Now THIS is pretty odd.................
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herronpeter
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Now THIS is pretty odd.................
..........curious how he gets away with this listing.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/HO-BRASS-GP-20- ... SwrhBZGfTK
In case it get zapped I will try to post a screen shot as soon as I figure out how.
Peter
http://www.ebay.com/itm/HO-BRASS-GP-20- ... SwrhBZGfTK
In case it get zapped I will try to post a screen shot as soon as I figure out how.
Peter
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herronpeter
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Re: Now THIS is pretty odd.................
Let's see if this works.........
Seems to have.............Also, this is an HO model according to the listing? No picture of the box and I don't know if Oriental does HO brass................
Peter
Seems to have.............Also, this is an HO model according to the listing? No picture of the box and I don't know if Oriental does HO brass................
Peter
Re: Now THIS is pretty odd.................
herronpeter wrote:Let's see if this works.........
Seems to have.............Also, this is an HO model according to the listing? No picture of the box and I don't know if Oriental does HO brass................
Peter
They definitely did HO as I owned some of there E units back in the mid 70's. I was hoping this was an O scale model as they did import one along with GP-9's, prior to Challenger Imports upgrading the models.
BH
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Re: Now THIS is pretty odd.................
herronpeter wrote:In case it get zapped.........
Seems a flagrant violation of the terms of use........
Invention, my dear friends, is 93% perspiration, 6% electricity, 4% evaporation, and 2% butterscotch ripple.
Re: Now THIS is pretty odd.................
Maybe we should start a pool to see how long this listing lasts! Maybe another to see how long the seller lasts!

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herronpeter
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Re: Now THIS is pretty odd.................
Well I'll be go-to-H E double hockey sticks, it's still there!!
Peter
Peter
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Re: Now THIS is pretty odd.................
Glad we didn't start a pool-it is still up. The eBay police are not on the ball!!
Peter
Peter
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Re: Now THIS is pretty odd.................
herronpeter wrote:Glad we didn't start a pool-it is still up. The eBay police are not on the ball!!
I am a little surprised; every time I try to list anything for sale with obvious contact info that tries to circumvent their system, the software flags and kicks out the listing. I'm perplexed how folks manage to work around that.....
Oh, there used to be a "report this listing" tab, but apparently that's been discontinued...........
Invention, my dear friends, is 93% perspiration, 6% electricity, 4% evaporation, and 2% butterscotch ripple.
Re: Now THIS is pretty odd.................
Yeah, that is about as blatant as I've seen in a listing. Just screams, call "me" to go around EB and save "me" some money. What is there to discuss about a HO GP-20. I've seen a few others, but I can't even send additional photos of an item to a buyer who asks for them, because it gets kicked out let alone try to add a phone number or email address.
BH
BH
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Re: Now THIS is pretty odd.................
I know my personal opinion means squat but that's never stopped me in the past. When I see something like this my first reaction is....whatever, who cares. My second thought is, hope it works out for him because ebay is a ripoff. I use ebay & PayPal but when they started taking a cut from the shipping charges I decided to use both as a last resort.
Jay
Jay
Re: Now THIS is pretty odd.................
If you list an item with local pickup a phone number is allowed. If you have an ebay store you can also post phone numbers. People with eBay stores pay a different fee. eBay is still the cheapest auction around. Even with fees added to shipping cost
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Re: Now THIS is pretty odd.................
robert. wrote:If you list an item with local pickup a phone number is allowed. If you have an ebay store you can also post phone numbers.
Thanks for that info.
People with eBay stores pay a different fee.
Less? More?
eBay is still the cheapest auction around. Even with fees added to shipping cost
That, I did know.
Invention, my dear friends, is 93% perspiration, 6% electricity, 4% evaporation, and 2% butterscotch ripple.
Re: Now THIS is pretty odd.................
You pay more on the front end and less on the back end. Price per listing lowers with the more you list.100,200,500,1000,and more. Not 10-20. These listings are not auction style. I tried to look for a few with phone numbers and found none. Trainz no phone number. Bob the Train Guy no phone number. I talked to a friend that has a store. He said." After a week he pulled his phone number from his listings. He could not handle the phone traffic of B.S." He said "people called all day long trying to help sell his stuff."
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Re: Now THIS is pretty odd.................
robert. wrote:You pay more on the front end and less on the back end. Price per listing lowers with the more you list.100,200,500,1000,and more. Not 10-20. These listings are not auction style. I tried to look for a few with phone numbers and found none. Trainz no phone number. Bob the Train Guy no phone number. I talked to a friend that has a store. He said." After a week he pulled his phone number from his listings. He could not handle the phone traffic of B.S." He said "people called all day long trying to help sell his stuff."
Ok, that all makes sense.
Invention, my dear friends, is 93% perspiration, 6% electricity, 4% evaporation, and 2% butterscotch ripple.
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