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Post by ptc on Jun 13, 2020 21:05:09 GMT
How many times have we been at a train show or shopped on-line and saw an item that we really liked. We said to ourselves, let me think about it before I pull the trigger. We then talk ourselves into buying the item and go back to complete the sale. GONE. That's a wake up call for sure, but we are included to repeat this mistake. I guess human nature.
This happened to me recently (and before, probably more times that I would like to forget). A friend was offering for sale a really neat item and I wrote to him telling him I was thinking about buying this item. I contacted him the next day to buy it, and you guessed it, GONE. As it turns out, it was a very limited edition item and very hard to find. Sure, that made me feel better.
So, buy it when you see it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Post by JKP on Jun 13, 2020 21:10:11 GMT
Happened to me at the last train show in Syracuse I went to, I didn't want to carry the rolling stock around with me or go back to the car with it, had just got there, went back a short time later and it was gone...  |
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Post by dennym57 on Jun 13, 2020 21:41:01 GMT
That's happened to me as well at York. I walk away thinking I'll look around and when I go back to the table it's gone. The way I see it, if you were meant to have it would have still been there.
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Post by Adam on Jun 13, 2020 21:43:36 GMT
Yep, has happened to me and not just with trains.
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Post by RLM on Jun 13, 2020 21:45:04 GMT
That's happened with trains and records.
and I guess will still happening because we are human and love to think you will find something better.
AG.
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Post by thebigcrabcake on Jun 13, 2020 22:41:13 GMT
That happens to me at York almost every time. Usually with something I see in the first hour but don’t buy because I want to look around first. When I come back it’s gone.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 13, 2020 22:48:40 GMT
That's happened to me too many times in the past as well. Now, if I find something I know that fits the bill, I buy it. Sometimes two of them because it seems that things I like or need don't hang around too long anymore!
Gary.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 14, 2020 0:48:29 GMT
It has happened to me a few times. Had it happen at York,eBay,sale sites,etc.
Being the procrastinator I am I can see it happening over and over!
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Post by Deleted on Jun 14, 2020 2:30:01 GMT
To many times to remember
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Post by nycgeorge on Jun 14, 2020 2:41:15 GMT
Also too many times -
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Post by Adam on Jun 14, 2020 11:01:20 GMT
This actually happened to me last week. I have been contemplating either a 4-4-0 (General style) or a 4-6-0 (ten wheeler) MTH Railking locomotive from Trainworld. I had the 4-4-0 sitting in the shopping basket and something was holding me back. With the announcement I decided to just do it.
So, I went and he engine was gone, sold out. Others must be thinking the same way, buy them before they are gone. Luckily the ten wheel was still available and I grabbed it. Glad I did, its a wonderful engine. Received it yesterday. I will make a video to add the the weekly Whistle Stop thread.
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Post by dennisb on Jun 14, 2020 12:07:55 GMT
Yup! Been there.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 14, 2020 12:08:01 GMT
Well Done Adam!! That is a nice loco! I just looked it up. What road name did you get?
Gary.
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Post by ptc on Jun 14, 2020 12:17:49 GMT
There will be a happy ending to my latest you snooze you loose story. It probably will be a long time before I find this item again, so that does not sit well with me. I grabbed the same item in a different color at a terrific price (not the limited edition version) and it is now being pointed to match what I want.
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Post by laz57 on Jun 14, 2020 12:25:45 GMT
Also just happened to me this week. Wanted a DAP engine that I pondered to get and when I put an offer in ... you guessed it, it was GONE. Came up sold as I was to hit the offer button. Oh well wasn’t meant to be. Hunt goes on.
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