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leslie10646
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More bargains from my stable - Health warning - don't read if you suffer from high Blood Pressure, a weak heart etc........ See: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/285295742358?mkevt=1&plmtId=11

leslie10646
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Yes, Dave, the Royal Mail's International prices are a nightmare for anyone trying to trade. I was sending a book to Australia and the guy at the counter asked for £20 plus (so doubling the price of t

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Well THAT escalated quickly, was €150 plus P&P yesterday and still has 6 days to run.. https://www.ebay.ie/itm/186285329975?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=5282-175127-2357-0&ssspo=tAHV0Z9

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On 7/12/2021 at 7:19 PM, Colin R said:

Ebay can be a pain in the back**** someone paid £500 for an old Backwoods Donegal class5 kit over the weekend, in total they spend over £1,100 for four kits which according to the new owner of that range (which will be available again early part of next year) for just over half that amount.

I just wish they had done some home work on these kits before bidding, as now anyone who saw those prices is going to expect to get that if they put there own old backwoods kits on ebay next year.

I think they may well be dissappointed   

I've seen people bidding over the new price on vinyl records on Ebay that are still available from the record label's webstore!

murphaph Grand Master

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Yeah I saw that but I wasn't expecting anyone to stick a bid in so soon but there are two people interested. I would be surprised if it finishes at that given the very early interest. I managed to pick up a new condition 112 last year thank God, otherwise I'd never get one. I could never justify that sort of moolah on a single loco. The seller will be pleased. 

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murphaph Grand Master

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Don't call them toys 🤪

They are "adult collector's items" Noel!

I prefer to keep mine and let them pay for my funeral if the hopefully not so young lad isn't interested at that stage! I only hope the missus doesn't suffer a heart attack herself when she finds out how much money was hanging on the wall all those years....

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jhb171achill Grand Master

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19 minutes ago, murphaph said:

I was wondering when the first A46 might appear on eBay and for how much. I think this is it:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/154758738098

225GBP the guy is looking for if any of you missed it. Dear compared to retail but I suspect they will only get dearer.

Convert to euros and add routine post and customs, and you're pretty much exactly at €300.....

 

Here we go again!

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DiveController Grand Master

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On 20/12/2021 at 12:12 PM, murphaph said:

I was wondering when the first A46 might appear on eBay and for how much. I think this is it:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/154758738098

225GBP the guy is looking for if any of you missed it. Dear compared to retail but I suspect they will only get dearer.

You can get them from the usual secondary UK retailers for far less than than without the additional eBay charges. A46 available last time I enquired but that was a a few weeks back I suppose. 

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On 20/12/2021 at 12:17 PM, K801 said:

Who sets the crazy ebay postage? 

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The Global Shipping Program completely ruined eBay. It’s easier for the seller not to have to worry about shipping Internationally. They just ship it to a UK address and GSP then makes a huge markup sending it abroad. In addition eBay will charge VAT when the item is for export. GSP ‘handle’ the “import charges” and all that upon arrival at the destination country (there are none for US). Of course some sellers just set the shipping themselves as a little sweetener for the trouble of sending it abroad. ‘If you need it you can pay for it’

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jhb171achill Grand Master

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I've been talking to more and more British people who use addresses of friends and relatives here, and Irish people who use addresses of friends and relatives in Britain or the north, when dealing with issues outside the jurisdiction within which they live.

Personally, I'm among them. Talking to a few friends over last weekend, most of them do the same, and have suitable contacts.

Methinks neither Leo nor Boris will get quite the cut they might have hoped for. I certainly hope so.

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DJ Dangerous Grand Master

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I just ship British eBay stuff to a friend in the UK. He brings a suitcase down here every now and then, which I pay for, and that works out way cheaper. eBay's GSP often quotes more for shipping than the item itself costs, so it's just not worth it.

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murphaph Grand Master

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You can also directly ask the seller what they will charge for shipping outside the GSP. Many will quote you a price but you're on your own with customs duties of course. I bought my last 141 in these circumstances. I pushed the boat out as it was the only outstanding tippex baby not in my possession. Otherwise I have avoided UK eBay sadly. 

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11 hours ago, murphaph said:

That 112 finished at €438 + P&P. I suppose if you want something enough you'll pay for it!

https://www.ebay.ie/itm/115143451606

Good luck to them, it’s free enterprise, free choice to sell, free will choice to pay that much. Not my cup of tea personally but I appreciate there is a tiny highly specialised niche for NIR/UTA stuff and collectors seem willing to pay for it. Good luck to them.

 

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112 in that configuration was on extended loan to IE though so it's got broader appeal. The loco got all over the IE network doing all the jobs any other 071 might do.

I love the NIR stuff and thanks to specials, most of it has managed a visit fairly far south. I always thought there was something "exotic" about seeing NIR stuff at Connolly, probably because I grew up in Newcastle and was used to seeing nothing but supertrain and later tippex liveried stock from the top deck of the 68 passing Heuston. Seeing a blue 111 and white mk2's for the first time is something I still remember vividly.

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