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Oy! Such a bargain!

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Twibil - 25 Apr 2009 02:55 GMT
http://cgi.ebay.com/STEAM-2-8-8-4-BRASS-ENGINE-ONLY-PAINTED-WORN_W0QQitemZ300310
296805QQihZ020QQcategoryZ484QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem


No box, no tender, no good sense...
BleuRaeder@aol.com - 25 Apr 2009 10:01 GMT
> http://cgi.ebay.com/STEAM-2-8-8-4-BRASS-ENGINE-ONLY-PAINTED-WORN_W0QQ...
>
> No box, no tender, no good sense...

Quote:  STEAM   2-8-8-4  FREIGHT BRASS ; MARKED :JAPAN

Age unknown .  made by: unknown   looks wonderful to me but,  I am
ignorant.

( I think picture #2 shows the ignorance..............can you see it ?
or have my medications kicked in too early )
a_a_a - 25 Apr 2009 11:04 GMT
>> http://cgi.ebay.com/STEAM-2-8-8-4-BRASS-ENGINE-ONLY-PAINTED-WORN_W0QQ...

at this time, it comes up as
This listing () has been removed or is no longer available. Please make
sure you entered the right item number.
fl@liner - 25 Apr 2009 15:13 GMT
>>> http://cgi.ebay.com/STEAM-2-8-8-4-BRASS-ENGINE-ONLY-PAINTED-WORN_W0QQ...
>
> at this time, it comes up as
> This listing () has been removed or is no longer available. Please make
> sure you entered the right item number.
You probably didn't get the whole URL.
Try this:
http://tinyurl.com/chqkeq
fl@liner - 25 Apr 2009 15:11 GMT
>> http://cgi.ebay.com/STEAM-2-8-8-4-BRASS-ENGINE-ONLY-PAINTED-WORN_W0QQ...
>>
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> ( I think picture #2 shows the ignorance..............can you see it ?
> or have my medications kicked in too early )

#2 just shows that *the seller's* meds have kicked in...
Twibil - 25 Apr 2009 18:34 GMT
On Apr 25, 2:01 am, BleuRae...@aol.com wrote:

> ( I think picture #2 shows the ignorance..............can you see it ?
> or have my medications kicked in too early )

Do you mean the (A) broken off front coupler, (B) the pilot being bent
backwards, or (C) the valve gear that's falling apart?

};^}
BleuRaeder@aol.com - 26 Apr 2009 04:35 GMT
> On Apr 25, 2:01�am, BleuRae...@aol.com wrote:
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> - Show quoted text -

Ummm, I didn't bother to look THAT close, it was the difference in
rails that popped out to me.
Special Agent Melvin Purvis - 26 Apr 2009 06:18 GMT
On Apr 25, 8:35�pm, BleuRae...@aol.com wrote:

> > On Apr 25, 2:01 am, BleuRae...@aol.com wrote:
>
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> Ummm, I didn't bother to look THAT close, it was the difference in
> rails that popped out to me.

The classification lights are broken, too.
David Nebenzahl - 25 Apr 2009 18:48 GMT
On 4/24/2009 6:55 PM Twibil spake thus:

> http://cgi.ebay.com/STEAM-2-8-8-4-BRASS-ENGINE-ONLY-PAINTED-WORN_W0QQitemZ300310
296805QQihZ020QQcategoryZ484QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

>
> No box, no tender, no good sense...

"No tender"? For auctions like these, that should be "no coal car".

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Steve Caple - 25 Apr 2009 23:35 GMT
> On 4/24/2009 6:55 PM Twibil spake thus:
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> "No tender"? For auctions like these, that should be "no coal car".

Amen!! <g>

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Andy - 26 Apr 2009 17:22 GMT
> On 4/24/2009 6:55 PM Twibil spake thus:
>
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>
> "No tender"? For auctions like these, that should be "no coal car".

Well Hell!!!  If there ain't no coal car, then I don't want it!

Anybody here know how I can rescind my $2,000 bid???  Quickly!!!
David Nebenzahl - 26 Apr 2009 20:13 GMT
On 4/26/2009 9:22 AM Andy spake thus:

>> On 4/24/2009 6:55 PM Twibil spake thus:
>>
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>
> Anybody here know how I can rescind my $2,000 bid???  Quickly!!!

Sure--just use my new ecommerce service, OopsIBidOnThatByMistake.com.
Only $19.95 per bid retraction. Put it on your PayPal account.

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NICHE541 - 29 Apr 2009 17:52 GMT
> On 4/26/2009 9:22 AM Andy spake thus:
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>
> - motto of the Church of Euthanasia (http://www.churchofeuthanasia.org/)

The smoke is not coming from the engine but from the pipe dream that
the seller is haveing if he thinks he is going to get $1800 for that
thing.
Big John
 
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