This price seems a little too high...

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Re: This price seems a little too high...

Post by ToledoRailfan » Sat Nov 11, 2017 1:51 pm

nickrink wrote:
freebrickproductions wrote:
nickrink wrote:This WCH Mechanical bell is being sold at a high price: https://www.ebay.com/itm/Antique-Old-We ... 0033.m2042
That's a WRRS bell.
:oops: Perfect example of why you should look more at the pictures... wow... :LOL3:
WRRS and WCH M-Bells are pretty identical from the front so I don't blame ya for getting confused.
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Re: This price seems a little too high...

Post by nickrink » Sat Nov 11, 2017 2:07 pm

ToledoRailfan wrote:
nickrink wrote:
freebrickproductions wrote:
nickrink wrote:This WCH Mechanical bell is being sold at a high price: https://www.ebay.com/itm/Antique-Old-We ... 0033.m2042
That's a WRRS bell.
:oops: Perfect example of why you should look more at the pictures... wow... :LOL3:
WRRS and WCH M-Bells are pretty identical from the front so I don't blame ya for getting confused.
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Re: This price seems a little too high...

Post by NathanFromEngland » Fri Jan 12, 2018 11:23 am

Even though this guy is asking 150 bucks for this RRS bell, it needs a ton of work done, needs repainting and the instruction manual on the side is missing.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Wester ... 0005.m1851
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Re: This price seems a little too high...

Post by freebrickproductions » Fri Jan 12, 2018 12:52 pm

NathanFromEngland wrote:Even though this guy is asking 150 bucks for this RRS bell, it needs a ton of work done, needs repainting and the instruction manual on the side is missing.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Wester ... 0005.m1851
Doesn't look too bad, IMO. Maybe needs a fresh coat of paint, but nothing major. I've noticed a lot of used bells have missing instruction manuals, especially when it comes to older bells like that.
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Re: This price seems a little too high...

Post by ZachL » Fri Jan 12, 2018 1:05 pm

NathanFromEngland wrote:Even though this guy is asking 150 bucks for this RRS bell, it needs a ton of work done, needs repainting and the instruction manual on the side is missing.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Wester ... 0005.m1851
That's a WRRS bell, not an RRS bell.
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Re: This price seems a little too high...

Post by NathanFromEngland » Mon Jan 22, 2018 12:20 pm

This guy is dreaming, he wants 700 bucks for someone to buy just a Safetran gate motor, he's way out of the park.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/1-USED-SAFETRA ... xycmBS5~wG
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Re: This price seems a little too high...

Post by McK&H.Aust » Mon Jan 29, 2018 5:12 am

NathanFromEngland wrote:This guy is dreaming, he wants 700 bucks for someone to buy just a Safetran gate motor, he's way out of the park.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/1-USED-SAFETRA ... xycmBS5~wG
LOL that guy is way past dreaming, he's in total fantasy land. Not sure how much for other countries, but for Australia he wants $335 just for shipping :Blink:

Here's another guy who is doing some serious dreaming, wants $500 for a used WCH m-bell. You could probably buy a brand new one for the same amount, or cheaper. https://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Railro ... SwwZtaXRrX
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Re: This price seems a little too high...

Post by freebrickproductions » Mon Jan 29, 2018 12:03 pm

McK&H.Aust wrote: Here's another guy who is doing some serious dreaming, wants $500 for a used WCH m-bell. You could probably buy a brand new one for the same amount, or cheaper. https://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Railro ... SwwZtaXRrX
I'm pretty sure that a brand new WCH mechanical bell will only set you back $300 before shipping here in the US, so that used bell is literally more expensive than a new one.

I see it all the time with traffic lights. A 12 inch aluminum McCain three color signal will only run about $200 to $300 (IIRC) before shipping for a brand new one* and you can even have it made to the specifications you want**, but I've seen people on eBay trying to sell corroded 12 inch aluminum McCain signals with LEDs for much more than that. :Roll:

*McCain PV signals are much, much more expensive
**Things you can specify are the color from a small list of colors and visor type, and maybe the model of LEDs, but I'm not certain on the last one
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Re: This price seems a little too high...

Post by NathanFromEngland » Fri Mar 02, 2018 4:09 pm

$250, just for a bloody Burlington Northern Engineers seat? :Confused:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Burlington-Nor ... Swol5Y2tGO

And yes, this is irrelevant to the topic, but i cannot find any mechanical/E-Bells. :Tongue2:
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Re: This price seems a little too high...

Post by nickrink » Fri Mar 09, 2018 8:05 pm

$1,200 for these lights... I could buy a signal with that money! https://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Railro ... 2350102459
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