makes the "eBay madness" topic so compelling to read...

 

Mike

 

P.S. The TTA tanks from TMC are really good actually....just wish they sold them in batches of 10, 15 or 20, instead of 4 or 5 at a time. If they did, think I would be tempted....

£237 for a weathered Bachmann class 25 from TMC!

 

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/32-330DS-Bachmann-Class-25-1-Loco-D5183-BR-Green-TMC-Weathered-/251436666661?pt=UK_Trains_Railway_Models&hash=item3a8acb0f25

 

Admittedly it is DCC fitted but there don't appear to be any other bells and whistles in the description and yet you can pick up a bulk standard Class 25 for around £50 at the moment so there is some mark up on this in terms of the weathering!!

 

 

PS Just noticed the 'DS' in the Bachmann reference number - so it probably does have bells and whistles - still seems very expensive for what it is though

Edited August 7, 2014 by Bodmin Bob

[melmerby]

£237 for a weathered Bachmann class 25 from TMC!

 

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/32-330DS-Bachmann-Class-25-1-Loco-D5183-BR-Green-TMC-Weathered-/251436666661?pt=UK_Trains_Railway_Models&hash=item3a8acb0f25

 

Admittedly it is DCC fitted but there don't appear to be any other bells and whistles in the description and yet you can pick up a bulk standard Class 25 for around £50 at the moment so there is some mark up on this in terms of the weathering!!

 

 

PS Just noticed the 'DS' in the Bachmann reference number - so it probably does have bells and whistles - still seems very expensive for what it is though

It was nearly £215 RRP (unweathered)

 

Keith

[84A]

Certain locos from the Great Gathering/Goodbye sets appear to be hitting saturation. That being said, i'm hoping no-one pays £950 for this lot:

 

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Hornby-GREAT-GATHERING-/221517756677?pt=UK_Trains_Railway_Models&hash=item33937cb905

 

Many are damaged (top lampiron and others missing) - and one needs the wires repairing. Plus, all of the cabinet vouchers have gone.

[steveb860]

CMC Limited Edition Golden Ochre "Western Champion" on ebay

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Dapol-Class-52-D1015-Western-Champion-Golden-Ochre-Livery-Ltd-Edition-300pcs-/151370476140?pt=UK_Trains_Railway_Models&hash=item233e622a6c

 

It'll be interesting to see how this one goes with less than two days to the end of the auction, as there's currently (as of 2120 on Wednesday 5th August), 37 in stock at CMC......

 

Cheers,

Mick

Well, it finished at £145, so the seller lost out, but then he charged an eye watering £12.75 for postage, so some mug paid more for it than buying direct from CMC. 

[Simon G]

Nice paint and sticker job:

 

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Model-railway-lema-engin-dummy-engin-2-Hornby-coaches-painted-spares-repairs-/251606313844?pt=UK_Trains_Railway_Models&hash=item3a94e7ab74

 

I am almost tempted to buy it just to get something to test my own painting skills on!

[newbryford]

Nice paint and sticker job:

 

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Model-railway-lema-engin-dummy-engin-2-Hornby-coaches-painted-spares-repairs-/251606313844?pt=UK_Trains_Railway_Models&hash=item3a94e7ab74

 

I am almost tempted to buy it just to get something to test my own painting skills on!

 

And there's 3 bids on it.........     

 

Cheers,

Mick

[farren]

Obviously theirs a lot of people wanting to practice there painting skills then

[Horsetan]

They're yellow. What's not to like?

[melmerby]

And there's 3 bids on it.........     

 

Cheers,

Mick

Maybe somebody wants some yellow marker posts for the edge of their driveway!

 

Keith

[JZ]

Having bought a Hatton's/Heljan Garratt, I decided I would look for a copy of the Irwell Press book. OK, it's not ebay, but this is surely the place for this;

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/offer-listing/1903266831/ref=sr_1_2_olp?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1407578806&sr=1-2&keywords=book+of+the+garratts&condition=used