leslie10646 Posted September 5, 2023 Posted September 5, 2023 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 the book - it was Tony's latest). However, if you study their rates and are prepared to do some the work yourself - the cost just about halves. Perhaps this guy is a bit lazy re keeping the costs down to his customers? I had a look at the Addresspal thing, as Sean suggests, but note that you're still landed with not just the VAT but a charge for them telling you what you owe. Bearing in mind that it's all done by computer and no human hands touch it - it makes the average Company for Theft and Murder look reasonable in their dealings. I've deleted the expletives about the Little Englanders who took us out of the EU. 3 1 1 Quote
Noel Posted October 2, 2023 Posted October 2, 2023 (edited) Ever since Murphy Models announced re-runs of refreshed baby GMs, there seems a good supply of second hand original MM/Bachmann 141/181s for sale these days on eBay and FaceBook at sensible prices compared to the ebay Rip offs up to last year. Is this Lima junk heap for real: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/126084988109?hash=item1d5b403ccd:g:cLsAAOSwK2hk-1q5&amdata=enc%3AAQAIAAAA4H7A9PqdHeNNp42Rvalq8lyE1%2B%2BkmzoGDDUbqHqfsGs0CHt6hVrgc7WqpPNeZBZTeGiTey%2B7NInF3XFcAiXp5JPDc2SUWwOh3ZDVxAuhx7NqV7EdizUq6whhH6Geb8256j0oiU5D2K%2BcOniw6xqabi2ZhXn6RFmOIpdYyV%2Bh%2FeYXQlQ8xZRRRlO2GM0ciwlgrHm6MkaDCdnWG5%2BK9qp3UcBAjTLGXWSzF4zm8%2BzTn7pzu4qjCB5Pr5EjkHAmq8OzL2acaAyLcIukb0TSTY3Tc3jVYcUUeilB9rP%2BcQshzuov|tkp%3ABk9SR6KYoZ7eYg I've two of those hideous Lime class 33s painted orange pretending to be A classes in the attic for decades and don't think they are worth much more than a door stop nor a paper weight, perhaps static scrap line scenery on a layout. Pure junk, how this clown thinks there are worth €40 0+ is beyond belief. They don't look remotely like an A class even at 20ft. Edited October 2, 2023 by Noel typo 3 1 Quote
NIRCLASS80 Posted October 8, 2023 Posted October 8, 2023 I have one or two Irish models listed on eBay at present https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/145352835891?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=k083e4gyS6W&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=k083e4gyS6W&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/145352822107?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=k083e4gyS6W&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=k083e4gyS6W&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/145352807747?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=k083e4gyS6W&sssrc=2051273&ssuid=k083e4gyS6W&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY 1 1 Quote
Sean Posted October 8, 2023 Posted October 8, 2023 A great addition to the upcoming RPSI set for generator car duties, Picked one up around a month ago for that reason. Quote
Broithe Posted October 23, 2023 Posted October 23, 2023 On 12/5/2023 at 10:11 AM, Broithe said: Does your domestic supervisor need a new coat? Get her a Ballybrophy coat. Ideal for going to exhibitions and trudging round model shops behind you. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/334866370054 Only £160 - but, if you watch it for a few days, you'll get an offer of £120. Is she worth that..? Lads, lads! Christmas is coming and this Ballybrophy coat is back on and currently at a mere £6:50. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/276107719505 She has to be worth that, and it'll do for her birthday, as well. 2 Quote
amdaley Posted November 3, 2023 Posted November 3, 2023 https://www.ebay.ie/itm/204525645508?mkevt=1&mkpid=0&emsid=e11021.m43.l3160&mkcid=7&ch=osgood&euid=192c070da6eb4f4a97a46bd75edd1b5a&bu=43423650622&ut=RU&osub=-1~1&crd=20231103044844&segname=11021 1 Quote
DJ Dangerous Posted November 4, 2023 Posted November 4, 2023 On 3/11/2023 at 11:55 AM, amdaley said: https://www.ebay.ie/itm/204525645508?mkevt=1&mkpid=0&emsid=e11021.m43.l3160&mkcid=7&ch=osgood&euid=192c070da6eb4f4a97a46bd75edd1b5a&bu=43423650622&ut=RU&osub=-1~1&crd=20231103044844&segname=11021 Always worth keeping an eye on the Silver Fox eBay page. Aside from those GNR coaches, they also have Dutch vans, and we'll all need Dutch vans for our IRM Mk2B/C packs next year! Lots of Jouef Mk3's, too, and lots of spares. Silver Fox: https://www.ebay.es/sch/i.html?_ssn=skmodeller&store_name=silverfoxmodels Even though this guy here is a gouger, he does list some Irish things that are worth looking at, if not buying, although his descriptions tend to be rather creative: https://www.ebay.es/sch/i.html?sid=debjogilly 1 Quote
DJ Dangerous Posted November 5, 2023 Posted November 5, 2023 Two MM1508 Cravens buffet cars, €80 and €87: https://www.ebay.es/itm/305249219291 https://www.ebay.es/itm/126146133380 Murphy Models 071 Class no. 086 ending in about three hours, current bid €170, think that this seller is the same one who got almost €600 for an 071 a few months back: https://www.ebay.es/itm/155858855284 Quote
Rob Posted November 5, 2023 Posted November 5, 2023 Decent enough prices for the Cravens Buffet if you are in the market 1 Quote
DJ Dangerous Posted November 5, 2023 Posted November 5, 2023 (edited) A few more eBay bits worth checking out: Murphy Models / Bachmann Mk2A twinpack in IE livery. I think that the running numbers in pack 4110 are 4102 and 4110, €168: https://www.ebay.es/itm/126146814749 Murphy Models Mk2D coach number 5152, a composite, for €65: https://www.ebay.es/itm/296019678646 Hornby Mk4 coaches repainted into IE livery, 5 coaches available at €67 each: https://www.ebay.es/itm/185939095149 Hornby Mk4 coaches repainted into Enterprise livery, 3 coaches available at €65 each: https://www.ebay.es/itm/186009951626 Murphy Models / Bachmann RPSI coaches, quite a few available: https://www.ebay.es/itm/126146078089 https://www.ebay.es/itm/325873237049 https://www.ebay.es/itm/325873237054 https://www.ebay.es/itm/325873237055 https://www.ebay.es/itm/126168292746 https://www.ebay.es/itm/126168291237 Edited November 5, 2023 by DJ Dangerous Oops, forgot the reference screenshots! Quote
gph2000 Posted November 5, 2023 Posted November 5, 2023 Someone got #131 for a good price last night. I was very tempted, but the budget needs deployment in other areas right now 1 Quote
Gabhal Luimnigh Posted November 5, 2023 Posted November 5, 2023 14 minutes ago, gph2000 said: Someone got #131 for a good price last night. I was very tempted, but the budget needs deployment in other areas right now Works out at €247 after postage and charges, not such a good price after that I reckon. 1 Quote
DJ Dangerous Posted November 5, 2023 Posted November 5, 2023 12 minutes ago, Gabhal Luimnigh said: Works out at €247 after postage and charges, not such a good price after that I reckon. Jaysus! Was just gonna say that you'd have to add on a bit so it wouldn't be €173 in the end, but I hadn't realised just how much. That's scandallous, as bad as buying stuff down here from outside the islands. Better checking with @WRENNEIRE / Marks Models / Brian Collins / RB Models! Nearly sure that "Irish Bloke 77" had some for sale at €190 each on Adverts.ie recently. 1 Quote
gph2000 Posted November 5, 2023 Posted November 5, 2023 Never trust ebay charges. Better off with AddressPal for more reasonable import and postage. 1 Quote
DJ Dangerous Posted November 7, 2023 Posted November 7, 2023 Jotus / Resin Specialist RS-76661 Dublin Bus D376 Atlantean for €300, may interest @DiveController, @skinner75 or @Branno: https://www.ebay.es/itm/394982281178 Murphy Models Cravens coach no. 1521, our very own @burnthebox selling it off for €85: https://www.ebay.es/itm/285547518005 Murphy Models 141 Class no. 146 in IE livery, €140, zero bids, auction ends in 6 days, @declan64 sounds familiar, too: https://www.ebay.es/itm/335107188026 This seller has lots of Irish stuff listed these past few months, including NIR no. 111 and the Bachmann IE DMU set, prices are a bit high, but you might find that gem that you're after: https://www.ebay.es/itm/364465410490 Irish Railway Models A Class A55 for €403, seller doesn't sound like they know anything about the model: https://www.ebay.es/itm/325876429739 Happy spending! 1 1 Quote
DJ Dangerous Posted November 7, 2023 Posted November 7, 2023 Looks like somebody wiped their a*se with this 201, but it could be a gem underneath all that poop for somebody: https://www.ebay.es/itm/155855996894 Quote
Dempsey Posted November 7, 2023 Posted November 7, 2023 I was tempted too as a challenge haha 1 Quote
DJ Dangerous Posted November 7, 2023 Posted November 7, 2023 1 hour ago, Dempsey said: I was tempted too as a challenge haha Sold for €115 in the end. Quote
Colin R Posted November 11, 2023 Posted November 11, 2023 How about these:- eBay item number:126146077005 eBay item number:126168296950 eBay item number:126168295602 eBay item number:126146078089 eBay item number:126168296393 I am nmot selling any of them but came across them in another eBay search Quote
declan64 Posted November 21, 2023 Posted November 21, 2023 This has to be a record. £645 incl. P&P for an MM Class 071 https://www.ebay.ie/itm/126196420369?mkevt=1&mkpid=0&emsid=e11021.m43.l3160&mkcid=7&ch=osgood&euid=2a6b5cbcf7684ae8b325f07609a16397&bu=43113670129&ut=RU&osub=-1~1&crd=20231121043706&segname=11021 1 1 Quote
Westcorkrailway Posted November 21, 2023 Posted November 21, 2023 51 minutes ago, declan64 said: This has to be a record. £645 incl. P&P for an MM Class 071 https://www.ebay.ie/itm/126196420369?mkevt=1&mkpid=0&emsid=e11021.m43.l3160&mkcid=7&ch=osgood&euid=2a6b5cbcf7684ae8b325f07609a16397&bu=43113670129&ut=RU&osub=-1~1&crd=20231121043706&segname=11021 3/4s of a grand for a locomotive that could be re-released for a third of the price… 2 Quote
Gabhal Luimnigh Posted November 21, 2023 Posted November 21, 2023 That's hilarious, a county Down man too Quote
amdaley Posted November 21, 2023 Posted November 21, 2023 Sounds like a fellow whose wife told him to sell off some of his models as she needs a new sofa. "I tried hun but no one would buy them" I wish him luck, lots of it because at that price he's going to need it. 2 Quote
skinner75 Posted November 21, 2023 Posted November 21, 2023 (edited) At the same time, there's a guy in Germany selling stuff at fairly reasonable prices, plus postage is low and there is no chance of getting hit with the 'Brexit bonus' either! https://www.ebay.ie/sch/i.html?item=364564898642&rt=nc&_trksid=p4429486.m3561.l2562&_ssn=magr216967 Edited November 21, 2023 by skinner75 1 Quote
DJ Dangerous Posted December 19, 2023 Posted December 19, 2023 On 21/11/2023 at 1:02 PM, Westcorkrailway said: 3/4s of a grand for a locomotive that could be re-released for a third of the price… Maybe that "could" is shifting towards "will" if the Blackrock rumours are true. Think it was @DonderBlitzen and his fellow reindeer who said that Paddy was running more 071's in both NIR blue and freight grey. On 21/11/2023 at 3:26 PM, skinner75 said: At the same time, there's a guy in Germany selling stuff at fairly reasonable prices, plus postage is low and there is no chance of getting hit with the 'Brexit bonus' either! https://www.ebay.ie/sch/i.html?item=364564898642&rt=nc&_trksid=p4429486.m3561.l2562&_ssn=magr216967 Wouldn't exactly say "reasonable" but would say he may be able to fill holes in collections for a premium. He had an 8113 the other day but it was a little out of my price range, €400 plus postage! A few bits and bobs on eBay today - not posting reference screenshots as there are quite a few. Murphy Models 8113 for €610 EURO, presumably UK based so slap on a bit more: https://www.ebay.es/itm/386451860832 Murphy Models grey 7078 for €575 EURO, same seller (https://www.ebay.es/usr/trainsa-67) : https://www.ebay.es/itm/386451824615 Same seller has a few Irish bits and pieces but usually roughly twice the price - like these fertilizer pallets: https://www.ebay.es/itm/386302457299 Oxford Diecast Tinnelly truck for €33 EURO: https://www.ebay.es/itm/204585158436 Another Oxford Diecast Tinnelly truck for €29 EURO: https://www.ebay.es/itm/145337542272 Oxford Diecast Mulgrew truck, love these, but not for €57 EURO: https://www.ebay.es/itm/204585158443 Oxford Diecast Sanderson European Distribution truck for €49 EURO: https://www.ebay.es/itm/204585158435 Corgi Commission by @Brian Collins Enterprises, Dublin Bus Wright Eclipse Gemini for €175 EURO: https://www.ebay.es/itm/364635392109 Corgi Bus Eireann Wright Eclipse Gemini for €175 EURO: https://www.ebay.es/itm/266475880022 Corgi Bus Eireann Van Hool for €14 EURO: https://www.ebay.es/itm/395043766866 EFE Bus Eireann Bedford TK truck for €21 EURO: https://www.ebay.es/itm/235337911951 Set of five Irish livery vans (would love that Tayto one for myself!) for €42 EURO: https://www.ebay.es/itm/256346545883 Corgi Scammell Scarab in CIE green for €8 EURO: https://www.ebay.es/itm/126242020953 Same again but bundled with a yellow BR one for €15 EURO: https://www.ebay.es/itm/256200076878 Four of the above in CIE orange, €8, €8, €9 and €16: https://www.ebay.es/itm/266423049148 https://www.ebay.es/itm/203221859120 https://www.ebay.es/itm/225922129166 https://www.ebay.es/itm/155647119574 Plain green Leyland box body truck for €7 EURO: https://www.ebay.es/itm/204492581392 Same seller has a few nice bits and pieces: https://www.ebay.es/usr/phoelly12 Plain green Leyland Comet, ideal for @Patrick Davey to stick transfers onto, for €8 EURO: https://www.ebay.es/itm/296024818716 Same seller has literally hundreds of nice vehicles: https://www.ebay.es/str/felindrediecast Happy spending!!! 2 Quote
Westcorkrailway Posted December 19, 2023 Posted December 19, 2023 I bought one of the cantainer lorries. £6.99 really does climb! 1 Quote
Broithe Posted January 10 Posted January 10 On 5/2/2023 at 5:10 PM, Broithe said: A point to bear in mind, possibly - I've been 'watching' an item (not model or railway related) that I might get around to obtaining at some point. It was a 'Buy It Now' for £27:89. He's down to the last few and has nudged the price up to £127:89, possibly in the hope that the last few are snapped up by people who might not notice the 1..? A year later, this item is at £126:95 - this being 29% down from the £179:95 that it spent the last six months at. According to the 'Number Sold', not one has been sold since it was £27:89*. 872 are 'watching it', probably for the same reason as I am... * I didn't buy one, even at £27:89, because I thought twelve quid would be about right and I got a very similar one for that. 2 Quote
skinner75 Posted January 12 Posted January 12 I've a couple of 071 I have double of, along with several Baby GMs that I should let go of - put towards the new batch of MM 141/181 2 Quote
MOGUL Posted January 12 Posted January 12 7 minutes ago, skinner75 said: I've a couple of 071 I have double of, along with several Baby GMs that I should let go of - put towards the new batch of MM 141/181 You can’t say things like that and no elaborate! any sniff of 071s sets tongues wagging these days 1 Quote
skinner75 Posted January 12 Posted January 12 I have a double of MM0077 & MM0085. Baby GM doubles I have are: MM0177 IE weathered MM0183 IR weathered MM0143 IR MM0171 IE MM0156 IR MM0181 B181 Black MM0188 B188 Black MM0190 MM0192 MM0187 MM0146 MM0141 MM0165 MM0184 1 1 1 Quote
Gabhal Luimnigh Posted January 12 Posted January 12 41 minutes ago, skinner75 said: I have a double of MM0077 & MM0085. Baby GM doubles I have are: MM0177 IE weathered MM0183 IR weathered MM0143 IR MM0171 IE MM0156 IR MM0181 B181 Black MM0188 B188 Black MM0190 MM0192 MM0187 MM0146 MM0141 MM0165 MM0184 For sale or for drooling? 1 Quote
skinner75 Posted January 12 Posted January 12 Just now, Gabhal Luimnigh said: For sale or for drooling? For sale - just in case anyone here missed the first run of Paddy's most excellent Baby GMs, I'd like to give members here the chance to grab any they missed / were searching for 2 1 Quote
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