Where best to sell a Live Steamy

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I am (as you probably noticed) selling a Lady Anne and a Ragleth. However I am aware this isn't really the right forum - and I don't just want to sign up to others purely to sell something.
Could those of you in other forums/clubs make people aware I have these two available - and I am well known to this parish etc etc....
Be very grateful. Otherwise where to you suggest I try?
 
Toggle down to the "Private Sales" forum.

From personal experience, you must follow instructions carefully, especially by including photos. When I listed a coal fired loco, even links were frowned upon.

Also, you can't beat the price. FREE is good everywhere in this hobby.

Regards,
Will
 
The trader ' Anything Narrow Gauge' (formerly IMPs I think) will take it off your hands if you want a quick sale - but he needs to make a profit, its his business, so you might not get top price.
anythingnarrowgauge@googlemail.com
 
You could try Andrew at Garden Railway Centre in Cheltenham. He shifts a few steamies new and 2nd hand and he will do it on a commission sale bassis - 15% of the final sale price + 20% vat on the 15% commision charged. He pays out with no need to offset against new purchases.

I have sold a few items through him to finance new purchases (as said not a prerequisite) and find that it seems the best way to get near best market value without the hassle/risks of open auctions or Ebay, which could be an issue with a live steamer. I think you will find the best time to sell will be in spring when most peoples thoughts turn to "what can I do in the garden".

Or you could sell on here and mark down accordingly given the savings on commissions, etc'.
Or you could join the 16mm society and sell via its quarterly bulletin (possibly not an option given your opening statement).
Max.
 
Ebays the place.You'll get what they are worth.
 
Ferrysteam said:
Ebays the place.You'll get what they are worth.
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You'll get what someone is prepared to offer, minus the ripoff 10-15% commission to eBay and Paypal (who are the same thing).

I echo a previous suggestion of a Garden Rail advert. Failing which try an auction house with a reserve on the items. That way you do get what you ask - the buyer pays the commission.
 
whatlep said:
...what someone is prepared to offer, minus the ripoff 10-15% commission to eBay and Paypal...
...try an auction house with a reserve on the items. ....the buyer pays the commission.
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Is that correct? My only experience is watching Flog It & Dickinson etc on TV.
They always take the commison off the selling price, and it's usually 10-15%.
Not being critical, just curious.
 
MRail said:
whatlep said:
...what someone is prepared to offer, minus the ripoff 10-15% commission to eBay and Paypal...
...try an auction house with a reserve on the items. ....the buyer pays the commission.
Click to expand...
Is that correct? My only experience is watching Flog It & Dickinson etc on TV.
They always take the commison off the selling price, and it's usually 10-15%.
Not being critical, just curious.
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I think most auctions houdes charge the seller a comission and the buyer and buyers premium which means they make 30-50% of the sale price although the seller onlky looses 15-20%.
 
Unless members of other forums are also members here they will not be able to see the adverts. If I look at this site at work ( on my break ) I cannot see any of the content that is for members only,like the ads!
 
MRail said:
whatlep said:
...what someone is prepared to offer, minus the ripoff 10-15% commission to eBay and Paypal...
...try an auction house with a reserve on the items. ....the buyer pays the commission.
Click to expand...
Is that correct? My only experience is watching Flog It & Dickinson etc on TV.
They always take the commison off the selling price, and it's usually 10-15%.
Not being critical, just curious.
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The seller's charge is often open to negotiation and is only payable if a sale happens (unless you agree otherwise). So it's up to you to set a reserve which ensures you get what you want (including the auction house's commission, however you have negotiated it).
 
What you want and what you are going to get are two quite different things to think about when setting a reserve price at auction. Set your reserve too near the market price and you may not get any bids, set it too low to get the bids rolling and you may not get what you want. Ebay are always encouraging sellers to set a low reserve to encourage bids, but then they offer the seller (ahem) a get out of ending the auction up to 12 hours before end time if the bids do not seem to be going the right way.

The risks are compounded if not enough people are "in the room", literal or metaphorical, for your auction and you end up with the only potential buyers being dealers or someone with a need to put on thier mark up to the buying price to turn a profit when moving it on.

Try Ebay first, if that does not work then I still think a "commission sale" negociated with a dealer will be the safest bet to realise the best nett price.

Max.
P.S. Get the cracked pressure gauge glass fixed on the Lady Anne before you list/sell . A small, though fixable, defect like that could cause a disproportionate loss in value.
 
Ebay is not the only on-line auction site, though they'd like you to think so.

There are others, like Loot. I'm not sure what their charges are.
 
Ian, I'm pehaps interested in the Raghlet. I could not find it in the private sells however so that's why I reply here. Can you PM me with some more information (just new here so I'm not allowed to send PM myself yet...).
 
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