Ultra-rare PRR brass on eBay - NJ Custom T-1

[VonRyan]

Ya, Kato can make a T1, right after they make a K4!  (Runs back to trench)

I think you stepped on my foot when you jumped back in. 
It's about time Kato started taking a good whack at some more US steam.


-Cody F.

[nscalesunshine]

I don't care, he's still a bastard.

Do you stand by that statement if the actual bidder being represented is ...., let's say EBIT?

[Leggy]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/KEY-IMPORTS-N-SCALE-PRR-M-1a-4-8-2-STEAM-LOCOMOTIVE-TENDER-6755-FP-/221239118510?pt=Model_RR_Trains&hash=item3382e10aae
http://www.ebay.com/itm/KEY-IMPORTS-N-SCALE-PRR-M-1a-4-8-2-STEAM-LOCOMOTIVE-TENDER-6755-FP-/290924680690?pt=Model_RR_Trains&hash=item43bc7655f2

PRR M1as if anyone's interested.

[delamaize]

Do you stand by that statement if the actual bidder being represented is ...., let's say EBIT?

Judging by what we can see of his bigging and selling record, he appears to be one of these reselling dealer bastards. so, until proven otherwise, yes, I stand by that.

Besides, the "Bastard" in question isn't the high bidder anymore. and the current high bidder appears to be a actuall modeler or collector...

[C855B]

The T-1 that started this thread just sold: $1,325.00. Bid amount more than doubled in the last 5 minutes. Doesn't appear to be a dealer.

[delamaize]

The T-1 that started this thread just sold: $1,325.00. Bid amount more than doubled in the last 5 minutes. Doesn't appear to be a dealer.

Good, I would much rather see a model go to a runner or collector and be enjoyed, than go to some bastard dealer, and have it sit in Ebay pergitory with a resell bid at the ending bid of the previous auction.

[mplsjct]

Good, I would much rather see a model go to a runner or collector and be enjoyed, than go to some bastard dealer, and have it sit in Ebay pergitory with a resell bid at the ending bid of the previous auction.

+1

[Leggy]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Brass-N-Samhongsa-Oriental-PRR-Pennsylvania-Streamlined-S-1-6-4-4-6-F-P-Mint-/161049500673?pt=Model_RR_Trains&hash=item257f4c5c01

PRR S1 up for sale.

[peteski]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Brass-N-Samhongsa-Oriental-PRR-Pennsylvania-Streamlined-S-1-6-4-4-6-F-P-Mint-/161049500673?pt=Model_RR_Trains&hash=item257f4c5c01

PRR S1 up for sale.

...and another buyer with 113333 feedbacks is the high bidder... 

[delamaize]

...and another buyer with 113333 feedbacks is the high bidder... 

Looks like it was another Bastard dealer. the plus side is the high bidder is a little more believable now

[Hyperion]

Looks like it was another Bastard dealer. the plus side is the high bidder is a little more believable now

That 113,345 guy isn't some sort of dealer, at least not of trains, it's some sort of robo-bidder.

In the last 30 days that user has bid on over 2,000 seperate items.  And they're all completely and utterly different things.  Cellphones, Dolls, Jewely, Computers, Fishing Equipment, Toys, Tea Pots, Video Games... everything under the sun.  There's almost no way there's any human being doing that. 

At the very least, if not purely some computer system, it's some person with some system that automatically combs through eBay for items about to close with pricing below some historical average price.

[C855B]

Robo shill?

[delamaize]

That 113,345 guy isn't some sort of dealer, at least not of trains, it's some sort of robo-bidder.

In the last 30 days that user has bid on over 2,000 seperate items.  And they're all completely and utterly different things.  Cellphones, Dolls, Jewely, Computers, Fishing Equipment, Toys, Tea Pots, Video Games... everything under the sun.  There's almost no way there's any human being doing that. 

At the very least, if not purely some computer system, it's some person with some system that automatically combs through eBay for items about to close with pricing below some historical average price.

aaaaaaaand this is why we should be able to report other bidders......wait.......can we?

[Hyperion]

aaaaaaaand this is why we should be able to report other bidders......wait.......can we?

No.  Not unless you're the seller.

I wanted to do the very thing this last week.  A user was repeatedly putting in very high bids, and immediately retracting them, so that he could see where the current high bidder was, and whether he was willing to snipe the item at that price or not.

The user was marked "private" to boot.  And they had almost as many retractions as actual bids.  As eBay supposedly will automatically suspend users with a questionable bid retraction history, and this guy had as many retractions as bid, I would suspect that the user ID existed solely as a front to a legitimate user who, after determining what the existing bidder's high bid was, and what he needed to snipe at (or whether he was willing to go that high) would then wait until the absolute last second to put in his bid, secure in the knowledge that it would succeed.

I wanted to report the user, but there was absolutely no mechanism for me to do so.  At best, I could have called eBay and complained, but I suspect the user ID was a fake one setup for just that purpose anyways, and I highly doubt eBay would have cared enough to investigate any further as to who the actual user behind that ID was.

[nscalesunshine]

I don't care, he's still a bastard.

http://members.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewUserPage&userid=flight2hnd