eBay Watch

[skinner75]

This screams scam to me!

He's only on ebay since 2nd Feb this year too

Edited April 4, 2022 by skinner75

[gph2000]

He looks to have traded a number of Irish items in that time, but who knows what trades were real among them and what was 'bought' by other profiles under his control.

[WRENNEIRE]

3 Mk 2A's at £160 to the same buyer?
I dont think so! 

[Sean]

sheeeeesh

same seller, not a bad deal until you realise youve preordered far superior versions of the same thing due in a few months....

 

maybe he wants these sold quickly so he can fund the new ones haha

Edited April 5, 2022 by Sean

[DJ Dangerous]

A couple of Ian Hayes trucks on eBay at the moment. This one is from a seller that I've bought from several times. Good guy, combines shipping etc:

https://www.ebay.es/itm/374014582051

 

 

 

[Westcorkrailway]

https://www.ebay.ie/itm/255478769809
 

IE/ RPSI Grey 121 anyone?

[raymurph]

Hello All, I hope this is the correct place to ask a question about buying from the US on ebay? This Santa Fe loco caught my eye :

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/HO-Scale-Proto2000-23224-Santa-FE-E6A-B-Powered-Unpowered-Diesel-Set-HO6081-/115346822162?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&_trksid=p2349624.m46890.l49286&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0

 

I'm wondering if anyone has used An Post's AddressPal service to save money on postage (Addresspal charges 15.99 to post from US to Ireland). And if so what were the customs charges like? Any cheaper than the $40 eBay would charge?

[WRENNEIRE]

If you are interested in US outline stock there is a lad who sells US outline at Bray Wheelers
Phil McHugh, PM me for his details

[Sean]

i used them from uk when parcel motel stopped northern ireland operations. got a disproportionately large customs bill with absolutely zero means to appeal and havent used it at all since.

[raymurph]

3 hours ago, Sean said:

i used them from uk when parcel motel stopped northern ireland operations. got a disproportionately large customs bill with absolutely zero means to appeal and havent used it at all since.

Yeah that happened to me with the UK too. I'm probably foolish to think customs charges on goods from the US would be any less crippling.

6 hours ago, WRENNEIRE said:

If you are interested in US outline stock there is a lad who sells US outline at Bray Wheelers
Phil McHugh, PM me for his details

Thanks

[mphoey]

14 hours ago, raymurph said:

Hello All, I hope this is the correct place to ask a question about buying from the US on ebay? This Santa Fe loco caught my eye :

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/HO-Scale-Proto2000-23224-Santa-FE-E6A-B-Powered-Unpowered-Diesel-Set-HO6081-/115346822162?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&_trksid=p2349624.m46890.l49286&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0

 

I'm wondering if anyone has used An Post's AddressPal service to save money on postage (Addresspal charges 15.99 to post from US to Ireland). And if so what were the customs charges like? Any cheaper than the $40 eBay would charge?

take into account you will still pay normal customs due on all addresspal parcels add in the addresspal charge plus the post charge to the addresspal office sometimes its cheaper sometimes not

[Sean]

there will soon be a fee payable in order to allow you the previllage to pay the fees 

[Broithe]

2 hours ago, Sean said:

there will soon be a fee payable in order to allow you the previllage to pay the fees 

On the Big Island, I once had to pay £8 to pay a £3 VAT charge on a £15 item - that turned the £15 into £26.

[connollystn]

@raymurph - I bought a couple of new locomotives from the U.S.A., had to pay 112€ customs but still worked out 100€ cheaper than buying in Europe (Britain included). I've never bought off eBay so don't know what additional charges would be incurred when purchasing from them in the U.S.A. but you can be sure that they, like PayPay, will want their pound of flesh.

[Mayner]

30 minutes ago, connollystn said:

@raymurph - I bought a couple of new locomotives from the U.S.A., had to pay 112€ customs but still worked out 100€ cheaper than buying in Europe (Britain included). I've never bought off eBay so don't know what additional charges would be incurred when purchasing from them in the U.S.A. but you can be sure that they, like PayPay, will want their pound of flesh.

Prices for US stuff in the States tend to work out cheaper including customs charges because retail prices tend to be lower mainly due to the much larger size of the market and greater competition between retailers compared to EU, UK or other countries.  

Trainworld https://www.trainworld.com/ is one of the larger US retailers that exports World Wide

United States Postal Service (USPS) is usually the cheapest option for shipping from the States.   Irish vat at 23% is charged on the declared value of the item plus shipping An Post charge a flat processing/clearance fee.

Couriers like DHL charge more but offer a faster service.  Customs Clearance fees have come down since the Revenue went over to electronic customs clearance DHls charges appear to be based on a minimum charge €10.00 or 2% of the vat if higher

[NorthWallDocker]

Informally, I'm happy to offer a bit of "looking help" and potentially postal shipping for someone seeking certain U.S. design models or books. 

I'm based near Chicago and we're fortunate to have two large hobby shops that specialize in railway models and kits, Des Plaines Hobbies and Chicagoland Hobby and Toy, as well as a monthly sellers' show for small unincorporated modellers who rent tables and sell in several large exhibition halls at the DuPage County Fairgrounds.  Both hobby shops have web sites, but Des Plaines Hobbies is more comprehensive.  Chicagoland Hobby offers a lot on eBay that can also be purchased cheaper, faster in person.  Slower, definitely, but possibly better savings.  Books and U.S. models here tend to be glutting the market from estates, so prices can sometimes be pennies on the dollar compared to online distributors.

In my own Irish railway interests, I've been fortunate to have much material help from gentlemen involved in this conversation.  I'm happy to keep a lookout to pay something forward.

Martin

[raymurph]

23 hours ago, connollystn said:

@raymurph - I bought a couple of new locomotives from the U.S.A., had to pay 112€ customs but still worked out 100€ cheaper than buying in Europe (Britain included). I've never bought off eBay so don't know what additional charges would be incurred when purchasing from them in the U.S.A. but you can be sure that they, like PayPay, will want their pound of flesh.

 

22 hours ago, Mayner said:

Prices for US stuff in the States tend to work out cheaper including customs charges because retail prices tend to be lower mainly due to the much larger size of the market and greater competition between retailers compared to EU, UK or other countries.  

Trainworld https://www.trainworld.com/ is one of the larger US retailers that exports World Wide

United States Postal Service (USPS) is usually the cheapest option for shipping from the States.   Irish vat at 23% is charged on the declared value of the item plus shipping An Post charge a flat processing/clearance fee.

Couriers like DHL charge more but offer a faster service.  Customs Clearance fees have come down since the Revenue went over to electronic customs clearance DHls charges appear to be based on a minimum charge €10.00 or 2% of the vat if higher

Thanks , buying from US retailers and associated customs charges was going to be my next question! I'm tempted by prices on Trainworld.

19 hours ago, NorthWallDocker said:

Informally, I'm happy to offer a bit of "looking help" and potentially postal shipping for someone seeking certain U.S. design models or books. 

I'm based near Chicago and we're fortunate to have two large hobby shops that specialize in railway models and kits, Des Plaines Hobbies and Chicagoland Hobby and Toy, as well as a monthly sellers' show for small unincorporated modellers who rent tables and sell in several large exhibition halls at the DuPage County Fairgrounds.  Both hobby shops have web sites, but Des Plaines Hobbies is more comprehensive.  Chicagoland Hobby offers a lot on eBay that can also be purchased cheaper, faster in person.  Slower, definitely, but possibly better savings.  Books and U.S. models here tend to be glutting the market from estates, so prices can sometimes be pennies on the dollar compared to online distributors.

In my own Irish railway interests, I've been fortunate to have much material help from gentlemen involved in this conversation.  I'm happy to keep a lookout to pay something forward.

Martin

Thanks Martin, I'll DM you and stop hijacking this thread

[DJ Dangerous]

The perfect base for anybody wishing to create a static model out of their retired SF A class loco:

https://www.ebay.es/itm/115378262965

Edited May 10, 2022 by DJ Dangerous

[WRENNEIRE]

Great idea

[DJ Dangerous]

4 minutes ago, WRENNEIRE said:

Great idea

Slightly OT, but you know that you can unscrew both wheelsets, awap them around, even "fake" having a second trailer?

 

[Sean]

https://www.ebay.ie/itm/265693852925?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=5282-175127-2357-0&ssspo=sqtpO07IQNe&sssrc=2349624&ssuid=jBYmkOuhTpK&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=FB

 

good man john paul

[WRENNEIRE]

And dont forget the €100 import tax & €37 postage!

[GSR 800]

5 hours ago, Sean said:

https://www.ebay.ie/itm/265693852925?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=5282-175127-2357-0&ssspo=sqtpO07IQNe&sssrc=2349624&ssuid=jBYmkOuhTpK&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=FB

 

good man john paul

the best part being he offers the other three together for only 40 euro more...

 

 

[Mike 84C]

Just had a look at the MM Jenny coach & thought HOW much? insane, if  people pay that sot of price we are headed into far more money than sense territory. In the same league as women's fashion in the Sunday supplements. Just my opinion.  

[WRENNEIRE]

We can open a thread on womens fashion if you would like Mike, we are a non judgemental group here
Looking for a pair of size 11 patent leather high heels if you ever come across any!  

[DJ Dangerous]

15 hours ago, Sean said:

https://www.ebay.ie/itm/265693852925

good man john paul

 

While we're on the subject of mental insanity, I'm doing a clearout and I have the following to go at €500 each:

Pudding bender, hardly used

Spotted paint, single coat

Glass hammer, smashing price

Chocolate doorknob, barely nibbled

Contact Annette if interested, Annette Curtain...

[murphaph]

Reasonable price for one of these, these days:

https://www.adverts.ie/toy-cars-trains-boats-planes/murphy-models-mm0071-071-class/26890316

[Noel]

2 hours ago, murphaph said:

Reasonable price for one of these, these days:

https://www.adverts.ie/toy-cars-trains-boats-planes/murphy-models-mm0071-071-class/26890316

Don't know why but they weren't particularly popular models in that livery. The prototype was no beauty in that livery and usually allowed to decay, compared to the current freight grey 071s.  I have one but never run it so it might get resprayed to freight grey or NIR 8112 livery as both of those seem rather unique.

[DJ Dangerous]

7 minutes ago, Noel said:

Don't know why but they weren't particularly popular models in that livery. The prototype was no beauty in that livery and usually allowed to decay, compared to the current freight grey 071s.  I have one but never run it so it might get resprayed to freight grey or NIR 8112 livery as both of those seem rather unique.

Not so sure about them not being popular models in this livery. They were just as hard to track down as any of the other 500-unit runs.

[Sean]

that livery didnt really last all that long in real life either though did it?

[Westcorkrailway]

1 hour ago, DJ Dangerous said:

Not so sure about them not being popular models in this livery. They were just as hard to track down as any of the other 500-unit runs.

 

the era the old 071 freight livery is  modelling isint as perused anymore. It’s somewhere near in-between just old enough to be too old for present Era modeling but not old enough to be nostalgic. 
 

mind you I think it’s the worst livery on the 071. But to each there own 

[murphaph]

I like it but it's too late for my chosen era. Wouldn't pay 280 for one either but the last one I saw on eBay went for closer to €350 and that was a UK seller so add on the charges.

[DJ Dangerous]

52 minutes ago, Westcorkrailway said:

 

the era the old 071 freight livery is  modelling isint as perused anymore. It’s somewhere near in-between just old enough to be too old for present Era modeling but not old enough to be nostalgic. 
 

mind you I think it’s the worst livery on the 071. But to each there own 

 

Don't confuse the model with the real-life era.

In the real world, painting an 071 in silver was as stupid as painting an A Class silver. The 071's were gorgeous in that livery, albeit very impractical and very short-lived.

When it comes to the 071 models, the black and silver (was it nicknamed the Engineer's livery or something?) sold out long before the IE livery, which in turn sold out long before the ST livery.

Nothing for anybody to get butthurt over, that's fact, not opinion.

Marks Models couldn't shift the IE livery 071's, while at the same time I had to scrape the dregs to get a silver and black one from DC Kits. Sold me a dud, but at least I got one, and I'll probably rope some poor sap like murphaph into fixing it for me one day.

And, the ST livery hung around well after the IE's had gone.

So, popularity of 071 liveries...

Freight grey and NIR were half-runs, I think, so it's hard to get a fair comparison. People bought them even though they were out of era, just to have. Nearly sure that Noel, who favours the BT era, has a freight grey 071.

That aside, IR won hands down, then silver and black, then IE, with ST trailing.

[Sean]

the 071 situation is absolutely depressing for anybody getting into the hobby again or for the first time.

 

Im sure the forthcoming IRM one is going to sell like hotcakes, eh?

[DJ Dangerous]

A few items that may be of interest...

The IRM Spoils have been for sale for months and months, so the seller may be willing to accept offers:

https://www.ebay.es/itm/354069986848

Wiggy at the Weekend (Is that Neil of WheelTappers?) offloading IRM Tara Mines Pack A, and has been selling off loads of Irish stuff lately:

https://www.ebay.es/itm/134120875989