Ebay, the planet’s largest continuous flea market, lists over a quarter-million model railroad-related items. MRH publisher Joe Fugate shares his insights on how to buy model railroading items on eBay without getting ripped off!
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— by Joe Fugate
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Bay has become the planet’s largest full-time online flea market, and it’s among the top 30 sites on the entire internet. Millions of people visit the site every day to buy and sell everything from pipe cleaners to European castles. On eBay you’ll find a quarter-million model railroading items covering everything from junk to some hard-tofind and even a rare item or two. For modelers who don’t know the ropes of online auctions, the entire process can seem daunting and fraught with risk. There are some expert tricks you can employ with eBay to get the best price for the items that get listed. I’ll show you how to become a savvy eBay buyer so you don’t pay more than you should for an item and how to
Figure 1: As of this writing, eBay listed 256,703 items in the Model RR, Trains category. Looking at the category menu down the left, HO scale has 114,620 items! Clearly, you need to use eBay’s search box to narrow down this list into something short enough to be manageable.
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