Fishy or bad description ?

[garrymartin]

This struck me as a suspicious http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/GAUGE-1-G...=UK_Trains_Railway_Models&hash=item35b9a91334 I would not bid on this even if it was my sort of thing, but at the same time I am aware that I may be questioning a poor widow woman who is trying to get some of her money back.

 

[trammayo]

Yes I saw that and wondered. I just had a look at the seller's other items and only one is illustrated. What put me off was the seller knowing the track type and dimensions.

 

[annieshalt]

I have an idea a similar sort of advert appeared sometime ago with similar wording (without the late hubby mention) also from the Isle of Wight.

yes ross sounds very much like the one early'er on e/bay.
same foremat with no photos.

PS, morning chaps. pills taken, coffee going down, suppose i will get out of bed now,???.

 

[trammayo]

There are now a list of other things for sale as well.

Mainly electronic, and film related but only one photo still.....

There was before Gordon (post 2) but I see there are some bidders and how do you get 100% feedback if its a scam?

 

[Glengrant]

Not commenting on the fishiness, but this touches a little bit of a nag which is always ticking quietly away in the back of the delicate mechanism which I call "MY BRIAN". One day someone, somehow, will have to get rid of all my junk, and nobody in my family knows a damn thing about G-scale, nor anything about you lot either. Should one have a contingency plan? I dunno, it won't worry me, of course, but having ripped apart one railway, the double-oh, I know what tricky business it is, especially if one wants to get a fair disposal price. Sorry, morbid thoughts

 

[MRail]

If you belong to a society, they will often (in the case of 16mmngn) offer to put your rellies in touch with someone who will assist in disposal. Of your railway, that is!
Will need to leave society contact info where they can find it, of course.

 

[funandtrains]

You often find though if a few large collections are sold within a few weeks on ebay that it drops the price of items within the UK for a while. Only a few dealers in the UK have the space to take on selling G scale collections.

 

[stockers]

 

[Zerogee]

Not commenting on the fishiness, but this touches a little bit of a nag which is always ticking quietly away in the back of the delicate mechanism which I call "MY BRIAN". One day someone, somehow, will have to get rid of all my junk, and nobody in my family knows a damn thing about G-scale, nor anything about you lot either. Should one have a contingency plan? I dunno, it won't worry me, of course, but having ripped apart one railway, the double-oh, I know what tricky business it is, especially if one wants to get a fair disposal price. Sorry, morbid thoughts

It's a sobering but quite important thing to think about, as we're none of us getting any younger.....
I guess the best thing to do, if you can, is to nominate a trusted and preferably local-ish friend in the hobby, make sure that your family have their contact info, and ask them if they would see to the disposal of your railway stuff in a financially advantageous way, perhaps in return for a share of whatever funds come out of it (or, maybe their pick of a few choice bits from the collection?). Something along the lines of "if you will help my family get a fair price for all my stuff, you can have the 2-10-2 (or the live steamer, of whatever) for your time and trouble"?

Whatever you decide to do, make sure it's all clearly written down somewhere that people can find it.
You could always also list everything you have, with a rough idea of values at the time of writing - but if you do that, seal it up and give it to your solicitor with strict instructions that it's not to be opened until you are gone - otherwise you might just WISH you were dead....

Of course, it's not just the railway stuff that needs considering; I recently saw an online cartoon which advised having a good friend go through your stuff before your family does - the illustration was a daughter clearing her dad's shed, and finding three large boxes marked "P*rn", Extreme P*rn" and "Unforgivable P*rn".....

(Sorry for degenerating into jokes later in this post - it IS a serious subject!)

Jon.

 

[Gizzy]

Not commenting on the fishiness, but this touches a little bit of a nag which is always ticking quietly away in the back of the delicate mechanism which I call "MY BRIAN". One day someone, somehow, will have to get rid of all my junk, and nobody in my family knows a damn thing about G-scale, nor anything about you lot either. Should one have a contingency plan? I dunno, it won't worry me, of course, but having ripped apart one railway, the double-oh, I know what tricky business it is, especially if one wants to get a fair disposal price. Sorry, morbid thoughts

It's a sobering but quite important thing to think about, as we're none of us getting any younger.....
I guess the best thing to do, if you can, is to nominate a trusted and preferably local-ish friend in the hobby, make sure that your family have their contact info, and ask them if they would see to the disposal of your railway stuff in a financially advantageous way, perhaps in return for a share of whatever funds come out of it (or, maybe their pick of a few choice bits from the collection?). Something along the lines of "if you will help my family get a fair price for all my stuff, you can have the 2-10-2 (or the live steamer, of whatever) for your time and trouble"?

Whatever you decide to do, make sure it's all clearly written down somewhere that people can find it.
You could always also list everything you have, with a rough idea of values at the time of writing - but if you do that, seal it up and give it to your solicitor with strict instructions that it's not to be opened until you are gone - otherwise you might just WISH you were dead....

Of course, it's not just the railway stuff that needs considering; I recently saw an online cartoon which advised having a good friend go through your stuff before your family does - the illustration was a daughter clearing her dad's shed, and finding three large boxes marked "P*rn", Extreme P*rn" and "Unforgivable P*rn".....

(Sorry for degenerating into jokes later in this post - it IS a serious subject!)

Jon.

The other thing to tell your nearest and dearest, is to get an Auction House round. I've advised a couple of folk to do this, when trying to dispose of model collections.

They will catalogue and sell the items for you and give a professional but sympathetic service....

 

[steinman]

A solicitor friend of ours completed our joint will a few years ago, but we missed the railway out for some reason, he keeps joking with Lisa that he has amended the will to include the instruction that should my demise occur before her's she must run a train in my honor once a week, her reply is unprintable on this forum

 

[Glengrant]

........err, not wanting to be nosy, but what happened to the pxrn extreme and otherwise? No, only joking, anyone want my back numbers of "Titbits" then............Oh, happy days?

 

[UKSGR]

Going back to the original posting, Ryde, Isle of Wight along with garden railway and film stuff points toward David and Valerie Pratt, they of British Outline Buildings and the Channel 4 garden railways advisor. I don't know, but maybe he has passed on.

 

[Zerogee]

Going back to the original posting, Ryde, Isle of Wight along with garden railway and film stuff points toward David and Valerie Pratt, they of British Outline Buildings and the Channel 4 garden railways advisor. I don't know, but maybe he has passed on.

I think we'd have heard through the Garden Railway Grapevine if this was the case - someone would certainly know and have posted it here. Even if it was (and I sincerely hope it isn't) then I think Valerie is sufficiently involved with the railway business that she would know what to do and who to talk to.

At least, hoping I'm right.... :

Jon.

 

[Tony]

[The other thing to tell your nearest and dearest, is to get an Auction House round. I've advised a couple of folk to do this, when trying to dispose of model collections.

They will catalogue and sell the items for you and give a professional but sympathetic service....

They will also charge you commission, lotting fees, transportation,etc etc and unless they know anything about railways will have no idea that people even have railways in their gardens, in my experience the lady on the isle of white as a better idea than most auction houses.... my advice that ive given to my family is to list everything seperatly on ebay starting at 99p with plenty of photos and that means everything from a single peice of track to a loco.. yes a lot of work for some but well worth it. having attended far to many auctions i wouldnt trust them to give you a good deal..... The classic Colchester collection is a case in point... the auction house has regular collectors sales so you would think they would know what they were doing yet they were selling boxed coaches in lots of 5 selling for £100 locos in 3s for £150 and these werent 4 wheel coaches or stainzs .. i saw the skip they filled up of buildings and empty boxs, broken locos etc thousends of pounds worth of spares etc.............................if you want a job doing then do it yourself

Heres one example and bear in mind its something even a child should know the difference so how would they catalogue a Mallet
http://gallery.me.com/uniqueauctions#101361/100_1748&bgcolor=black

Tony

 

[Cyclone]

Of course, it's not just the railway stuff that needs considering; I recently saw an online cartoon which advised having a good friend go through your stuff before your family does - the illustration was a daughter clearing her dad's shed, and finding three large boxes marked "P*rn", Extreme P*rn" and "Unforgivable P*rn".....

(Sorry for degenerating into jokes later in this post - it IS a serious subject!)

Jon.
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Lol. That's a p@rn buddy. A well trusted friend whose job is to dispose of any collections.

 

[Zerogee]

Of course, it's not just the railway stuff that needs considering; I recently saw an online cartoon which advised having a good friend go through your stuff before your family does - the illustration was a daughter clearing her dad's shed, and finding three large boxes marked "P*rn", Extreme P*rn" and "Unforgivable P*rn".....

(Sorry for degenerating into jokes later in this post - it IS a serious subject!)

Jon.


Lol. That's a p@rn buddy. A well trusted friend whose job is to dispose of any collections.

Haha, yep..... there is also (while you're still alive and kicking) the lovely concept of the "p*rn sacrifice" - which is a small pile of low-grade grot that is deliberately not very well hidden - so when the Domestic Authorities find them, they THINK they've found the real stash and stop looking for the much better concealed "quality stuff"!

I think we're drifting just a little off topic here, Mea Culpa.....

Jon.

PS: just one more, I can't resist it:
"My brother's in jail for something he didn't do!"
"Oh, what was that?"
"He didn't flush his stash when the police kicked his door in....."