Get a load of this E-bay guy !!!!!

[Budliner]

come on
only 1 hour left
dont miss this fine layout


send cash

[Anonymous]

It looked like a one man pyramid. Ten auctions with feedback entered within minutes, each buyer had 10 feedbacks, and it looked like they were all twisted back into each other. There was pretty clearly a scam of some aort in the making, and not even well done.

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by rolleiman

If you want to see an example of suspicious ebay feedback, get a load of this one. Sorry, not train related but a camera I would consider purchasing if not for the multiple red flags. Glance not only at His feedback but also the feedback of those who have Left feedback.

http://cgi.ebay.com/Hasselblad-500C-M-Medium-Format-6x6-camera-Kit_W0QQitemZ7622880425

"This listing (#7622880425) has been removed or is no longer available."

Bob Boudreau

[rolleiman]

If you want to see an example of suspicious ebay feedback, get a load of this one. Sorry, not train related but a camera I would consider purchasing if not for the multiple red flags. Glance not only at His feedback but also the feedback of those who have Left feedback.

http://cgi.ebay.com/Hasselblad-500C-M-Medium-Format-6x6-camera-Kit_W0QQitemZ7622880425

[Anonymous]

Remember these auctions? $25K and 15K for the same trains? Auctions (both) end tonight, still no bidders, still not changed.

I assumed the eBay listing fees for such high values would be fairly high, but I checked and they will only be $4.80 each.

Lotsa fun to watch anyway.

Bob Boudreau

[Anonymous]

I don't mean to sound rude, but dude, learn how to use eBay. Re-read everything after you type it.

[Anonymous]

Maybe it's his parents house and he's trying to sell it so he can run away from home.

[accord1959]

Must be all brass, or no gold, it's coming down in price!

[jeffers_mz]

So I'm just lurking this one...too early for me to tell if something amiss or if the seller is just not a heavy net user, getting tangled up in the red tape.

However, I did notice one post where a substantial quantity of locomotives and rolling stock are described, and another where the seller said he only wants $250 for the whole shebang.

Were it not for the fact that every available horizontal space in my whole house is currenty occupied with more engines and cars that I can fit on my layout in a month, I'd be looking into purchasing them before somebody else snaps them up.

Back to lurking...so far, a fascinating thread...

[fwright]

Notice Gil Finn is in NC, and the seller is in Georgia....

Selling a collection that size is not going to be easy or fun - perhaps somebody knowledgeable that lives nearby would be willing to help the seller identify what he has, and give him realistic appraisals.

A lesson to all of us, especially those of us getting on in years, is that Dad did his son no favors when he left him the collection and layout. Have we (I know I haven't) done anything to help those who will eventually have to dispose of our layouts and collections?

My speculation, based on very little info from the seller, is that it is not all toy train junk from the '60s and '70s. The quantities of locomotives, passenger cars, and freight cars lead me to believe that there are probably at least some quality pieces in the collection. Particularly since some of it was put in display cases by his father. Since the seller obviously does not have any real knowledge of the hobby, perhaps a helping hand from the forum is more in order than a bashing.

Fred W - an Alaskan lost in California
(have e-mailed the seller twice, was way too harsh in the first e-mail, and will not be a bidder at the current price)

[dwRavenstar]

$25K layout?
We don't need no fookin' $25K layouts!

[rolleiman]

QUOTE: Originally posted by stokesda

QUOTE: Originally posted by rolleiman

It would make sense if he hadn't changed one of his auctions to a $10K starting price with a $15K buy it now (last time I looked at them). He has a lot of stuff but if he wants to be taken seriously, he needs to generate a list or at the very least post some better pictures. There's one born every minute but even a sucker has his limits.

But I think the problem is he keeps forgetting the decimal point so instead of $150.00 and $100.00, he ends up with $15000 and $10000.

Could be, but given the thrashing he's received here and the likely number of emails people have probably sent him about his Possible error (mine for one), I have to wonder if that's really the case. Perhaps, if that Is the case, Gil should just forget about entering those last two zeros.. That would solve the problem.. Ebay doesn't require a decimal point or the dime and pennny place holders for even $$ amount starting prices. I kind of feel for the guy.. Sounds like he has some deeper problems than just over pricing (intentionally or not) his train collection.

[easyaces]

Looks like that guy aint real serious about wanting to sell that is he? [;)]

[stokesda]

QUOTE: Originally posted by rolleiman

It would make sense if he hadn't changed one of his auctions to a $10K starting price with a $15K buy it now (last time I looked at them). He has a lot of stuff but if he wants to be taken seriously, he needs to generate a list or at the very least post some better pictures. There's one born every minute but even a sucker has his limits.

But I think the problem is he keeps forgetting the decimal point so instead of $150.00 and $100.00, he ends up with $15000 and $10000.

[rolleiman]

QUOTE: Originally posted by stokesda

Something just occurred to me... What if he meant to list it for $250.00, but instead forgot to put in the decimal point, typing $25000 instead? Then it starts to make some sense.

It would make sense if he hadn't changed one of his auctions to a $10K starting price with a $15K buy it now (last time I looked at them). He has a lot of stuff but if he wants to be taken seriously, he needs to generate a list or at the very least post some better pictures. There's one born every minute but even a sucker has his limits.

[stokesda]

Something just occurred to me... What if he meant to list it for $250.00, but instead forgot to put in the decimal point, typing $25000 instead? Then it starts to make some sense.

Clearly, he doesn't know what he's doing, though, because of the multiple listings, etc.

[dave9999]

Hey, he also has a set of china listed for $3000.... if anyone's interested!!! [(-D]

I bet I could talk him out of an Athearn BB loco for a couple hundred dollars. [8D]
Dave

[myowngod]

If you click on his other items for sale, He's got it posted twice at 2 different $. Maybe it's a buy one get one free?

[AggroJones]

All it takes is one sucker.....

[vsmith]

No matter how you look at it, it still adds up to 0 bids

Seller can volunteerly remove item or if not able to use sellers tools contact e-bay directly and ask to have the item removed and relist at correct starting bid.

[TomcatVF-211]

Maybe he's asking that much because there is an image of the Virgin Mary in the plywood???[:D]

[PennsyHoosier]

That is absolutely hilarious!

[trainfreek92]

Originally posted by FundyNorthern

"here are more pics of my train set sequeal to my train set i put on ebay same set just more pics"

And the first $25K auction is still up!
[/quote

So he plans to sell it twice?? Any one fiqure it out?? Tim

Running New England trains on The Maple Lead & Pine Tree Central RR from the late 50's to the early 80's in N scale

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