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jacqui63

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I am looking to sell a Hornby Intercity 225 train set complete and I am hoping someone here can advise me on where to sell and what selling price I might achieve.

All in its original inner and outer packaging, the set comprises of:

British Railways Class 91 Electric Locomotive with dummy pantograph

2 Mark 4 Open Standard Coaches

Mark 4 Driving Van Trailer

Oval of track (requiring space 145x94cm / 57"x£7")

Transformer

Train Controller

Powerclip

TrackMat

Jacqui

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Hi Jacqui

If it is set R696 then you would be looking at anything between £25 and and £50. That is what they currently sell on eBay for. Commission on eBay is 10% and payment via PayPal another 5% approx. No point in going anywhere else to sell it, as all they will do is put it on eBay and add their own percentage as well.

Selling it directly on eBay will mean you will get the most for it. Don't sell it as an auction, list it as a Buy It Now for whatever you are happy with.

Andy

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On this note, I also have an R.824 set which I bought with a few issues which I have rectified. I had planned to sell as a full set but the carboard box is in really poor condition (polystyrene's okay though). Is splitting to sell my best option then?

Would I be best trying to sell the 91, DVT and mkIVs as a pack of 4 or individually?

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If you are looking the current market value of any Hornby second-hand item then just go to ebay.co.uk, enter the item in the search 'Hornby R824' and when the results are displayed scroll down till you see the tick boxes on the left

 

Completed listings

Sold listing

 

Tick the sold listings

What someone lists something for is not necessarily what they are currently selling for. Ebay sets the second hand price of most model railway items these days.

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There is the Model Railway Trading Group on Facebook which you can join and sell things commission free.  Most people on there seem to accept Paypal or bank transfer.  I sold a couple of Select Controllers on there a couple of months ago for £40 each with no hassle whatsover.  Saves on eBay fees.

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Hi Jacqui

If it is set R696 then you would be looking at anything between £25 and and £50. That is what they currently sell on eBay for. Commission on eBay is 10% and payment via PayPal another 5% approx. No point in going anywhere else to sell it, as all they will do is put it on eBay and add their own percentage as well.

Selling it directly on eBay will mean you will get the most for it. Don't sell it as an auction, list it as a Buy It Now for whatever you are happy with.

Andy

Really     most model shops would probably sell it their own shop

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Hi gohan13,

If you would like to email me jacqui63m@gmail.com

Jacqui,

Did you miss the forum rules to the right, third one down? If you took time to read the Forum Guidelines you would also know selling is not permitted.

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