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    Gloster Meteor STGB Chat

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    19 hours ago, Corsairfoxfouruncle said:

    Sorry to hear this, no doubt you’ll beat :fight: her into submission soon though. Though I wonder if its possible to salvage bits to backdate the Airfix kit ? 🧐

    Not exactly "backdating" but I WAS going to use the gun bay from an Airfix F8 on my CA F4.  I did some jiggling about (before cutting away the panel in the F4 fuselage side!) and decided that with a bit of surgery on the Airfix part it WOULD fit.  However I decided that given the thickness of the CA plastic it probably wouldn't look good so abandoned the idea! 

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    RAF Sabre 4 - the Airfix 1/48 Kit

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    1 hour ago, Sabrejet said:

    @Rabbit Leader: the aircraft which were 6-3-winged from manufacture are (RCAF s/n in parentheses):

     

    XB647-XB650 (19854-19857)
    XB770-XB775 (19858-19863)
    XB851-XB855 (19864-19868)
    XB916-XB961 (19803-19848)
    XB973-XB977 (19849-19853)
    XB978-XB999 (19869-19890)
    XD780, XD781 (19801-19802)
     

    Super useful!  Thanks!

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    Ebay!!!!!!

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    4 hours ago, Rabbit Leader said:

    I’ve well and truly moved off eBay for selling items as the fees were starting to get way too high and stuff like this just seems to happen. I’m wondering if ‘the buyer’ thought it was free postage, although I know you state that it wasn’t. Perhaps the listing appeared that way to him? 

    Anyway, good luck and perhaps look at other mediums to sell stuff rather than this worldwide fee sapping business. 
    Cheers.. Dave 

    This is the text from my listing, just as it appeared.  Little ambiguity there I feel!  😀

     

    Offloading a few that no longer fit my collection & are just gathering dust but too good & representing too many hours of work to simply put in the bin.  Here’s a 1/72 scale Airfix Douglas Dakota DC-3.  Authentic colours & markings for an early post war RAF machine. Nice addition to any collection.  See my other items for more 1/72 bombers & others.  I simply can’t pack this well enough to post so for COLLECTION ONLY (please do not message me for postage costs) from near Stansted Airport.  Please ask for more details or images if required.

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    Ebay!!!!!!

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    And by the by, earlier I listed 2 x Airfix Lancs & a B-17, again all CLEARLY listed for collection.  One buyer bought all three & as I was invoicing I saw he was in AUSTRALIA!!!  I contact him, he was apologetic & I cancelled the order.

    Ebay!!!!!!

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    About 3 weeks ago I listed a few built models on eBay, having had success in the past.  One was an Airfix Dakota, CLEARLY described in BOLD script in the description as for collection only,  In addition the P&P section of the listing stated, no postage, collection only.  A buyer bought it, I invoiced & AGAIN the invoice states "for collection", the buyer paid & I  simply sat back to await his contact to arrange collection.  Yesterday he sent me a VERY aggressive message via eBay to the effect that he hadn't noticed the collection business & he wasn't prepared to travel 140 miles to collect it & why wasn't I prepared to post it (again I had explained in the listing that it was fragile & hard to protect).  TBH I had doubts about him when I saw he lived so far away but left it too him to mention this.  Had he messaged me AT ANY TIME explaining that HE had made an error, didn't realise it was collection, HE was sorry & would I consider refunding, I would probably have agreed but his message to me appeared to lay the blame on me & as I say was very aggressively phrased.  He has opened a case with eBay, I have the choice to refund, send the item, or contact the buyer but I am not prepared to do any of this as currently it is being handled by EBay's "automatic claim resolution service" that only gives you these options.  I'm going to wait until ebay step in & investigate & I am allowed to state MY case.  It's ONLY £20 but there is a principle involved here!

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