[ahammond]

I do not know if it is just me but over the past few weeks there seems to have been a right load of old tat coming up on EBay. But everything seems to attract stupid bids and sells. Who for crying out loud bids for and buys single packets of rail joiners? What really got me though was a pack of Kato electricity pylons. I checked the price of these in a couple of regular mail order suppliers and they were all about the £9 mark so I bid £6. They sold for £15 plus £2.50 postage.

 

[ahammond]

Actually I use EBay quite a lot ( 100% feed back as buyer and seller) not only for buying and selling model railway items but also in connection with my other hobbies and interests. I cannot see the sense though in going to the hassle of bidding for an item of low value that is in fact easier to obtain from one of the regular mail order dealers nor for buying an item at way over the market price just because it is on EBay. I do not blame the sellers as I have been pleasantly surprised myself in the past at how much an item has brought and if they can shift the stuff at a profit good luck to them. It is the mentality of some of the buyers that amazes me.

As far as overseas buyers are concerned do not forget that a lot of private sellers on EBay, myself included are rightly or wrongly very wary about sending goods abroad and will only deal with U.K addresses.

 

[ahammond]

Why reply with such mindless vitriol to what at the end of the day was a simple honest observation on the current state of some items being sold on EBay?

I did not criticise EBay or any individual and fail to see how any of my remarks can be regarded as unhelpful, childish and spurious or how they can have disturbed your peace in any way. I do not deny or question the right of anybody to sell whatever they wish within the rules of the organisation and the equal right of others to buy or not to buy at whatever price they wish.

I think that a reread of your posting and and a self appraisal of your obviously unhealthy attitude is definitely called for. I will continue to log onto this and any other forum that I wish and give an opinion on anything I wish within the rules of the forum. What I will not do is sink to the level of personal abuse and foul language simply because I do not agree with another persons opinion. Which incidentally as I understand it is against the rules of this forum.

I will reluctantly ask the moderators to close the thread at this point to avoid any further abuse.