Quote from: class8mikado on July 20, 2026, 09:35:20 AMHave noticed that some of the pricing on ebay is optimistic, from one point the starting price and the selling price grow wider apart and some sellers still think putting £ 5 post on a £10 wagon isnt going to put people off...

But if it is a wagon you need you have the choice of paying the postage, which at £5 is realistic, or visit a model shop to buy it if they even have it in stock. If I were to do that it would cost over £10 in petrol and my time.

The £1 charge from PayPal on an eBay purchase or linked card is a temporary verification fee used to confirm the card is valid. You can check your PayPal account to confirm that the payment has been refunded. I get the same treatment from Rails too.

With eBay's Simple Postage now the seller often isn't specifying the actual cost. Buying one small item will often be inefficient, just how it is.

No spurious PayPal charges for me!

And I'll get me coat 

Quote from: class8mikado on July 20, 2026, 09:35:20 AMHave noticed that some of the pricing on ebay is optimistic, from one point the starting price and the selling price grow wider apart and some sellers still think putting £ 5 post on a £10 wagon isnt going to put people off...

Cost of postage plus packing.  It does make buying one cheap wagon uneconomical perhaps, but you just factor the P&P into what you're willing to pay. Maybe make an offer, or just walk way and leave it to somebody else.

QuoteOn a technical note  i seam to be being debited an extra £ 1 every time i use paypal ? is that the case now  ?

Nope, not seen that ever.  You haven't set up some sort of charity donation have you?

Quote from: Bealman on July 20, 2026, 12:19:34 PMYou need a passport to go to Scotland? I've never heard of anything so ridiculous!

You don't. Not yet anyway although the Scots are working on it  and hopefully Wales too one day 

The problem is that airlines should accept other documents for internal flights but that requires training their minimum wage staff so they often don't bother. There are other options but the photo ID has to be government issued.

I just get the train.

That's the problem with Hadrian's Wall. I was never fit enough to climb up onto it.

    

Quote from: Bealman on July 20, 2026, 12:19:34 PMYou need a passport to go to Scotland? I've never heard so ridiculous!

George ... you must have been stopped at the customs posts located at the gates in the Milecastles on The Wall. The ones where the  procuratores collect the customs duty. Probably also need to make sure your vaccines are up to date for travel over the border - especially if on checking your papers they realise you hail from Sunderland...

Quote from: class8mikado on July 20, 2026, 09:35:20 AMsome sellers still think putting £ 5 post on a £10 wagon isn't going to put people off...

2-4 day delivery with Evri for a small parcel is £2.62. £3.65 for tracked 48 from Royal Mail. Add in cost of packaging and £5 postage soon gets eaten up - quite reasonable in my opinion.