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It's still got to arrive! I think I spotted it on a general world-wide search. French ebay was a bit disappointing I couldn't see much on auction. If Tony is worried about that Rugens I'm happy to BIN for £150 if it stops him worrying.....;)
Must plough on with my £10 project - those foil trays aren't going to corrugate themselves!
Ooooh sorry Tony didn't see you there make that £160...
 
bazzer42 said:
It's still got to arrive! I think I spotted it on a general world-wide search. French ebay was a bit disappointing I couldn't see much on auction. If Tony is worried about that Rugens I'm happy to BIN for £150 if it stops him worrying.....;)
Must plough on with my £10 project - those foil trays aren't going to corrugate themselves!
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With LGB im never worried.... Bachmann can be a bit heart stopping but swings and roundabouts as they say ... can you do me 5 square yards of corrgated roofing for my platforms got to be worth £15 hasnt it :rolf::rolf::rolf::rolf:

Tony
 
If there is a good item with no bids I put a low bid on to try to encourage the seller not to pull it.
Now that ebay has a countdown there really is no need to use a sniper unless you like giving your money to a 4th party. If you are going to place a massive bid you might as well do it a few hours before the auction end then at least you will know it has got through if you know the seller is honest.
The market is pretty slow at the moment so unless the item is very rare or you must have it now there is no point getting into a bidding war, just wait for another one to come along.
 
Broken side rod / worn out wheels / needs a clean - not surprising that bidders are holding back. If you want better bids, why don't you clean it before trying to sell it. You wouldn't sell your car in a filthy condition so why sell a loco that way?
However, it is an honest description. Some sellers would have only shown the side without the broken side rod and not shown the wheels.
BTW, I am one who has put a silly low bid on it. Saves me filling up my watch list.
 
vasim said:
Broken side rod / worn out wheels / needs a clean - not surprising that bidders are holding back. If you want better bids, why don't you clean it before trying to sell it. You wouldn't sell your car in a filthy condition so why sell a loco that way?
However, it is an honest description. Some sellers would have only shown the side without the broken side rod and not shown the wheels.
BTW, I am one who has put a silly low bid on it. Saves me filling up my watch list.
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There are a few very good reasons i list stuff in the condition i find it.....
1 / Because it is a loco that has been used it is never going to be mint again and i am not going to pretend it is... most of us who know about something like LGB can spot something wrong or tarted up a mile off... this is an honest loco in a honest condition with an honest description in a condition that matches its history
2 / When the guy who wins this recives it it will be as he expects it
3/ Ive been selling trains on ebay nearly since it began (Check the feedback its all for trains and this is just one of my accounts) and experience has given me a system that works.. the feedback on this account i think is 4000 but that doesnt include repeat buyers whos feedback doesnt show up in that number and most of my sales are to people that come back time and again
4/ cleaning it up and replacing the rod is something many of us can do and it gives buyers the chance of buying a normally expensive loco for reasonable money
5/ Lets say i did all those things you complain about and you buyit for far to much money because you think its something its not,
whos the person your going to come moaning to
6/ Not sure where you get the "worn out wheels" statement from they are far from that..... worn out means unuseable those wheels will out last me
Tony :thumbup:
 
Stainzmeister said:
funandtrains said:
snip
Now that ebay has a countdown there really is no need to use a sniper unless you like giving your money to a 4th party.
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Have to disagree with you there.
Putting a snipe on it means you don't have to sit there watching the countdown.
Also means you won't get carried away in a bidding war.
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.....and you can guarantee the bid will go on at the last moment, which is always difficult to judge doing it manually. My advice is still to use Sniper if it's something that you really want.
 
.... and "Just Snipe" is free anyway.
The only problem with using a snipe utility, is that most are based in USA. If you win using a US based snipe utility and the item arrives broken, not as described or doesn't arrive at all, etc .... eBay and Paypal won't want to know because you have effectively bid via eBay.USA.
How do I know? :(
 
But sniping takes away the sweaty thrill of 15 seconds to go and your perfect winning bid ready to be placed!:thumbup:
 
vasim said:
.... and "Just Snipe" is free anyway.
The only problem with using a snipe utility, is that most are based in USA. If you win using a US based snipe utility and the item arrives broken, not as described or doesn't arrive at all, etc .... eBay and Paypal won't want to know because you have effectively bid via eBay.USA.
How do I know? :(
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Wow really? I use hammersnipe (recommend it to anyone thats looking for a safe bidding tool - you can pay if you want to bid within last 5-10 secs) with that you choose the location of the item and enter the item number . Did not think it would matter where you bid from (web/phone app etc) .
 
Don Gilham said:
Stainzmeister said:
funandtrains said:
snip
Now that ebay has a countdown there really is no need to use a sniper unless you like giving your money to a 4th party.
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Have to disagree with you there.
Putting a snipe on it means you don't have to sit there watching the countdown.
Also means you won't get carried away in a bidding war.
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.....and you can guarantee the bid will go on at the last moment, which is always difficult to judge doing it manually. My advice is still to use Sniper if it's something that you really want.
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Not true as if they is a internet problem you will not get any bid whether using a sniper or last minute manual bid. The only sure way to win an item is to place a massive bid in advance of the auction close. In the past I have unexpected won items at very low amounts with bids placed days in advance if large sections of the internet have gone down at the auction close, I've also lost money on items I've sold when ebay.co.uk has gone down the day of the auction end. Don't rely on any automated technolgy as it will go wrong at some time.
If you are a trader or a random bargain seeker snips or last minute bids with a pre-decided maximum are the way to go. Personally I wouldn't want to give money to another internet parasite like a sniping company.
 
Tony said:
3/ Ive been selling trains on ebay nearly since it began (Check the feedback its all for trains and this is just one of my accounts)
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Tony so have you really been using ebay since it began in 1995 or ebay.co.uk in 1999? Your feedback makes it look like you joined a few months after I did and it had been going a long time before then but I've only ever had one account did you have others before this one?
 
funandtrains said:
Tony said:
3/ Ive been selling trains on ebay nearly since it began (Check the feedback its all for trains and this is just one of my accounts)
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Tony so have you really been using ebay since it began in 1995 or ebay.co.uk in 1999? Your feedback makes it look like you joined a few months after I did and it had been going a long time before then but I've only ever had one account did you have others before this one?
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Im not sure when i started but im on my 3rd Train account..and started when i had to sell all my OO gauge collection in the split with wife 1.0 (and ive been with wife 2.0 for over 10 years) in the begining we used to sell baby stuff we got from carboots... when you get to 50, decades seem like a few years but ive only ever used .co.uk so must be post 1999 if you say so.............
you got me thinking and the first specailist train auction i went to was SAS at Reading and that was their first one and ive just looked it up and it was Aug 2002 so i have been selling trains since a year before that when i sold my collection
Tony
 
Have to agree that I'm one of the crowd that will put a bid in on something so it pops up in my bid list later - even if I know its going to get outbid as a means of keeping track of stuff as i trawl ebay. I think once or twice I've even got things for £10-15.
 
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Saw a weird iphone on auction recently


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