He advertises on Trainboard and in N-Scale Magazine. I just don't get it.
http://cgi.ebay.com/250708535889All I see is a poorly painted gater/foamboard diorama with real chicken wire "fence" and out of scale vehicles. Its garish, cartoonish and of poor taste.
Look at the stuff on his website:
http://www.scratchbuiltbyjoe.com/index.html"Cutesy" name/play on words? Check
Cotton balls as chimney smoke? Double check
Sewing/wire thread on a spool as coil load? Ugh check check check
Now I wouldn't pick on a guy for making his own stuff. I have plenty of items that will never see the light of day because frankly, they suck. I bet we all have our own failures. But to advertise it? To sell it at such a mark up?
Its kind of like watching American Pickers. These guys who want $200 for a 60 year old oil can.
Anyway, one more reason why eBay needs a voting system. If ten people vote your item as junk, its gets automatically delisted from the category. That would help keep the junk, inappropriately listed items and misrepresented items off.
