Ebay Buys:
I am sure many of us trade on Ebay from time to time. I like the "ending soonest" settings and sometimes bid too quickly, not fully reading the description. Short of total rip-offs, most of us enjoy the bidding and winning, eagerly await our purchase to arrive. But what if what you receive is not what was listed?
I recently had that happen to me. I enjoy colorful locomotives and trains so I bid on, and won, a Spirit of America old time HO 2-6-0 loco, tender and passenger car. What arrived a few days later was colorful, but not HO scale. My $35.00 purchase turned out to be O scale narrow gauge, On30 to be exact, O scale trains that run on HO track. These sets are produced by Bachmann for various "Mints" decorated with noted scenes, this one by Kincade, and sold for quite high prices. Checking on some sites I found the locomotive and tender would sell for $65.00 and the car for $35.00, a value of $90.00. But wait! There is more. Being used to HO scale I was amaised at the weight and details of O scale. It runs fine, just needs a little coupler adjustment on tender and car.
Sorry about using a little "journalistic freedom" in the title. I have had only good luck on the sometimes hated site. Here is my buy on a temporary track.
