Now I've seen it all !!!

[cass_shay]

Thought some of you might find this pretty funny!!!

 

http://cgi.ebay.com/TYCO-CHATTANOOGA-CHOO-CHOO-TRAIN-SET-SEALED-SHOWPIECE_W0QQitemZ260123774215QQihZ016QQcategoryZ19140QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

[Virginian]

Nah.  Now if somebody places an opening bid on that, THEN we have seen everything!  I think he is pushing P. T. Barnam's statement about suckers to the max with that one.

[tatans]

Museum quality ? ? ? does someone know the real  original retail price of this joke?? I think I saw one at a train show for $49.95 and the guy said he couldn't give it away.

[inch53]

There was a guy at the Urbana train show had 6 of them for $20 a piece, still sealed. If this clown gets that for this one, I'll wish I'd bought him out.

[dl&w brakeman]

I real sure the seller meant $4.39! Or is there really some one out there who will buy some of my old stuff at stupid prices? Anyway E bay is happy. Imagine the listing fee on $439.00.

[SteamFreak]

I ran across that one yesterday, and put it in my watch list. They don't make those old pancake motors anymore, you know!

I can't believe what some of the old Tyco stuff is selling for, but this is ridiculous. After seeing a cardboard box sell for $5100, I'll believe anything.

[jeffrey-wimberly]

Thought some of you might find this pretty funny!!!

 

http://cgi.ebay.com/TYCO-CHATTANOOGA-CHOO-CHOO-TRAIN-SET-SEALED-SHOWPIECE_W0QQitemZ260123774215QQihZ016QQcategoryZ19140QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

He's kidding, right? Does he really expect anybody to buy that piece of crap?

[SteamFreak]

He's kidding, right? Does he really expect anybody to buy that piece of crap?

Are you kidding? The box graphics are "AWESOME," and it comes in an acrylic case suitable for hanging. What model railroader wouldn't want this on their wall?

What scares me is that the Lionel collectors were telling us we didn't know what we were talking about with the $1000 box, and it went for $5100. This guy's a Tyco collector, so maybe he knows the market. I think I'm in the wrong business... 

[WCfan]

Thought some of you might find this pretty funny!!!

 

http://cgi.ebay.com/TYCO-CHATTANOOGA-CHOO-CHOO-TRAIN-SET-SEALED-SHOWPIECE_W0QQitemZ260123774215QQihZ016QQcategoryZ19140QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

He's kidding, right? Does he really expect anybody to buy that piece of crap?

You never know who will buy it. People will buy any thing on Ebay because it was just on Ebay!

[Anonymous]

Let the sucker spend their money.

Ive almost seen it all. If the thing actually gets bought for 430 dollars or more THEN ive seen it all.

This is the engine that almost caused me to walk away from HO scale pernamently a LONG time ago.

[andrechapelon]

Thought some of you might find this pretty funny!!!

 

http://cgi.ebay.com/TYCO-CHATTANOOGA-CHOO-CHOO-TRAIN-SET-SEALED-SHOWPIECE_W0QQitemZ260123774215QQihZ016QQcategoryZ19140QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Sorry, but that doesn't even come close to the guy who was trying to sell a 1966 Athearn SD-45 for (IIRC) $5,000.

What made the SD-45 episode so funny is that people were trying to talk some sense into the guy and all it did was outrage him. He was even threatening people. For sheer entertainment value, that one probably won't be beat in my lifetime.

Andre

Apparently I am off by a factor of 4. I received an email with a link to the SD-45 thread and the guy was "only" asking $1200. I must have inflated the price because the whole incident was so funny. My bad.

Incidentally, I have a genyoowine Athearn BB F-7 custom painted in the later green and orange. This was done for the Portola RR Museum in the early 80's. Item is new-in-box. Best offer over $75,000 takes it. Shipping is free.

Andre

[loathar]

He's kidding, right? Does he really expect anybody to buy that piece of crap?

Are you kidding? The box graphics are "AWESOME," and it comes in an acrylic case suitable for hanging. What model railroader wouldn't want this on their wall?

What scares me is that the Lionel collectors were telling us we didn't know what we were talking about with the $1000 box, and it went for $5100. This guy's a Tyco collector, so maybe he knows the market. I think I'm in the wrong business... 

Good point!

I see these sell on E-Doh! all the time in the $75 range. The locos usually go for $25-$35.

I wish I would have seen that guy selling them for $20 each.

[twhite]

Wasn't there a guy from Citrus Heights, CA trying to sell a "Handmade Brass" (old Akane) cab-forward for $10,000 about a year ago?  Seems I remember something like that. 

Wonder if it's the same guy, LOL?

Tom

[TheK4Kid]

Well I looked at it, and so far 202 people have looked at it and passed it on by.

I also saw one at a train show not long ago, and the guy was asking $25.00 or best offer

 

TheK4Kid 

[R. T. POTEET]

Thought some of you might find this pretty funny!!!

 

http://cgi.ebay.com/TYCO-CHATTANOOGA-CHOO-CHOO-TRAIN-SET-SEALED-SHOWPIECE_W0QQitemZ260123774215QQihZ016QQcategoryZ19140QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Methinks that we must cease thinking like model railroaders, get out of the forum, and begin residency in the real world.

Who would pay 1.2 million smackers for a Duesenberg Model A?  Answer: someone with 1.2 million smackers who wanted to own a Duesenberg Model A.

Who, then, would want to pay 439 smackers for a Tyco Chattanooga Choo-Choo still in its original packaging?  Answer: someone with 439 smackers who wants to own a Tyco Chattanooga Choo-Choo! still in its original packaging. You and I may well wonder at this guy's motivation; perhaps - and I am only guessing - this is the train that this individual cut his model railroadng teeth on.  Here is his - or her - chance to reestablish memories with the past.

I doubt very seriously if I will ever encounter that 1.2 million smacker Duesenberg on the street; I will also doubt seriously if this 439 smacker Tyco Chattanooga Choo-Choo ever turns a wheel on a rail.  And, I will be willing to say, fifty years from now he can put a one in front of todays purchase price AND GET IT which is more than I can say for that recently purchased Athearn Big Boy.

[jeffrey-wimberly]

Well I looked at it, and so far 202 people have looked at it and passed it on by.

I also saw one at a train show not long ago, and the guy was asking $25.00 or best offer

 

TheK4Kid 

Are you sure that wasn't 25 cents?

[jecorbett]

For some reason known only to God, there are actually Tyco collectors out there. I'm not saying this guy will get his asking price, but I wouldn't bet against it either. In the stock market, it is known as the bigger fool syndrome. A trader will overpay for a stock because he's betting in a week, a bigger fool will pay even more for it. Makes no sense to me, but it does happen. Now if you don't mind, I have to get back to waxing my collection of Edsels.

[SteamFreak]

If you think this loco is bad, you didn't have Tyco slot cars. The shells were flimsy and cracked easily, the racing slicks peeled apart, the pickup shoes & wiring were awful, they had no magnetraction and went a scale mach 3. They were great at launching themselves from curves and smashing against the basement wall, after which they were pretty much useless.

Next to them, the Chattanooga is a masterpiece.

[jeffrey-wimberly]

If you think this loco is bad, you didn't have Tyco slot cars. The shells were flimsy and cracked easily, the racing slicks peeled apart, the pickup shoes & wiring were awful, they had no magnetraction and went a scale mach 3. They were great at launching themselves from curves and smashing against the basement wall, after which they were pretty much useless.

Next to them, the Chattanooga is a masterpiece.

I did, and how well I remember. El Paso, Texas, 1969.

[loathar]

http://cgi.ebay.com/TYCO-PRO-CORVETTE-SLOT-CAR_W0QQitemZ300115738443QQihZ020QQcategoryZ2618QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

You mean cars like this?

[Midnight Railroader]

You guys, you DO understand that this...individual...wants you to mount the whole thing on the wall and display it, right?

"...STILL SEALED IN IT'S ORIGINAL CELLOPHANE WRAPPER IN MUSEUM QUALITY CONDITION THAT IS ALSO SEALED INSIDE A BEAUTIFUL ACRYLIC DISPLAY CASE MADE OF THE HIGHEST QUALITY!!!"

...which is good, because you certainly wouldn't want to try to run it.

[SteamFreak]

http://cgi.ebay.com/TYCO-PRO-CORVETTE-SLOT-CAR_W0QQitemZ300115738443QQihZ020QQcategoryZ2618QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

You mean cars like this?

Nope, that one actually has magnetraction. The version I'm talking about has a brass bottom plate, like this: BOSS YELLOW MUSTANG TYCO HO CAR /PRO BRASS CHASSIS

...and I can't believe what it's going for.

 

 

 

Now we're completely OT.

[garyla]

Well, at least the shipping's a real steal.  For ONLY $50 more he'll pack it and ship it!!!

 

[TheK4Kid]

Well, the count is now up to 303 lookers, NO BIDDERS.

Suppose this guy will see the numbers and ask himself, "Hmmm, I wonder what the problems is?".

 

 LOL!!! 

[snagletooth]

Tyco collector? I didn't know such a thing exist! So what's next, beanie baby collectors? And if he collects, why is he selling? doesn't selling defeat the purpose of collecting? Hmmm

[Medina1128]

You can put a dirt clod in a glass case and CALL it "museum quality", but after all is said and done; it's STILL a dirt clod.

[Anonymous]

You can put a dirt clod in a glass case and CALL it "museum quality", but after all is said and done; it's STILL a dirt clod.

We did just that with moon materials.

[WCfan]

Tyco collector? I didn't know such a thing exist! So what's next, beanie baby collectors? And if he collects, why is he selling? doesn't selling defeat the purpose of collecting? Hmmm

There are real Beanie bag Collctors.(I'm not one of them)

But you guys haven't seen it all unless you've seen the people who but "moon" land. A guy made a fortune doing this. He said for 30 bucks you could buy a piece of moon. 30 Bucks for a piece of paper! I don't know what kinda suckers buy that.. No one owns the moon!

[loathar]

Tyco collector? I didn't know such a thing exist! So what's next, beanie baby collectors? And if he collects, why is he selling? doesn't selling defeat the purpose of collecting? Hmmm

There are real Beanie bag Collctors.(I'm not one of them)

But you guys haven't seen it all unless you've seen the people who but "moon" land. A guy made a fortune doing this. He said for 30 bucks you could buy a piece of moon. 30 Bucks for a piece of paper! I don't know what kinda suckers buy that.. No one owns the moon!

You wouldn't believe the crowd of women that show up when a store would announce that they had 10 new types of Beanies going on sale.

The moon is selling for a lot more than $30. You can buy it by the acre. IIRC, Tom Cruise, John Travolta and Steven Spielberg all own a few acres.

 

[twcenterprises]

Incidentally, I have a genyoowine Athearn BB F-7 custom painted in the later green and orange. This was done for the Portola RR Museum in the early 80's. Item is new-in-box. Best offer over $75,000 takes it. Shipping is free.

Andre

I should expect, that for $75,000, you will send me a real (as in, 1:1 scale) F7 in running condition, with free shipping.

Brad