Gargraves two rail flex track, how much demand is there?

[vsmith]

Hi folks I got hold of a dozen 3' long pieces of this flex track, it's the less desirable two rail O gauge track and am thinking to sell it on Fleabay. Any ideas what it's worth?. Wanting a realistic price that will move it as a Lot. Thanks 

[Sturgeon-Phish]

Is it "S" gauge?

[rtraincollector]

the best way is goto ebay look up O scale then put in 2 rail Gargraves in the search then hit advance and then hit complete or sold to get an idea

[cwburfle]

IMHO, the problem with selling anything though the "mail", and EBay are the overhead costs.
Just this past week I made a purchase from a store in New Jersey. The modest sized package weighed about 3 pounds and cost around 18 dollars to ship (200 miles).
Then I figure EBay / PayPal commisions to total around 20 percent.

I've used Gargraves two rail track on shelves for display.

[vsmith]

Thanks I thought I d ask here first. I did a search and as usual the pricing is just all over the place and no real help LOL. I figure I will just post it for what I paid for it and just see where it goes, that way it won't linger on their for months, once I find a box big enough for it.

[rtraincollector]

thats the rough part, finding a correct box. and then be sure to enter correct size for shipping that it actually is. 

[cwburfle]

thats the rough part, finding a correct box. and then be sure to enter correct size for shipping that it actually is. 

Folks who don't ship very often should be aware of two things:

1 - most carriers charge a premium for oversized packages. You would have to check with your preferred carrier to see what they consider oversized

2 - most carriers now have a minimum charge for packages based on their dimensions. If your box is oversized too much, you will be paying extra shipping for nothing.

[rtraincollector]

as long as he does as I say when entering the shipping on Ebay then the seller will have to pay the shipping. I inputted to get exact measurements so to protect him. I have yet had a problem with the cost of shipping as long as I added correct dimensions  and in this case check oversized box. most carriers go with 12" x 12" x 12" or 1728 square inches total. 

ebay charges a total of 10% including on the shipping. Paypal charges about 3% of total amount so your closer to 13% of total. 

The person charging you $20 is ripping you off on shipping but then if it's a hobby shop or store you have to figure in he has to pay for someone to pack it and buy pcking material and the box. Your total shipping was about $9 where the rest was his time/Material and maybe a little in there to recoupe Ebays/paypals fee's if it's a store there not going to reuse boxes and stuff like you or I might. 

[vsmith]

Yeah I always make sure I have things boxed weighed and ready to ship before I enter it on Ebay. USPS has a shipping calculator you can use to get an estimate on shipping, but the Ebay shipping calculator is what you have to use for billing, no real way around it. I'm going to use a triangular UPS shipping tube used for drawings, that should get there safely. I ordered G scale Gargraves once, it can in a square box..BENT. What a PITA, I want to avoid that.

[ADCX Rob]

The track is worth about what is costs to ship/mail.

[vsmith]

I am using some standard 3 rail for storage tracks, beginning to consider switching this out for the gargraves and reusing the 3 rail somewhere else.

[Firelock76]

vsmith

I am using some standard 3 rail for storage tracks, beginning to consider switching this out for the gargraves and reusing the 3 rail somewhere else.

 

Bingo!  I've done the same thing, bought some two-rail Gargraves track several years ago strictly for use on display shelves, and it works beautifully.  It was slightly cheaper than the three-rail so I figured why pay for a third rail I'll never use?