Hattons Pre-Owned Valuations

Bob G · June 24, 2022, 05:24:17 PM

I did wonder whether this should be in the Joke of the day section, but some people might think this is a good fixer-upper...

Hattons say:
Dapol 2D-001-008-PO02 N Gauge
Class 33/0 D6561 in BR Green with full yellow ends - Pre-owned - Sold as seen - Very good box
DCC Ready. 18-pin socket
£93

I say: Hmmm. Where is the motor, chassis and electronics that makes this DCC ready? There are not even enough bits to make a dummy, as the bogies would need to have a new chassis block to clip in to.

Am I right to bring this to everyone's attention, or should it be moved to joke of the day, at £93? Perhaps this thread could become as exciting as the much missed EBay madness thread.

Bob

ntpntpntp · June 24, 2022, 05:37:06 PM

I'm prepared to accept everyone makes a male-chicken-up occasionally, maybe they meant to enter £9.30? Sometimes is worth pointing it out to them.

Bob G · June 24, 2022, 05:57:13 PM

Hattons use EBay as a marker for their prices a lot. I used to buy second hand items from them but they are more and more reflecting EBay market driven prices.
I think they might laugh at £9.30. We shall see...

Ditape · June 24, 2022, 06:08:50 PM

This is normal for Hattons they also have class 42 split from a set a nonrunner but with a good box for £80 LOL.

Dr Al · June 24, 2022, 07:58:34 PM

They had a class 20 body for £55 the other day...no mechanicals at all.

But then, it only takes one sucker to buy it and they get success - and I guess if the sucker is happy....then everyone is.

The rest of us will mosey on by.

Cheers,
Alan

bluedepot · June 24, 2022, 08:16:31 PM

yeh some of the prices are mad

Bingley Hall · June 25, 2022, 03:15:49 AM

Quote from: Dr Al on June 24, 2022, 07:58:34 PM
They had a class 20 body for £55 the other day...no mechanicals at all.

But then, it only takes one sucker to buy it and they get success - and I guess if the sucker is happy....then everyone is.

The rest of us will mosey on by.

Cheers,
Alan

They had two very similar 20 class bodies (different numbers) on the same day for £20.

Were those for £20 errors, or was the one for £55? Who knows?

It works both ways - I've snagged quite a few bargains on their site where the price has been much lower than the going rate.

However, we haven't had a good old Hattons lynch mob thread for quite a while, and I wouldn't want to rain on the parade

Bigmac · June 25, 2022, 08:51:12 AM

Quote from: Bob G on June 24, 2022, 05:24:17 PM
I did wonder whether this should be in the Joke of the day section, but some people might think this is a good fixer-upper...

Hattons say:
Dapol 2D-001-008-PO02 N Gauge
Class 33/0 D6561 in BR Green with full yellow ends - Pre-owned - Sold as seen - Very good box
DCC Ready. 18-pin socket
£93

I say: Hmmm. Where is the motor, chassis and electronics that makes this DCC ready? There are not even enough bits to make a dummy, as the bogies would need to have a new chassis block to clip in to.

Am I right to bring this to everyone's attention, or should it be moved to joke of the day, at £93? Perhaps this thread could become as exciting as the much missed EBay madness thread.

Bob

the much missed EBay madness thread.

indeed so.

kesdrive · June 25, 2022, 11:21:46 AM

Hatton's often have a lot of 'tat' for ridiculous prices. Usually they have 'excellent box'.
That's ok then!

Used to check regularly but have yet to be tempted.

Chris

paulbeckwith · June 25, 2022, 12:39:24 PM

you always need a good box ... even if its for the tat to go in

paul

bluedepot · June 25, 2022, 02:49:19 PM

very occasionally you get something that is a reasonable price... and even rarer a bargain...

but rails ebay second hand stuff is expensive too...but less spectacularly outrageous prices...

tim

Catsick · June 25, 2022, 07:40:47 PM

They probably bought it for a fiver lol

PLD · June 26, 2022, 12:04:37 AM

Quote from: Bigmac on June 25, 2022, 08:51:12 AM
the much missed EBay madness thread.

indeed so.

yup - shame it got high-jacked by one or two individuals with an unhealthy infatuation over (what they considered to be) high prices; but it got so corrupted from its original theme as a result that it had probably run it's course and reached the point it was right to kill it off...

Bigmac · June 26, 2022, 10:40:51 AM

Quote from: PLD on June 26, 2022, 12:04:37 AM
Quote from: Bigmac on June 25, 2022, 08:51:12 AM
the much missed EBay madness thread.

indeed so.
yup - shame it got high-jacked by one or two individuals with an unhealthy infatuation over (what they considered to be) high prices; but it got so corrupted from its original theme as a result that it had probably run it's course and reached the point it was right to kill it off...

You cant mean it?

Kaput · June 26, 2022, 02:06:17 PM

Half the issue with Hatton's pre-owned listings is that a chunk of the product description is just the standard description of a new item with that product code, hence the DCC Ready, Next18 socket line.

They really need to actually use more manually entered information for pre-owned, must cost them a fortune in returns when things need returned because the listing failed to mention half the problems.