Howdy y'all, I've received several emails regarding this collection and my friend has decided to drop the minimum bid on the whole lot. The minimum bid is $6,300 and we have a buyer at $6,300. If you're interested, please bid $6,350 or more.
Best Regards, Rhett Graves Madison, AL --- In [email protected], Rhett Graves <rcandamoonpie@...> wrote: > > I'm helping a friend sell his large S gauge collection. Attached is a list > of items that he has available for sale. > > About the sale process: The sale will be conducted as a whole-lot, > open-book-bid auction from now until July 7th. As bids come in for the > whole lot, I will notify the group of the bid amount (not the buyer, just > the bid amount). Provided the lot doesn't sell, a piece-by-piece, > closed-book-bid "silent" auction will follow. I'm trying to sell this as a > lot first to expedite the sale. > > About bidding: Please send me an email with your name as the subject > line. List the amount you would like to bid for the whole lot. The > minimum bid is $8,300. This comes to just $48 per item for a lot that is > mostly S-helper and has locomotives in it (including one SHS Consolidation > with sound!). If you would like to bid over this amount, please do so in > $50 increments. If I receive bids of equal amounts, the bid received first > will be registered and I'll notify the subsequent bidders that their bid > was not high enough. > > About shipping: The buyer will pay the actual shipping charges for the > shipping service of the buyer's choice. Insurance is the buyer's option > (but I'd think you'd want it). If no insurance is purchased, then I am not > responsible for what the shipping service does to your item. If you do > purchase insurance, I'll work with you to get payment from the postal > service. All items will be packaged well for shipping. > > About the items: My friend is a high-scaler, meaning that he uses AF > wheelsets with scale couplers (either Kadee 802 or SHS). That will be the > arrangement you'll find on almost all of these cars. As I've inventoried > the cars, I've tried to make note of any different arrangements with > respect to wheelsets and couplers. For the cars listed as having "Both" > wheels, I've only inspected a representative sample (20 or so) of the boxes > to see if the scale wheelsets are still there. I haven't opened a box > where all of the pieces are not there, but I'm not guaranteeing there won't > be some missing scale wheelsets. I've also marked the stock number and > road number of each car. As these cars have been run and some roadnames > have multiple road numbers, I cannot guarantee that the road number in the > box goes with the stock number on the box. I recorded all of the road > numbers so you can verify that the item you're purchasing is not identical > to something already in your collection. All of these cars are in very > good condition. > > Happy bidding! > Rhett Graves > Madison, AL > ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
