Hi all

After all the vitriol and hot air about Antique Toys, and their eBay prices, over the years I have just bought, well rescued really, from them. I have noted before they have three of my 1990s kit builds for sale, a Shredded Jinty (£74.95) and a TPM Class 31 (with very warped body - £124.95) and a CJM Class 73 at £174.95. The latter was at one time on for around £250, which to me was bonkers.

However, looking at, and feeling the weight (or distinct lack of it) in my latest Dapol/Gaugemaster JA I did wonder if it might be nice to bring the CJM version back into the fold. If I bang my own drum a little I didn't too bad a job when building it, and it ran very reliably on Lynford Junction at many shows (on diesel power of course....). After a few attempts to engage in discussion with AT about a lower bid, with no response, I just bit the bullet and thought "how much would I pay for a CJM loco today?". I offered them £150, and the next minute there was an accepted offer note from eBay. Clearly I'd hit the sweet spot, but it would have been nice to know earlier what thye would accept. It arrived today and runs just as well as it did back then, and compared to the Dapol version it weights a ton!

Here they are for comparison. Colours are a bit different, but I rather like them both



I'm happy, which is the main thing, and tthis automatically becomes the oldest thing in my collection - no quite SPAM though.....

Dave

Quote from: ntpntpntp on Yesterday at 11:26:00 AMPrices seem fair, though at first the listing for the 6 hopper wagons confused me as I read it as all six as one lot (you did clarify in the details).  Probably better NOT to have mentioned QTY-6 in the title as that makes it seem like a joblot.  Buyers will see the quantity available box.

 Many thanks Nick, nice to know my pricing seems fair.

Title duly changed. I have also changed the Main photo to show just one wagon.
They are seeing a lot of views so I'm hopeful.

 

It's just one of those things that surely you accept you need to trade off from living 12,000 miles away? I recently tried to order some bits from some US shops I've used multiple times, but two have stopped shipping to the UK and one has made it prohibitively expensive, so I didn't buy them. I didn't keep forcing the issue.

I do understand the frustration, but I also understand Dapol's position.

Yes, agreed! I confess I nearly bought them when I thought it was 6 for £24, on the basis that I'd find a use for them!

Prices seem fair, though at first the listing for the 6 hopper wagons confused me as I read it as all six as one lot (you did clarify in the details).   Probably better NOT to have mentioned QTY-6 in the title as that makes it seem like a joblot.  Buyers will see the quantity available box.

Thanks for your comments @njee20 , much appreciated.

I shall look closer at selling outside UK on eBay and maybe try a few experiments.

Not on Facebook and Sheila and I prefer the simplicity of eBay's 'Simple Delivery' system with its g'tees and low prices on postage etc.

Fingers crossed, but sadly our PHP version is very out of date, due to compatibility of the modifications.  With a lack of sponsors, I just haven't been able to go ahead with that sort of maintenance.  I will approach someone to see what can be done, and hopefully they can also fix the Alerts issue.

Scary that so many websites are going down around the world. 

The biggest issue you will have is that N gauge in the Uk is a small marker. Continental N within the UK is even smaller. If you want a quick sale then you may struggle, but that isn't necessarily indicative of your pricing being wrong. The eBay global seller program is very low hassle - you just post things to an address in the Midlands and they handle onward distribution (which my phone just autocorrected to "onward destruction" - perhaps prophetically!), so opening it up to foreign buyers needn't be a pain. I'm led to believe the postage fees buyers see aren't overly compelling, but you may get a few sales. I've had 20 or so over the years and never had a problem.

Are you on Facebook? The N'Porium classified page is many times more active than here; with the added advantage that you're putting stuff straight into people's consciousness, without them needing to go looking in the first place.

Quote from: Steven B on Yesterday at 09:13:05 AMeBay link to Daffy's eBay account, rather than trying to search for it:
https://www.ebay.co.uk/usr/sheeps833

Many thanks for that Steven.

This selling N gauge thing is a headache for me at the best of times, which is one of the reasons I'm only selling to UK residents. So any help like this is appreciated.

On another tack...

At the moment the items I've listed are a bit of an experiment as far as prices are concerned. I do my best to look at values and condition - so far all are perfect and NIB - but gauging (N-gauging? )the market has me struggling with my divining rod!

Aussie's fault again. I know, I'm married to one