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SlideValve

The best deal you ever got.

What do you think was your best deal you ever got on a toy steam engine?(or accessory) Mine was my cast flywheel Jensen 5, but what was your best deal you got?


Connor
johnreid

Not an engine, but the $`9 Jensen 100 that I turned around and relisted and  got $125 for was a great bargain  I also overpaid for a lot of things that I either lost money on or just kept. I think it all averages out.
Bugsy

A nice D22 for $44US
Steve_S

£12 on eBay for my Bowman M140.... almost complete but in bits in among some useful old Meccano parts in a box.
davidcurtis021

Bugsy wrote:
A nice D22 for $44US
that was a good deal i would love that myself phil.
logoman

a lovely old steam launch, that as soon as I saw I realized I could never part with.
made-in-england

The Illusive Mamod Minor Twin for £30!
SlideValve

Forgot to mention the Jensen 5 was $40!   , and it came with the original box.



MooseMan

Steve_S wrote:
£12 on eBay for my Bowman M140.... almost complete but in bits in among some useful old Meccano parts in a box.


Yes, I remember that one, and how hard I kicked myself for not bidding a bit higher!      

In my case, it would be a toss-up between my Hobbies SE2 from a junkshop for £25, or my Wormar Super C on a BIN for £20.
bessytractor

14 quid on an SP2!  
27ace27

MooseMan wrote:
Steve_S wrote:
£12 on eBay for my Bowman M140.... almost complete but in bits in among some useful old Meccano parts in a box.


Yes, I remember that one, and how hard I kicked myself for not bidding a bit higher!      

In my case, it would be a toss-up between my Hobbies SE2 from a junkshop for £25, or my Wormar Super C on a BIN for £20.


you're kidding me!   I tell ya' luck must be something I just don't have, but then again, you have been doing this longer than I have. My best deal? Hardly a deal, mamod SE1a, complete, (not running mind you) $40. I WOULD have had a mamod SA1 for 20GBP If it wasn't for POSTAGE!  
johnreid

$40 is a great price for a SE1A
27ace27

johnreid wrote:
$40 is a great price for a SE1A


I guess, but compared to a 20 GBP wormar, it's a petty one! It's also too bad I lost the burner.
johnreid

Never feel you paid too much only because someone else got a better bargain. Consider that I have seen many a SE1A go for $68 and probably half of them were missing a burner
Les

Probably the £56 I paid for a pile of bits that turned out to be a complete Bowman M101, or the £30 BIN for my DEO, or the £48 I paid for then my unknown engine which turned out to be a Wilson.  
igy569

Jensen cast base 15.  $40 BIN.
27ace27

I know tony's best deal ever!  
pauly

a mamod minor with its original burner (including original rubber plug) and its box along with an se3 with it original box for bugger all    
STEAMPROPULSION

TWO MARTEN HOWES & BAYLISS VERTICAL STAINLESS STEEL AND COPPER VERTICAL BOILERS FOR 10 GBP EACH.


THEY DID NOT LOOK LIKE THIS WHEN I HAD RECEIVED THEM!
duncandumpertruck

A Marklin shaper for 4 euros  
TE1DRIVER

67 te1a for £40 fully complete. or the mm1 that was gratis
johnreid

If gifts count I have bigger bargains
whistleman

a tie.


I think my SE3 I got for $240 (AUD)    & a very special Jensen 25= priceless.
calypso

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£10 for this Fleischmann 120!

Burnmafingers

I think i may be bring up the rear on this one, but at least i got my pile'o'junk for nowt!
Paul H

Burnmafingers,
You do not bring up the rear. My best deal was the customized Roundhouse Lady Anne I acquired (with a RH Fowler tender) for the princely sum of $600. I had to fit new expansion links and eccentric rods, but it is a great runner and was even when I got it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jlrzJLTTjVw
mogogear

Nice vid there Paul- I thought you fell in the rolling stock there for a minute--!!

Slippery cameras!
Meths

Best (so far) for me is a toss up between my Stuart BB for a bargain £80, or a cracking little SEL Major for £4 at the Great Dorset!
barry1946

At Newark Antiques Fair about 10 years ago. It was around closing time on the final day and I haggled on a MM2 and got it for £7-50. Not in top condition but I felt I had haggled well and got a bit of a bargain!
barry1946

After reading through these posts it seems-

It's not what you got - more of how you got it!
tmuir

27ace27 wrote:


you're kidding me!   I tell ya' luck must be something I just don't have, but then again, you have been doing this longer than I have. My best deal? Hardly a deal, mamod SE1a, complete, (not running mind you) $40. I WOULD have had a mamod SA1 for 20GBP If it wasn't for POSTAGE!  


I would say your best deal was a completely free Jensen.  
Keith S

A Roundhouse Lady Anne for six hundred bones? Aye Carumba. You win, Paul.

A Lady Anne for six hundred pounds would be an insane deal!
jakesm

hmmmm.....

my se3 for about GBP25,

my Bowman M175 (runner, not pretty) about GBP16
johnreid

I have given this some more thought, Best Steam Related deal yet? Signing up tot he forum, Free Of Charge
jakesm

good morning john,

i think that rates well up there!
AzRob

Got Los Dos from eBay for $60. My TE1A was under $100. Both Wilescos were under $200. I even got a good price on the Ruby kit!
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