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Purchasing Refurbished from Lionel's Ebay store

electric_express_200electric_express_200OGR Forum Member

Does anyone have any experience purchasing Lionel products (like Locomotives) on the Lionel Ebay store?

 

http://stores.ebay.com/Lionel-Trains

 

They have a lot of disclaimers making it impossible to determine the condition of the item and if you try and ask a question, you get a notice from E-Bay that "because of the volume of questions that this seller receives blah, blah go back and read the item description again"

 

Every item says it could have a damaged box, cosmetic damage, broken or damaged separately applied parts and no manual.  I would be curious to know if anyone purchased from Lionel using this method and how did the purchase turn out.

 

Thanks,

Mike

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Rocky MountaineerRocky MountaineerOGR Forum Member
Originally Posted by cbojanower:
Not sure of the prices overall, but the price of the ZW-l is way out of line

Yeah... but it includes shipping!!! 

 

OTOH, looks like Lionel is collecting sales tax across the board.  So by the time you're done with the ZW, it costs close to a grand! 

 

I don't think they'll be selling too many of those jewels on eBay.

 

David

J jojofryOGR Forum Member

Ok I got mine today it had everything with it the tire tool the module traction tires and the filling tube and  manual .There   was no shipper and the box had some dings in it nothing real bad.. I programed it and both smoke units worked (yea surprised) but unfortunately it wouldn't move .. Blinking one cab light .. I don't want to tell you how many times I had my other 3759 apart for the smoke unit.. So I decided to take a peek and behold the wire on the main board somehow came out of its socket .. I re plugged it in and ran it for a hour with no issues ..  So if this helps this was my experience for 688 bucks with tax. It was shipped for free. 

electric_express_200electric_express_200OGR Forum Member
Originally Posted by jojofry:

Ok I got mine today it had everything with it the tire tool the module traction tires and the filling tube and  manual .There   was no shipper and the box had some dings in it nothing real bad.. I programed it and both smoke units worked (yea surprised) but unfortunately it wouldn't move .. Blinking one cab light .. I don't want to tell you how many times I had my other 3759 apart for the smoke unit.. So I decided to take a peek and behold the wire on the main board somehow came out of its socket .. I re plugged it in and ran it for a hour with no issues ..  So if this helps this was my experience for 688 bucks with tax. It was shipped for free. 

Thank you, this is exactly what I was looking for.  I guess I will take the plunge.

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