What brand is this boxcar again? https://www.ebay.com/itm/N-SCALE-BO...-EXACTRAIL-RH-FVM-RBOX-WEATHERED/233833125011 So, you're new to eBay, you say, so here's a tip: STOP KEYWORD SCAMMING.
I think the issue is that a small website gets very lost in the "long tail" of search results. How does a seller reach even a fraction of the audience that is available through eBay? There is, of course, the careful way of saying "hey, you don't have to buy it from me here" without tripping an eBay alarm, but then what? Word of mouth? Advertising (including here)? Dumb luck? I've seen my own website drop on Google Search way off the main page (except when searching "UMTRR" of course!). A post on "another network" lamenting the decline of brick and mortar shops included references to four or five shops that I'd never heard of. Were it not for my reading that post I still wouldn't have heard of them even though they DO have a web presence.
You've GOT to watch the video showing how this one operates! Backdrop looks like a kindergartner drew it. 'Flying' helicopters are obviously on a string and the two 'taking off' are just on a clear platform (but it's radio controlled...). He may be proud of it, but he's alone on this. https://www.ebay.com/itm/N-Hand-Cra...766470?hash=item5b835a7146:g:RAAAAOSwZzNfzPK0
Although I am not that auction site in volume, thankfully my site seems to keep a fairly steady traffic flow. One problem for me is there are ahead of me in searches, about half a dozen who use a similar sounding name. Excepting some tidbits pirated from me, they have absolutely NOTHING to do with the subject. For them it is just a cutesy use. My site is the only one on the web actually directly on the topic... Nothing that can be done to change matters. Come this summer, I will be a registered user of that place for 24 years. Have seen it go from being an open and free platform for sellers, like booths in an antique mall or an arts & crafts fair, to them essentially micromanaging a user's affairs so the items for sale are essentially their products, and you get a stipend for your being a simple associate helping them. Or they boot (fire) you off the site. Feels like how it must be living under a totalitarian government.
You want $200 for a plastic building and check out the photos of the workmanship: https://www.ebay.com/itm/Lot-12-42-...563659?hash=item1aae11fb0b:g:ETIAAOSwDL1f1lS4
Look at everything you get for $44: https://www.ebay.com/itm/1958-REVEL...903834?hash=item1aa5ecb79a:g:jDQAAOSwCKdfc1H-
These CMW kits are quite expensive to begin with. One has to be very careful when building them... not as easy as it seems. The 'modeler' may have a greater admiration of his own work than others would credit him for. Cost of structure, hours spent building and painting... rarely yield monetary return for the effort. Sent from my SM-J737T using Tapatalk
New as of October, 2014. Either he is using a template of some sort and not updating it, or is not quite being straight ahead with the community?
If this is the case with this ebay seller , I could sell mine for $35! But I won't. Lol. Besides have to love the MRSP $ , then the sale $ . See my second photo. Tom
This guy is asking waaaay too much for these engines. I saw a couple of similar Minitrix U28C's in SP at my local hobby shop today, and he was only asking $20. And I still decided against (although if I could upgrade and dcc one, it may be usefull for a project). https://www.ebay.com/itm/N-Scale-Mi...292959?hash=item44701668df:g:H80AAOSw1rJf8NHw
This is not quite ebay , worth the mention here Several Steam Locos Great Northern Kato Mikado - 126-0107 - $150 Kato Mikado - 126-0108 - $150 Undec Atlas 4-6-0 Atlas 0-8-0 x2 $50 each. All run decent and have Micro-Trains. Payment by PayPal and no trades or holds. Shipping not included in price *Note - These came from a smoking estate. I spy 2 ATLAS / RIVAROSSI 0-8-0 's , anyone else see it?! Third Locomotive . Tom
A MINITRIX Steam Locomotive Eh? > Minitrix n scale steam locomotive 2960 | eBay Sure looks like a Diesel Locomotive to me. Have to Laugh at this one ! BACHMANN-ATLAS ETC N SCALE LOT | eBay . BACHMANN-ATLAS , seriously ! Though I love the winning Bid , I feel for the person who was suckered into this one. Tom
