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Fair Price for a Rivarossi Allegheny

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Fair Price for a Rivarossi Allegheny
Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, February 12, 2005 12:35 AM
What seems to be a fair price????Ihave seen anywhere from $340 to $1200 might as well buy a BLI.......[:)]
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Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, February 12, 2005 5:48 AM
I have this three year old "Beast from the East". It had a MSP of $585.00 back than.
Ball park, $400.00 if you can find a new one. Trainworld did have them early spring for $345.00
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Posted by pedromorgan on Saturday, February 12, 2005 5:50 AM
i would wait to see if hornby reintroduce it.
i am still trying to find out if it is on their reintroduction list for this year. made in china it could be much cheaper.

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Posted by Virginian on Saturday, February 12, 2005 8:01 AM
I am telling myself they will have another run, and will either offer undecorated or Virginian. And then I will be forced to get one.
What could have happened.... did.
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Posted by pedromorgan on Saturday, February 12, 2005 8:02 AM
they are going to re-release the big boy. i have started a new topiic for that.
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Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, February 12, 2005 1:27 PM
Thanks for all the replies to my question. I think I might wait to see if Lionel may come out with one as well. I feel in love with the challenger they offer in the HO scale. Does anyone like what Lionel has done lately?
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Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, February 12, 2005 2:37 PM
Lionel will not be releasing anymore HO products, ineednot. They just pulled out of the HO market. It's to bad, their stuff was good, even if it required tweaking to run good.
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Posted by dano99a on Saturday, February 12, 2005 7:37 PM
340 is a good price. any less is a steal [:)]

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Posted by DigitalGriffin on Saturday, February 12, 2005 8:44 PM
QUOTE: Originally posted by ineednot

Thanks for all the replies to my question. I think I might wait to see if Lionel may come out with one as well. I feel in love with the challenger they offer in the HO scale. Does anyone like what Lionel has done lately?


So you're the one who out bid me! LOL

Hopefully Hornby will be really nice and rerelease it. Maybe if we all write and ask them to rerelease it, it would help.

Although I'm sure most sellers intentions are pure, I'm a little dicey about paying greater than MSRP on something you have no idea about the running condition. Add to that the fact that Riv. is in transition now, what does that mean for the warranty work? Anyone?

I guess what I'm saying is you better be prepaired to dough out more money for a repair shop if you can't do that work yourself. (Hence forth why I stopped at $325..that and my budget won't go any further!)

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Posted by pedromorgan on Saturday, February 12, 2005 11:51 PM
i am sure rivarossi would honour the warenty on the new re-release and i am sure some spares will become available for the earlier one in time but i doubt they will repair it.

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Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, February 13, 2005 6:09 AM
QUOTE: Originally posted by DigitalGriffin

Originally posted by ineednot



Add to that the fact that Riv. is in transition now, what does that mean for the warranty work? Anyone?

I guess what I'm saying is you better be prepaired to dough out more money for a repair shop if you can't do that work yourself. (Hence forth why I stopped at $325..that and my budget won't go any further!)



As of now, you have to ask the distributor such as Walthers as to domestic warranty exchange
since there is NO Riv authorizied/free domestic repairs.

I received that exchange(12 months) assurance directly from Walthers when I bot my FEF-3s.

Once beyond 12 months is the question going forward and NOBODY has that answer.
The FEF-3 carries a 24 month repair warranty but then that would have to go to Italy for free
service and it costs $21.00 to ship it.
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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, February 16, 2005 5:25 PM
I let the allegheny go and bought two Lionel Challengers one in gray with yellow and the other black....which is coal feed.
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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, February 16, 2005 5:48 PM
QUOTE: Originally posted by ineednot

I let the allegheny go and bought two Lionel Challengers one in gray with yellow and the other black....which is coal feed.


Let the tweeking begin!

Seriously, let us know how the units YOU recieve run. I regret getting mine.
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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, February 16, 2005 6:06 PM
I consider 350- the max for a Alley. Obviously if someone rereleased the engine (BLI.. hint hint..) I will be willing to push my pennies towards 500- but it will be a major purchase and frightfully expensive. For the money I would ask for QSI and DCC .

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