R9257 Spencer

[walkingthedog]

I don't think any auction is a stable price guide. Depends on how badly two or more people want the item. If you're in the right place at the right time you can get a bargain.

[the.bloke.in.the.windmill]

walkingthedog said:

I don't think any auction is a stable price guide. Depends on how badly two or more people want the item. If you're in the right place at the right time you can get a bargain.

i saw 3 circus tents go for

more the twice what they are going for in some shops. had that person looked around they would have found the tents and stalls together for the same price they paid on the auction. im not mocking that person for paying so much but at the same time i cant understand

why they didnt shop around. the bargains are out there as im sure the 2 chaps who just got the flying scotsman will concur.

[The son of Triangman]

I agree with you WTD and the bloke in the windmill prices at online auctions can be silly wither way.

There are bargains out there but you have to look around. Prices for mint Spencers are holding firm at around £250 - £280 for a mint boxed crisp

first issue outside of the online auction sphere.

[The son of Triangman]

The first issue of the Spencer model will always be the more desireable issue.

[Moomintroll]

How can you honestly say Spencer sells routinly sells for 250-280 when a quick search of EBay shows that the last 5 have all some for under £130? The only way I can see anyone getting £280 for a spencer is if they take it to every sales fare and eventually

find some mug willing to pay up. Thats not a market though, a market is the price I can get someone to pay me for a Spencer in a resonable time and tht is why EBay is the best source of prices. I.e. Im long a pencer, I need to monitize it how much is it worth?

BTW

if anyone wants to buy a Spencer for a very resanable £200 let me know, you should make £50-80 on the deal!

[Shadow.Monk]

I just had a thought. What would happen to model shops who have Spencer for pre-order if all 1000 models were pre-ordered through the Hornby website before the release date?

[Shadow.Monk]

Moomintroll said:

How can you honestly say Spencer sells routinly sells for 250-280 when a quick search of EBay shows that the last 5 have all some for under £130? The only way I can see anyone getting £280 for a spencer is if they take it

to every sales fare and eventually find some mug willing to pay up. Thats not a market though, a market is the price I can get someone to pay me for a Spencer in a resonable time and tht is why EBay is the best source of prices. I.e. Im long a pencer, I need

to monitize it how much is it worth?

BTW if anyone wants to buy a Spencer for a very resanable £200 let me know, you should make £50-80 on the deal!

Also Moomin, you seriously interested in selling?

[Shadow.Monk]

I did some research this morning, trying to find a Hornby Toad model, but I ended up coming to a website which claimed to have 1 first gen Spencer in stock, so I just ordered it on impulse. It cost a total of £86.45, I am willing to pay an extra £10 to

have the first gen than the re-release from my local shop, hope that this was still actually in stock and that they send it to me :D

[the.bloke.in.the.windmill]

Shadow.Monk said:

I did some research this morning, trying to find a Hornby Toad model, but I ended up coming to a website which claimed to have 1 first gen Spencer in stock, so I just ordered it on impulse. It cost a total of £86.45, I am

willing to pay an extra £10 to have the first gen than the re-release from my local shop, hope that this was still actually in stock and that they send it to me :D

didnt happen to come accross a sodor mail truck by any chance? i made the mistake

of only getting 1 when they were cheap! anyway can you stop researching, thats my little trick :)

[Shadow.Monk]

Last year I got told about another shop having one in stock by another member (Cannot remember their username, sorry!), and I bought that last one on impulse. I sold it a few months later because I decided to move to N Gauge (MASSIVE mistake if you ask

me), and the mistake wasn't worth it even if I did get a £50 profit.

I regretted selling it ever since I did so I am please I found another first gen :)

[Shadow.Monk]

Ps, sorry I haven't come across one :( If I do I will order it, and I will let you know if they have any spares haha :P Anyway there's a guy wanted to sell one on Ebay for £35+p&p

[Shadow.Monk]

Deepest apologies for me triple posting! TBITW I just checked the same website I just ordered Spencer from, and they have 5 Sodor Mail wagons in stock. Are you able to supply me with contact info so I can send you the link?

[the.bloke.in.the.windmill]

Shadow.Monk said:

Deepest apologies for me triple posting! TBITW I just checked the same website I just ordered Spencer from, and they have 5 Sodor Mail wagons in stock. Are you able to supply me with contact info so I can send you the link?

hmm

not sure because they delete emails dont they?

[Shadow.Monk]

Shadow.Monk@rocketmail.com

Try that :)

[the.bloke.in.the.windmill]

Shadow.Monk said:

Shadow.Monk@rocketmail.com

Try that :)

ok just done it, cheers:)

[Shadow.Monk]

Glad to have made someone happy, that's my good deed for the day haha

[the.bloke.in.the.windmill]

Shadow.Monk said:

Glad to have made someone happy, that's my good deed for the day haha

i ordered 1 after getting the link from you this morning then this afternoon i couldnt resist getting the other 3 so that will give me

5 :)

[Shadow.Monk]

the.bloke.in.the.windmill said:

i ordered 1 after getting the link from you this morning then this afternoon i couldnt resist getting the other 3 so that will give me 5 :)

So that's where they've all gone!

It's a good

job I bought their last 1st Gen Spencer this morning before I provided you with the link, because I would assume you would have snapped that up too :P

[the.bloke.in.the.windmill]

Shadow.Monk said:

So that's where they've all gone!

It's a good job I bought their last 1st Gen Spencer this morning before I provided you with the link, because I would assume you would have snapped that up too :P

for

that price i would have been silly not to but im well happy with those 4 babies, you wont see that again for that price

[Shadow.Monk]

Oh I totally agree with you there. I now have 2 and I am only interested in having the 2. If I come across any more at a price like that it would just be to make a profit (if possible) off them.

Glad you finally have more to add to your collection

and I hope you enjoy them :)

[the.bloke.in.the.windmill]

Shadow.Monk said:

Oh I totally agree with you there. I now have 2 and I am only interested in having the 2. If I come across any more at a price like that it would just be to make a profit (if possible) off them.

Glad you finally have

more to add to your collection and I hope you enjoy them :)

well my thinking was that a rake like that might all look good in a siding, im not really interested in selling them on, i just didnt think i would come accross them that cheap again.

I suppose also im getting to the point where ive got most of it so it was nice to get hold of something i really wanted which is also why im still going to get the new spencer even though ive got the first one. cant believe you got a first ed though! but the

website is right at the back of beyond, handy for us though.

[Shadow.Monk]

Cancel the Re-Release Preorder I mean :P

[the.bloke.in.the.windmill]

Shadow.Monk said:

Cancel the Re-Release Preorder I mean :P

depends are you collecting or running them? In my eyes it is another release in the series, im also secretly hoping that the 2 could just be that little different to

each other

[Shadow.Monk]

Well due to lack of space I can't have a layout :( Not for a number of years really. Plus I have no track or controller so it's just collecting for the time being but in the future I am hoping to change all of my locomotives to digital and run them :)

[the.bloke.in.the.windmill]

i would still go for the new one too. what i would love to know is how many of the first issue were released?