Check out this really cool layout on eBay!

[JohnT14808]

There was a local GXT show this weekend in Puyallup, Wa and one of the vendors had a coffee table "Z" layout about 1/5th the size of this and he was asking only $750.00. It had only one elongated circle of track but did have much better scenery ( mountainous timber with raging river and two lane state road). It looked pretty sharp for a "regular" sized coffee table.....Still too much for me, tho....

[krump]

QUOTE: Originally posted by rick bonfiglio

lets just pretend you have won the lottery for twenty million bucks, or bill gates is your dad, and you are in the process of furnishing your new "cottage" at the beach....

how does it look now?

being train people, we should already know; perspective can be important.

still looks expensive

I just had another look at this closed unsold item ... and ACCORDING TO EBAY, SIMILAR ITEMS (whatever that means ?) were listed in a range of prices of $7.99 - $95.00 USD. [(-D][(-D][(-D]

this post can now be closed, until the seller re-lists the item...

[Anonymous]

This is what happens when you leave the cap off the Super Glue too long!
I wouldn't give him $800 bucks for this piece of crap!!!!
I just finished laying track and switches (22) on my new layout and didn't spend half that much and I got exactly what I wanted.
This is for someone with more money than BRAINS!!!!!

[Anonymous]

You could build the layout - get a round trip ticket on any train trip(US or CN) - and put a good down payment on a new pickup for less - anyone willing to pay that isn't smat enough to have the money to buy it!

[Anonymous]

Wow thats a layout you don't see every day! Looks good to me and thanks for sharing!

[AggroJones]

It didn't move....

$18,000 was over the top.

[loathar]

There's a company in MR that custom builds these. I bet you could get one to your own spec a heck of a lot cheaper.

[1shado1]

QUOTE: Originally posted by Train 284

Looks really cool. But 18,000 is a little outta my price range. But it is not a bad price like ereimer said.

He was being sarcastic.[:D]

Jeff

[Anonymous]

lets just pretend you have won the lottery for twenty million bucks, or bill gates is your dad, and you are in the process of furnishing your new "cottage" at the beach....

how does it look now?

being train people, we should already know; perspective can be important.

[novicerr]

Buildings didnt appear to me to be very detailed/weathered. Heck, I have only built one layout so far, and I think my buildings are just as good. Havent even tried weathering them yet. But, if he can get 18k, more power to him

[espeefoamer]

At $18,000 he could at least include shipping[:0][xx(].For that kind of money, I could buy a car,and then build a killer HO layout besides.

[bikerraypa]

in the sixth picture down, there appear to be two disembodied human feet leaning against the table. Also, if the seller is going to be staying 2-3 days, I hope he plans on a hotel room instead of shacking up with the customer. [:D]

[trainfreek92]

!!!!!! that guy is smoking!!!! he will never get 18,000 for it... maybe 5,000 but thats it. Tim

[Anonymous]

Note the downtown buildings. Looks like they are right "out of the box". I don't think a mega-bucks person would pay more than $8,000.

[Anonymous]

I think ereimer is right. For that kind of $$ I would rather put a layout in throughout the entire basement.

[Train 284]

Looks really cool. But 18,000 is a little outta my price range. But it is not a bad price like ereimer said.

[stokesda]

When I found this, I didn't give much thought to the price other than to think to myself, "Too much for me." It is way over the top, though. If some of you are right, and you can build something like that for $5K or less, it makes me think he didn't make it himself, and paid a pretty hefty price for it in the first place. Heck, if it only costs a few thousand, I just might make one myself someday! [:)]

I wonder how much of the $18K is wrapped up in the seller personally flying to the buyer's house and staying a few days? I guess he wants to fly first class and stay at the Hilton or something? Maybe he's also including a hourly labor fee, too?

[Anonymous]

I did a couple of quick checks on internet sites and it would appear that $2,500 - $3,000 MIGHT be a more appropriate price w/o shipping.

But hey, if he does get 18 K, I might retire and go into new line of business. [:D]

Mike Tennent

[Anonymous]

I gotta be honest, when I read the thread before clicking the link, I was expecting a _WHOLE_ lot more to it - even with the observations about the price being high. When I did click the link, I was shocked. It's a very nice little layout, but I gotta agree - $18K is WWWWAAAAAY over the top.

[Anonymous]

18,000 ouch, no wonder there is 0 bidders

[Anonymous]

Still not a single bid on it as of 10:00amEST...

[ICRR1964]

WOW! Thats allot of coin! I do allot of woodworking and cabinet building, He used what looks like Tiger Maple, which is hard to find! It is a really nice peice of work the whole thing! It might be caught up in a estate and a freind is trying to sell it for a family member. I bought a very old HO layout, it was 16ft by 10ft on a auction a couple of years ago, also got all the extras, engines, cars, buildings, parts........ you name it! The extras was over a full size pickup load, I paid $750 for the whole thing, there were over 150 engines alone, that were Athearn &Atlas! I spent most of all of 4 weeks sorting, and sold most of it in large potions through a freind who goes to allot of train shows, and swap meets!

$18k Thats what I paid for my new kitchen addition, and I made my own cabinets!

[Anonymous]

This is pretty crazy.

I know I've seen plans available for a similar, if not identical, setup and you could have a local carpenter build it for you for a few hundred bucks if you didn't have the skills to do it. Then a few hundred more for the railroad stuff, plus the pleasure of doing it...

Just doesn't make sense.

Mike Tennent

[ereimer]

for 18k US i could renovate my basement to give me double the space i have now AND build a really nice layout

[Anonymous]

How stupis is this? You could do that whole setup for less than 500 bucks.

[MisterBeasley]

He'll sell it to some Internet millionaire who got out before the bubble burst. Unfortunately, the only kind of person who will pay this much for a layout is someone who really won't appreciate it.

It takes 2 adults to open the top. I suppose that means you have to call a friend over to fix a derailment. (Oh, silly me! The servants can do that!)

[krump]

at least one too many zeros (but that's nothing anyway, right?)

[Anonymous]

I definately could build something I liked better at a fraction of the price. If I could afford to drop 18K on trains all at once, I'd check with Dunam Studios or some pro and see what they could come up with.

[Anonymous]

I agree with most of you guys. It is nice, but for me it is not $18,000 worth of nice. I think for 18K I could build something I would be far happier with. Probably I could build something I liked better for less than half of that.