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OC Engineer JD Jan 16, 2009

  1. JMaurer1

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  2. Mo-Pac

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    Shame on him! I think I have even purchased from him a few times before!
     
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  4. MK

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    It's definitely one of a kind! :ROFLMAO:
     
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  5. BoxcabE50

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  6. JMaurer1

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    The loco was missing the rear truck and there was an extra 2 axle truck in the junk box...one Frankenstein later and you have a "new" brass engine!

    Until the townspeople break out the torches and head up the hill to the castle...
     
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  8. NorsemanJack

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    Would that be a B- or a B+?
     
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  9. umtrr-author

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    It depends on whether you grade on a curve, and whether it can travel on a grade or a curve.

    (See what I did there?)
     
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  10. NorsemanJack

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    Well, at the end of the day, that thing is a solid "F" no matter how we grade.
     
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  11. ntex

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    Maybe the seller was trying to model something like this.

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  12. jtomstarr

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    Though this isn't a ebay one .. Thought it would be worth mentioning here. Especially the $! see photos..

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  13. umtrr-author

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    The "price in description" seems reasonable... $999,999 is a bit high :D
     
  14. Hardcoaler

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    Here's an example of why eBay is often an overwhelming bore. There's a hideous "Vintage N Scale Rapido 200 Custom Painted Jersey Central Lines Caboose Car" has been listed for nearly 2-1/2 years at the ridiculous price of $17 and on it stays, price unadjusted, terrible photo and all. There's also a "PORT JERSEY RR caboose NO # N-Scale Custom Painted" that's been posted unsold for nearly two years at $31 and on it stays the same way.

    These are just two examples. I realize that eBay can't police this sort of thing, but it amazes me that this sort of thing prevails. More than a few Sellers are clearly asleep.
     
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  15. umtrr-author

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    I couldn't resist so I looked. The seller is an antique dealer. The lowest price item among the 945 in "Trains and Accessories" is a "Vintage HO Scale Atlas 43 Bumper In Box" for $13 plus $4.10 shipping. In genuine brass! (I am SO GLAD early N Scale manufacturers did not make brass track...)

    I speculate that somewhere in an antique store these "vintage pieces" await a buyer, at which point they'll be pulled from the eBay Store. Otherwise, who cares? They'll sit at no incremental cost on the eBay store just like they are sitting on a shelf at a brick and mortar store.

    Colleen and I have taken up casual antiquing just for fun, although we've gotten a few practical things that have nothing to do with trains. We often wonder how some of these places stay in business. Same here? Perhaps...
     
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  16. ntex

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  17. Hardcoaler

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  18. MK

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    A lot of crazy/wrong/too high/what-have-you prices are often from Trainz seller. It feels like they hired a bunch of summer interns, who have never owned model trains, and say "Here, go sell this."
     
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  19. Mike C

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    I have gotten some great deals from Trainz , maybe there is more than 1 person doing the listings . Mike
     
  20. umtrr-author

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    I suspect a random number generator is used for some of their listings.

    If I recall correctly they were also behind "GoMotorBids" and there were some really good deals on that site.
     
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