Kit built on e bay

[BramptonBranch]

Hi All

There seem to be a large amount of kit built locos from the same seller on eBay, however they seem to be re-listed frequently any thoughts if Im tempted to buy?

Cheers
Andy

[talisman56]

In a word... don't. Some of these have doubtful provenance, especially from a trader called antiquetoys. They're probably Poole Farish, not kits built by CJM, and certainly not worth the prices being asked for them.

When you have a few more posts to your name, you will be able to access the extended portion of the site, which includes a topic headed 'eBay madness', in which all these offers are highlighted and debated at length...

[davidinyork]

In a word... don't. Some of these have doubtful provenance, especially from a trader called antiquetoys. They're probably Poole Farish, not kits built by CJM, and certainly not worth the prices being asked for them.

When you have a few more posts to your name, you will be able to access the extended portion of the site, which includes a topic headed 'eBay madness', in which all these offers are highlighted and debated at length...

You have to wonder why antiquetoys (and gostude, although he sells OO gauge) continue to list things at these sorts of prices - they clearly don't sell as they remain month on month!

[silly moo]

Although some of them are kit built there are others that have just been renumbered or repainted still at the same ridiculous prices. Talisman is right, a lot of them are older models and will not be good runners, they won't be DCC ready either.

It is were me I would rather put my money into new DCC ready locos with guarantees.

[BramptonBranch]

Thanks guys pretty much what I thought.
Will give it miss!

[scruff]

Even CJM have a warning on their website about these.

Cheers
Mark

[Southerngooner]

Interestingly I found Antique Toys has acquired an old Shredded Jinty that I made in the 90's following Andy Calvert's article in the NGS Journal. I sold it for £50 back in 2006 when I sold off all my old stuff, as even the interim Farish Jinty looked much better. While i put a lot of work into it, and it ran well, it is not worth the £124.50 they have it up for on ebay. They also didn't reply when I told him via ebay how I had made it, and that it was not "professionally made", "probably by N Gauge Lines" . Ho hum, he'll be stuck with that for a long time methinks.....

[davidinyork]

Ho hum, he'll be stuck with that for a long time methinks.....

That doesn't seem to bother him, given how long some of his overpriced offerings have been listed on ebay month after month!

[railsquid]

Aha, this would be the infamous Ebay seller whose keyboard has the strange habit of substituting 'k' for 'sh' when the following letters are 'it'.

[Skyline2uk]

Interestingly I found Antique Toys has acquired an old Shredded Jinty that I made in the 90's following Andy Calvert's article in the NGS Journal. I sold it for £50 back in 2006 when I sold off all my old stuff, as even the interim Farish Jinty looked much better. While i put a lot of work into it, and it ran well, it is not worth the £124.50 they have it up for on ebay. They also didn't reply when I told him via ebay how I had made it, and that it was not "professionally made", "probably by N Gauge Lines" . Ho hum, he'll be stuck with that for a long time methinks.....

Oh how glorious, I had hoped something like this would happen. The seller in question being informed EXACTLY what the model is and where it came from!

Nice.

Is the question you asked public?

Skyline2uk

[dannyboy]

How about contacting ebay and letting them know that the seller has been informed as to the provenance of the model and, if he does not change the description, he is deliberately wrongfully describing the item 

[Railwaygun]

If it's this one

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/GRAHAM-FARISH-KIT-BUILT-BR-0-6-0-CLASS-3F-JINTY-LOCO-47557-SUPERDETAILED-mz-/111232092426?hash=item19e5f3090a:g:2u0AAOxyXDhSn3Cr

It's now described thus:

GRAHAM FARISH KIT BUILT BR 0-6-0 CLASS 3F JINTY LOCO 47557 SUPERDETAILED mz

[Southerngooner]

Yep, that's the one. I dd post a message telling him exactly what he had when it was listed a year or two back but if it gets relisted then I suppose that message disappears. I can't be a**ed to do it every time it is listed! I have photos of the loco taken before I sold it so I am absolutely sure it is mine!

[Portpatrick]

I have long noticed and occasionally look at this seller.  Almost tempted once by a kit built N2 which was almost reasonably priced.  It did sell eventually.  The other one at double the price hung on, and I would not be surprised if it was still there!!  If the crowd funded one gets off the ground I will have that.

But there is typically a right mix of kit built (Langley, Marsh D&M/BHE and others), and also some superdetailed RTR.  And I too have noticed there can be a lack of appreciation of what they actually have.  As others have noted most will be running on older Poole based chassis.  In itself I would not rule those out - I still have a few and they run well enough, not too badly short of the modern versions.  But you may need to be ready to do some work on them.  Which at the prices charged I would not be happy about.  At their prices I would expect a loco to be fully serviced and tested, with worn brushes etc renewed.

So I keep off them.  Good luck to those who buy.

[koyli55002]

It always amuses (and amazes) me how many shops, as well as websites, think that the word "antique" in their trading name automatically qualifies them to "hyper-inflate" their asking prices !