Total insanity.

[Peter Miller]

I was watching this Leo .40 as supplied to the Deagostini Spitfire.

 

I decided not to compete with the pillock who bought it

 

More money than sense

[David Ashby - Moderator]

Wow!  

Edited By David Ashby - RCME Administrator on 22/07/2011 08:53:43

[Danny Fenton]

I wish some pillock would buy some of my things at that sort of price. A fool and money are easily parted......

 

Cheers

Danny

[Tony Bennett]

so i paid too much for it then.

 

[Martin Harris - Moderator]

Amazingly, there's more than one pillock out there 'cos someone else bid £200 before "losing" to the eventual winner! If he's realised what it's worth since bidding I bet he's one relieved chappy...

[Tim Mackey]

Unbelievable.

[fly boy3]

Obviously a mistake with the position of decimal point. LoL

[Peter Miller]

I wonder if they were suffering from the delusion that it included the Spitfire kit as well.

[fly boy3]

Regarding this kit, a stranger brought a completed model to our field a few years back to see if any one would attempt to fly it. It was so heavy, the offer was declined by all, but very politely. I wonder if any one of them flew at all. Cheers.

[John Privett]

There's three of them who bid over £50 (which I consider to be well above the actual value of the goods on sale.)

 

And they've all got decent feedback numbers, so they're not clueless ebay numpties. Well, clueless numpties perhaps, but not ebay newbies anyway!

 

Was there ever a solid gold Leo 40 made?

[Martin Harris - Moderator]

Perhaps it's because it says Spitfire on the charger's box? Watching the feedback when it arrives might be interesting!

[Doug Ireland]

Just had a look at Hobby King, they knock them out at $56 brand new!

 

Talk about buying a lemon!

[Steve Adams]

Thats Madness Gone Wrong!

I Have 2 Classics in their box brand new untouced with receipts still(although 15 years old!) They are an MDS 38 Q Pro,and an Irvine 25 MK3 TBR ABC and if i could get that for the pair of them id sell tommorow!! Surely they would be worth the money more? when you consider the Irvine was Made In England,unlike modern ones now made in china.

[Steve W-O]

I have bought two in the last year, both in boxes, and paid less than £20 including postage each time.

 

People seem to be taken in by words, without reading the whole line and questioning something that is not stated clearly.

 

I would consider anything that was made after 40's as just plain old, but I have seen engines made in the 70s given fancy words, and sometimes people bid for them as if they are special (maybe because certain models are special!)..

 

But here, I don't see how somebody could bid so much without asking questions first.

 

Shill bidding or plain scam comes to mind

[Bob Cotsford]

They've seen the D'Agostini Spitfire bit and the engine portion of the title and assumed both are included, despite the fact that the photo was of the engine alone.

it just reflects the levels of literacy and initiative in the country today.

Edited By Bob Cotsford on 22/07/2011 16:06:24

[Reno Racer]

I bought the 46 sized LEO for $46 and its runs very nicely.

 

I wonder if the 'winner' knew what he was buying and I suspect will be very dissapointed when the engine turns up at his door.

 

Anyone for a Leo 46 for a Spitfire or even an RC Jet Fighter, I'll sell it at the bargin price of £250!

[Steve W-O]

Posted by Bob Cotsford on 22/07/2011 16:05:34:

They've seen the D'Agostini Spitfire bit and the engine portion of the title and assumed both are included, despite the fact that the photo was of the engine alone.

it just reflects the levels of literacy and initiative in the country today.

Edited By Bob Cotsford on 22/07/2011 16:06:24

 

 

 

I agree with you, but knowing that many people don't speak English at home, or just don't speak propa English, it should be made very clear.

 

The title could be said to contravene ebays keyword spamming policy, as the engine was not made exclusively for that plane, so "as used in" could have been included in the desription.

 

 

So who would you blame, the seller for not stating it clearly, or the buyer for not reading it proper;y or checking?

 

My guess is that ebay will be on the buyers side, because an honest and decent seller would check with the buyer that they really knew what they had bought before sending it, no seller could be dumb enough to genuinely believe it is worth so much, not even a non-modeler.

[Peter Miller]

I notice that the seller has no feedback as a seller

[Bob Cotsford]

post deleted

Edited By Bob Cotsford on 22/07/2011 20:05:30

[Peter Miller]

Ah! You saw what I meant in time Bob.

 

 

[Bob Cotsford]

yep. damn, thought I'd deleted it in time!

[Peter Miller]

I just checked the feedback from this deal and the buyer was very happy with paying £205 for a Leo 40.

 

I wish I could find a couple of mugs who would bid that high for my ordinay stuff.

[Steve W-O]

Guess it must be two mates trying to con others!

 

How can the buyer state "sought after item" unless he had done some research to know it was sought after, and if he had done any research, he would know he paid ten times the value for it.

[Peter Miller]

Does look fishy, doesn't it.

[John Privett]

Not as fishy as a "transaction" I once noticed on ebay that was obviously a "setup" just to let two mates boost their feedback scores. The item was a Eurostar ticket (which I'm fairly sure is on the ebay "banned items" list) but the feedback from the buyer, saying he'd received the ticket, was submitted within about 3 minutes of the auction closing!