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I have for some time on visits to eBay model railway site, been left wondering, why next bid showing as ie £4.50 and biding this amount to be beat by a one new penny at £4.51 when in actual fact next bid higher should have been £5.00.
Is this normal practise? or am I missing the point.

 

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One advert that often crops up is Hornby people 6 figures at £2.89 plus £1.50 postage, and at times the start price exceeds that amount. The price asked at model shops is £3.50, an extra 39p to have them posted to your home address.
Mind you, I would not miss the chance of a visit to my local model shop and at the same time taking home my "figures" that day - no waiting for the post and saving money.