Ebay : GRS BR 20 ton standard goods brake van (Ready-to-Run).

[John Candy]

Seen on Ebay : Constructed GRS kit for BR Standard 20 ton goods brake van.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=290755780235&ssPageName=ADME:B:EF:GB:1123#ht_500wt_950

[MikeWilliams]

Its been re-listed, so still for sale.  Considering the price of the kit, £185 isn't bad - is it?

Mike

[MikeWilliams]

I see the list price for the kit is £138.62, so that means you are being asked to pay a premium of £46.38 to have it assembled and painted by an unknown hand.

Mike

[AshleyW]

if you study the listing,there are additional parts and also don't forget the wheels and cost of postage, so it is less than the cost of parts.

[MikeWilliams]

Good point Ashley,

I wonder why finished models don't fetch more on e-bay?  Older steam locos seem to go for a lot, even with no boiler certificate, yet rolling stock doesn't seem to sell so well.

Mike

[AllWight]

That is the nature of the second hand models. Some items we would not bother with are worth silly money whereas a model kit ready built however good the job never seems to fetch much in the way of proportionate value for the time and effort put in. It is rather strange but the same thing has been going on for yearrs with second hand traders at the model shows selling Hornby dublo and the like. You would have thought a good G3 wagon ready to roll would command a better value. Private sales would be more
lucrative.

Mark

[Richard T]

In the smaller scales, 00,0 gauge, G1 seem to echo this, locos  both commercially made and kit built always command a good price, so much so that it is almost worth building them to make a few quid.
Rolling stock always seems to sell for little more than it's original kit price,

Maybe that's the appeal of wagon kits - it's the building of that attracts.

I think there is also a perceived difference between "kit built" and "secondhand"
People sell Ready to Run wagons - it implies never been run before and is a "new" item.
Second hand infers it's a bit worn.

Jim McGeown of Connoisseur Models started out building white metal wagons an selling them as Ready to Run.

Rgds
Richard

[MikeWilliams]

This chap is selling the brake van, three converted Bachmann wagons, a rolling road, track ...

Sounds like somebody who tried Gauge 3 and decided it was not for him.  Pity.  Never like to see people leave the scale.

Mike