another suspect item

[DrJeep]

Was anyone else watching this green11a tanker from France? It sold for £400 but the base picture tells it all...

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[petethesweet]

Hi I Had second thoughts on it Pete.

[Idris]

I was looking at it earlier and wondering whether the colour was off or whether it was simply the colour balance of the photographs.

[johnboy]

That's sad. Dubious colour, awful crimps and the wrong casting. Quite a few bidders took this to £33 or so, then just two took it to it's closing price and the winner (with 8 feedback) had multiple bids to win the auction.

[DrJeep]

I think the colour is wrong but as John says, it’s the wrong casting. At least the picture should have left no-one in any doubt.

[kerbside]

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The correct base casting for the Green 11a model.

George T.

[petethesweet]

Hi all, I feel sorry for some of these new collectors they get sucked in thinking they have got a bargain . There are such a lot of fakes on eBay at the moment Pete.

[kerbside]

They seem to be every where, the other week a collector showed a Red & white 50a which he said he got on ebay for less than he said it was valued at in his book.

He did not like it when I told him it was a repaint I told him it should have SPW not Metal wheels

He would not say how much he paid for it?

George T.

[nearlymint]

Hi all, I feel sorry for some of these new collectors they get sucked in thinking they have got a bargain . There are such a lot of fakes on eBay at the moment Pete.

Hi Pete,
But should they not be doing a bit of homework before spending that sort of money, I know there are a lot of fakes/repaints not just on eBay but at many toy fairs I have been to. But you really need to start off small and familiarise yourself with the different castings and variations thats all part of it for me.
J

[Idris]

As the saying goes "a fool and his money are soon parted".