Believe it or not, ebay sellers are HERE at TC also doing the same thing, in the name of investment purchases! When I questioned a damaged item not mentioned in the ebay listing, the reply was   "... the purchaser can return the item..." like that is the fix and then only if the return is accepted. Then, I saw the same item and same seller here on TC.  My recommendation regardless of the sales venue, "LET THE BUYER BEWARE!!!" dinkyboy

http://www.ebay.ie/itm/Matchbox-RW-14C-Lomas-Ambulance-Red-cross-roof-/160572172309?pt=Diecast_Vehicles&hash=item2562d8e815#ht_1450wt_952


 


Deserves a mention, that much extra for a decal... WOW... maybe some of the experts on here can explain?

how about a 'Ghost in a Jar'

when feebay just started there were heaps of these expensive jamjars with ghosts up for grabs.

 


 


If you check the seller's auctions, past and current, plus his feedback, it would seem like he's never sold or listed a single diecast before these, so it is quite likely that he doesn't have the faintest clue about the values of what he's trying to sell.


He's probably heard of how old toy cars can be extremely valuable, so looking at his, he feels that they're "really, really old" and "in good condition", from well known brands, so, a very simplified logic tells him that they must surely be among those "extremely valuable" ones.


So what do you charge for such an item? You know how kids sometimes juggle with absurd numbers, not having any idea what these numbers/sums actually represent. "Okay, you can borrow it, but if you break it you'll owe me two billion dollars"


"Nah, that's not fair"


"One billion then?"


"Okay"


The prices of this seller seem to have been 'constructed' this way. The cars are 'really, really valuable' so one has to think of a price that sounds like a lot of money and this was the result.


This sounds like the opposite end of an equally clueless seller finding some toy cars in an attic, and thinking they're just "old junk", then pricing accordingly. In other words: our dream scenario

How about what must be the most overpriced Code 3 i have seen:


http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/DINKY-TOYS-No-676-ARMOURED-PERSONNEL-CARRIER-CODE3-RE-FINISH-/260894237418?pt=UK_ToysGames_DiecastVehicles_DiecastVehicles_JN&hash=item3cbe8222ea#ht_597wt_1110

If you look at his other items, they are all to me vastly overpriced,but he's at 100% feedback.. so maybe he's getting away with it, I reckon I could knock one of these together in about 15 minutes... but get £59.95 for it not with my luck....

Well he may be at 100% feedback, but doesn't mean he sells that much haha!

Good news! The seller relisted the Mercedes SSK with a 50% discount. EUR 50,000.00 starting bid, EUR 300,000.00 Buy it Now price. Keep on dreaming!
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=261035699927

A quarter of a million pounds this guy must be inhaling some strange substance or lives on plane Zogg.

As for the Lomas I got two for £5.00 and bought a box for one of them for £5.00 which i thought was a rip off

Everything that seller sells is way over priced. Flaming annoys me when all there out to get is loads of money and in the process rip us collectors off big time!. 


Also sells in TC marketplace too.

This looks cheap errmmm not the state of this for that much only worth at least £40.


http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/DINKY-TOY-FODEN-14-TON-TANKER-/261036358136?pt=UK_ToysGames_DiecastVehicles_DiecastVehicles_JN&hash=item3cc6fab9f8#ht_500wt_1287

Here's one I find... interesting! This seller lists 40 different Matchbox MoY models, every single one being described as "very rare and exclusive model" and all have a starting price of exactly £44.95! There are no individual descriptions, so no explanations of what makes each model so "rare and exclusive". Also no information, in words or photos, of box-types, if any, so they're probably all unboxed.


All in all he has 45 current listings, none of them have recieved a single bid. Completed listings shows 19, none of which have sold.


Anybody tempted? 


http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/artursbl40/m.html?hash=item19d1a50688&item=110891435656&pt=UK_ToysGames_DiecastVehicles_DiecastVehicles_JN&rt=nc&_trksid=p4340.l2562

Hey, he is decent on shipping to Canada at £7.99. That is about all I can say about it though. NOnE are rare, they are all pretty Common. I have had three of the Toblerone and sold them all on.

Cannot understand why they have put this on ebay and not in an auction?

(330744132009)
stands at£2,450  with two  days to go 9 bids.

Wow, I want that!  But does it include all this?

www.christies.com/lotfinder/lot/a-corgi-...x?intObjectID=986033

REF: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Corgi-Silverstone-Gift-Set-15-/330744132009?pt=UK_ToysGames_DiecastVehicles_DiecastVehicles_JN&hash=item4d01e2f1a9