I don't think i will ever get an account on eBay because I mainly wanted to use it to sell stuff that wasn't bought at a yard sale I'm thinkin' of having to raise money to build a layout
LION buys his track from Paul in Brooklyn. LION likes the Model Power brand: CHEAP and works good. Him bought 300' this year, and over 600' feet from him altogether.
Atlas is pricy, and the others are outrageously pricy.
Besides, LIONS are cheap.
ROAR
The Route of the Broadway Lion The Largest Subway Layout in North Dakota.
Here there be cats. LIONS with CAMERAS
Shipping is the big question too me. Might very well eat up any savings.
Cuda Ken
I hate Rust
Hey, I have bought brand new fast track jigs off e-bay for under $50!!!!!!!!!!!
Don't take this the wrong way, because I really think you seem like a nice young man with your head on in the right direction, but, really, thirteen-year-olds have no business having accounts on ebay and buying used track.
I suggest you start with a nice, quality HO scale set that your parents can buy for you for under $100 shipping included on ebay from a top-rated seller, then expand from there once you have some of the basics down.
Good luck to you and I'm sure I'm not the only one to welcome you to this forum nor the only one to hope we'll hear from you often.
The St. Francis Consolidated Railroad of the Colorado Rockies
Denver, Colorado
I'm not a big fan of E-bay. As Randy and Crandall said, there are reputable dealers who can usually match the price.Unless I'm dealing with a company I've come to trust, I want to see the product with my own personal eyeballs before I part with my cash or credit.
Speaking only for myself, if someone was trying to dump obviously damaged product at, "Get this off my hands," prices, I might buy it - as a source of raw material for hand-laid specialwork. In that case, I wouldn't expect to lay it as-is.
Chuck (Modeling Central Japan in September, 1964)
I prefer Amazon over Ebay when it comes to buying safe products.
Ya takes yer chances. However, if the seller has many selling lots of record, and has a good solid rating, the chances are the description is going to be pretty darned close. The photograph is merely frosting.
As Randy suggests, I just caved and ordered two large bundles of Code 83 Atlas flex from M.B. Klein's. The price was pretty good, better than any other place I had looked, and I know it will be new or at worse restocked.
Crandell
I watch track on eBay all the time, but have yet to buy any. The stuff that is posted as new, I can get as good or better price from MB Klein and KNOW I am dealign with a reputable dealer. The used stuff, look VERY carefully at the pictures, it's too easy to damage track tearing it up if you aren't careful and the hassle of gettign it to sit flat and stay put is really not worth it.
--Randy
Modeling the Reading Railroad in the 1950's
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HI,
I am think of buying a few lots of track on eBay when i get an account and IDK if it is a good idea to buy a lot of track off this site. Can someone help me? I know it is moslty usedtrack so...