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Post by dennym57 on Oct 5, 2022 7:12:26 GMT
I found an Army caboose for my Army consist on Ebay, but it's not going to happen because they want $145. For that kind of money it should jump out of the box oil itself and track itself.
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Post by dlagrua on Oct 5, 2022 11:30:12 GMT
All kinds of train items can be found on eBay at a variety of prices. Honest sellers have provided quite a few items for my layout but it seems that there are always scalpers and shill bidders that want to make quick money at the expense of the buyer. My policy has been set a budget and a target price. If the deal is right Ill buy but if not I walk. A caboose for $145 is laughable.
In my view model trains are toys and not necessary items. The hobby is expensive but you can achieve a great layout without spending a fortune
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Post by ptc on Oct 5, 2022 12:31:55 GMT
Always a buyers market by just saying NO.
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Post by guitarmike on Oct 5, 2022 15:20:16 GMT
I make a living buying and selling online. When I see something way over priced I will throw a low ball offer if they take offers.  As a seller there are times where you do not know what an item is worth, it is better to start out high and drop the price instead of listing something for $50 that was worth $300. Sometimes you can research til you turn blue in the face and not be able to figure out the value of an item. When I get low ball offers I either lower the price or raise the minimum accepted offer, I do not get mad. |
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Post by david1 on Oct 5, 2022 16:58:34 GMT
I just sold a 1990 scale hudson for $500.There were 8 others priced between $750 and $1700. Mine was Priced what it should be. Two guys sent me notes that I was hurting their sales. Price it correctly then!! I have no time for sellers who think they are sel!ing gold.Price it right and fairly. Btw I have been selling on eBay for the past 20+ years, I know all the scammers and how it is done.
Know what you are buying and the price it should be, do you homework. Don't like the price--pass it by.
Dave
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Post by ptc on Oct 5, 2022 17:08:06 GMT
Guitar Mike makes excellent points. As a consumer, get educated as much as you can as to the value of what i being offered. Then there i always the factor of how much you want an item and what you are willing to pay for it. Set your own personal limits.
Personally, I have had good experiences with eBay. I understand well the inventory being offered and only go after what I need/want to fill out my collection. Ridiculous prices will always be there, I just lass over them. And, as Mike suggests, never hurts to make an offer when permitted. It's worked for me.
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Post by redjimmy1955 on Oct 5, 2022 21:44:20 GMT
And there are also the "shills", who are friends of the seller. They will jack up the bidding a bit by bit.
Once saw a passenger car on da bay going for $750.00...I'm not kidding.
A few weeks later went to my 1st York and saw three at $75.00 EACH! YOWZAA!
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Post by ptc on Oct 6, 2022 13:51:45 GMT
Go into the eBay experience with your eyes wide open and you will be fine. Just got this beautiful Dodge for a great price.  |
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Post by stoshu on Oct 6, 2022 15:39:12 GMT
I remember looking at an MTH boxcab loco. It was $450, Eh,maybe it will drop, nothing I really had to have.
Then the pandemic hit. Now it's $899. and it's still sitting there. Go figure.
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Post by ptc on Oct 6, 2022 15:43:05 GMT
Bruce, kind of like some of the sellers at the Member Halls at the York Meet. Ridiculous prices and the stuff just sits there meet after meet. They are more into the moving business.  |
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As a seller there are times where you do not know what an item is worth, it is better to start out high and drop the price instead of listing something for $50 that was worth $300. Sometimes you can research til you turn blue in the face and not be able to figure out the value of an item. When I get low ball offers I either lower the price or raise the minimum accepted offer, I do not get mad.
