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Wallace

Alright, anyone had this happen??

You see an engine on ebay. For whatever reason, you are unsure if you want to bid.

Eventually, you decide against bidding, then either straight away or later, you regret not bidding.

The current EOTM poll has made me REALLY regret on not bidding.

From my rough memory.
About 18months ago, at Christmas time there was a Marklin 16051 on OZ ebay.
It was either unfired, or fired once. Boxed and all.
Had a starting bid of $800 US. Is was in Australia, but in US dollars.

It ended with no bids, and got relisted I think, at same price.
Again, no bids.

I came close to bidding, but thought it was too expensive, so bought a SR1 from the UK

A week or 2 later, it got relisted for $500US and sold with one bid.

Needless to say, now I am very much

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IndianaRog · Posted: Mon Jun 09, 2008 3:21 am Post subject:

Ouch, that had to hurt. I've had a few I wish I had bid on (or bid more on), but that Marklin scores right up there in terms of regrets I'm sure.
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Mamodman123 · Posted: Mon Jun 09, 2008 10:07 am Post subject:

When i see one end for a price, I think should have had a bid then move on

Thats a nasty one though Wallace

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Les · Posted: Mon Jun 09, 2008 10:17 am Post subject:

I was at a train fair a couple of years ago and someone had a boat for sale. It looked very much to be a home build, but a good build, with a Mamod boiler and engine.
He wanted £115 pounds for it which I thought was too high so I never bothered to haggle and therefore went home without it.

I later found out it was a Perico and have regreted not buying it ever since.

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igy569 · Posted: Tue Jun 10, 2008 12:12 am Post subject:

I am too new to this, so I have missed a lot of really nice stuff.

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rangerssteamtoys · Posted: Tue Jun 10, 2008 12:42 am Post subject:

Thats happened to me so many times. I usually just forget to bid

I have let alot of nice engines go, I wish I would have big on them.
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pauly · Posted: Tue Jun 10, 2008 2:50 pm Post subject:

all the time but 1 that really got me was an SE2A I think it was in really good condition but the day came and I forgot no biggie I thought but when I checked to see what it went for I almost threw myself out the window it had gone for only £5

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bigal · Posted: Tue Jun 10, 2008 4:43 pm Post subject:

Steve_S · Posted: Tue Jun 10, 2008 10:16 pm Post subject:

I just wish I had taken up the hobby properly a couple of years earlier, when steam engines were cheap on eBay. We are the victims of our own success with this forum!

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Steve_S · Posted: Tue Jun 10, 2008 10:54 pm Post subject:

No, we can't blame James. But there are certainly more people chasing steam engines that there used to be I'd say.

igy569 · Posted: Tue Jun 10, 2008 11:06 pm Post subject:

Thats for sure!!! The competition for thes on evilbay is tough indeed!!!

I STILL have not fired the SE2a!!!!

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