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Its an interesting development in our hobby, these prices.  I have recently sold something which made twice as much as a fixer upper than a mint boxed one I bought 6 months ago, a fairly rare piece, but never worth that in my humble.  Which leads me to further wonder why prices are so bonkers......  The Britains SG2s are the best current example - they are afterall just a toy and i believe prices will fall back!  But are there a lot of folks joing the hobby now versus a year or two ago - without 'the knowledge'?  For sellers its great, better than putting your money in the bank, but for those who are starting out, (as i did 25 odd years ago), it is extremely difficult to build a collection without a shed load of money!  The trick is not to rush into a bidding war with someone, bide your time, set a limit, stick to it and one will find its way to you eventually - my mantra anyway!

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36 minutes ago, fordmajor said:

Or go to a show or toy fair when [hopefully they resume]

Hence the high prices at the moment with no shows on theres a big demand, where else can you buy discontinued models or spares except ebay

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4 hours ago, Hajo said:

Wow, what a price for this implement ... you don't come across a green one every day (or even every week, year ..) but that is a steep price somebody paid.

I have 2 of them think I got them for £30 each have them few years box now is ok 

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I saw this one on Facebook last week and now it is on Ebay

https://www.ebay.it/itm/RARE-BRITAINS-CONVERSION-LAMBORGHINI-CHAMPION-135-TRACTOR/303626033285?hash=item46b1859885:g:o10AAOSwFzRfEYih

Looks as if the seller has used the Ros Same Iron as a base and sprayed the whole thing silver, including the lights. he has then used a black marker pen to colour in (badly) the grilles but he has had some trouble keeping within the lines.

No........just NO!

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14 minutes ago, robbo said:

I saw this one on Facebook last week and now it is on Ebay

https://www.ebay.it/itm/RARE-BRITAINS-CONVERSION-LAMBORGHINI-CHAMPION-135-TRACTOR/303626033285?hash=item46b1859885:g:o10AAOSwFzRfEYih

Looks as if the seller has used the Ros Same Iron as a base and sprayed the whole thing silver, including the lights. he has then used a black marker pen to colour in (badly) the grilles but he has had some trouble keeping within the lines.

No........just NO!

everything that seller does is rare, cant be rare when he's  putting 20 odd out a week of his trailers and spreaders , its a conversion, nothing more , 

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Yes I agree, rare is an overused description. I have seen it used to describe the commonest items just to inflate the price. The other thing that always puts me off is when they use "L@@K" in the title. No, I will not "l@@k" at your listing if you use that ridiculously juvenile expression in the title, it tells me straight away that you are an idiot and not to be trusted.

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10 hours ago, robbo said:

I saw this one on Facebook last week and now it is on Ebay

https://www.ebay.it/itm/RARE-BRITAINS-CONVERSION-LAMBORGHINI-CHAMPION-135-TRACTOR/303626033285?hash=item46b1859885:g:o10AAOSwFzRfEYih

Looks as if the seller has used the Ros Same Iron as a base and sprayed the whole thing silver, including the lights. he has then used a black marker pen to colour in (badly) the grilles but he has had some trouble keeping within the lines.

No........just NO!

Veeeery badly made, awful

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https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/BRITAINS-ERTL-JOHN-DEERE-8530-PRECISION-1-32-SCALE/264771449528?hash=item3da59bb2b8:g:xZsAAOSwbFFe776d

 

Was that a steal for someone, or about par for one of these?

And would my chances of finding same for that sort of price be extremely slim?

 

Edit - see there are missing bits now I have read it properly!

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i read further!
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2 hours ago, CX820Joe said:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/BRITAINS-ERTL-JOHN-DEERE-8530-PRECISION-1-32-SCALE/264771449528?hash=item3da59bb2b8:g:xZsAAOSwbFFe776d

 

Was that a steal for someone, or about par for one of these?

And would my chances of finding same for that sort of price be extremely slim?

 

Edit - see there are missing bits now I have read it properly!

The description start saying condition is new, and then goes on to say this is broken, the mirror are missing and bla bla bla, so it’s not new 

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12 hours ago, CX820Joe said:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/BRITAINS-ERTL-JOHN-DEERE-8530-PRECISION-1-32-SCALE/264771449528?hash=item3da59bb2b8:g:xZsAAOSwbFFe776d

 

Was that a steal for someone, or about par for one of these?

And would my chances of finding same for that sort of price be extremely slim?

 

Edit - see there are missing bits now I have read it properly!

I did bid £63 on this!!!!!!!   I have spares that would have completed the model too, nevermind :)

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