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sparky

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More eBay insanity...
« on: June 12, 2008, 04:34:22 PM »
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Spookshow mentioned this over on the A-board, so I had to go find the auction.  Enjoy...

http://cgi.ebay.com/Atlas-N-Scale-0-8-0-Tender-Caboose-A-T-S-F-OLD_W0QQitemZ260249458468QQihZ016QQcategoryZ19121QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

I wish you could comment on eBay auctions like you can YouTube videos!
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Re: More eBay insanity...
« Reply #1 on: June 12, 2008, 04:43:09 PM »
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"still runs with a little TLC"  ;D
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Re: More eBay insanity...
« Reply #2 on: June 12, 2008, 05:28:51 PM »
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The seller apparently knows very little about model railroads, but is a firm believer in Phineas T. Barnum's maxim: "There's a sucker born every minute."
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Re: More eBay insanity...
« Reply #3 on: June 12, 2008, 06:23:50 PM »
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Well, I was going to bid on it, until I noticed that the smokestack on the caboose is twisted in the wrong direction.  Dealbreaker for me.   ;D

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Re: More eBay insanity...
« Reply #4 on: June 12, 2008, 08:06:24 PM »
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For $500, it should have Micro-Trains couplers. I'll pass.
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Re: More eBay insanity...
« Reply #5 on: June 12, 2008, 08:51:41 PM »
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$500.00 opening bid?
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Re: More eBay insanity...
« Reply #6 on: June 12, 2008, 09:43:00 PM »
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Ebay must love guys like him, just for the listing fees alone. ::)
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Re: More eBay insanity...
« Reply #7 on: June 12, 2008, 10:29:21 PM »
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Too much usage of controlled substances, I think. 8)
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Re: More eBay insanity...
« Reply #8 on: June 12, 2008, 10:42:38 PM »
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Which is more insane, listing for a ridiculous price or getting one?
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=360050895918
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Re: More eBay insanity...
« Reply #9 on: June 12, 2008, 10:52:34 PM »
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Quote from: Nelson on June 12, 2008, 10:42:38 PM
Which is more insane, listing for a ridiculous price or getting one?
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=360050895918


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Re: More eBay insanity...
« Reply #10 on: June 12, 2008, 11:10:26 PM »
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Quote from: Kisatchie on June 12, 2008, 08:06:24 PM
For $500, it should have Micro-Trains couplers. I'll pass.

Actually, it looks like the caboose HAS microtrains couplers. Now I'm in HO, but I didn't think that MT made couplers in 1965?
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Re: More eBay insanity...
« Reply #11 on: June 12, 2008, 11:32:14 PM »
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Quote from: rswinnerton on June 12, 2008, 11:10:26 PM
Quote from: Kisatchie on June 12, 2008, 08:06:24 PM
For $500, it should have Micro-Trains couplers. I'll pass.

Actually, it looks like the caboose HAS microtrains couplers. Now I'm in HO, but I didn't think that MT made couplers in 1965?
Russ

I very much doubt this guy's story. I'm pretty sure Rivarossi did not have their steam line out until '67 or '68. And I think Micro-trains couplers came out until around '72, so the conversion was done later, maybe when the caboose got repainted. Anyway, the loco is in terrible shape, with a lot of chips and dirt, and the feedwater heater is missing from the smokebox. There are three other 0-8-0s running in auctions now, all in much better cosmetic shape, and all under $40.
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« Reply #12 on: June 13, 2008, 02:34:50 AM »
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  I'am going to put all my Atlas Rivarossi 0-8-0's up for sale three of them, and my later Con Cor version also every Atlas Santa Fe Caboose I own two of the oldies with the three side windows on body actually a GT car and two of the later ones with the Santa Fe style window arrangement ,just thinking about the money I will be raking in because everything but one loco has been MT converted,but I guess I will have to embilish their history and say that they were the first locos sold by Atlas and the first cars to come with MT couplers. Naw "NOT !". I'am to sentamentally attached to them.                                             Nate Goodman (Nato).
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Re: More eBay insanity...
« Reply #13 on: June 13, 2008, 02:15:48 PM »
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Don't forget to title your listing "VINTAGE"  and add "NOT LIONEL, NOT TYCO"
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Re: More eBay insanity...
« Reply #14 on: June 13, 2008, 04:14:02 PM »
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Quote from: Nelson on June 12, 2008, 10:42:38 PM
Which is more insane, listing for a ridiculous price or getting one?
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=360050895918


I've got three of them.  hmmmm....
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