Seeking some advice/ help

I suggest you purchase a couple of the guide books. Older ones have a wealth of information, only the prices would be out of date. There are also a couple of web sites:

Tandem

Postwar Lionel

Folks here like to answer questions.
However, I don't think anybody likes being taken advantage of.

Do your homework.

Welcome to the Forum. This is the best place to get your train questions answered.

Welcome to the Forum. We are all here to help, and we were all new here, once.

Mr. Burfle's response was rude. Ignore it.

Welcome to the forum.

You will need to learn a lot about model trains in particular; as there is pre war(Lionel, Ives, Dorfan), post war(Lionel, KMT, American Flyer, Marx, Kusan), and modern era.

Then there is the modern stuff by; Lionel, K-Line, MTH, Weaver, Williams, Williams by Bachmann, and 3rd Rail Brass. There might be a few others that I don't know of but that should give you an idea of what you are getting into, not an easy thing to do if you are just starting out and trying to make a living selling on ebay or other auction sites.

While I am at it don't forget about the condition of an item.

Lee Fritz

Welcome to the forum.  Normally you will get at 10 encouraging responses to every nasty one, but never in any order.  Try to ignore the nasty ones.  I hope you enjoy this hobby like the rest of us do.

Art

Welcome to the forum.

This has been the most welcoming place online in terms of good people being willing to share what they know, often more than you might even ask.

I have attempted to return the kindness when someone posted about something which I felt I could lend sound experience or advise to I take the time to reply. You might consider doing the same.

If you are entering the buy/sell arena to support your hobby this forum's buy/sell section is an excellent and no fee means of do so, lots of trains change hands between this forums members as we all seem to have more trains than we need and want more trains than we have.

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Mr. Burfle's response was rude.

Please accept my apology, I didn't mean to be rude.

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C.W. it was never my intention to take advantage of anyone here. Not sure what I said to come across that way but I apologize.

I was the one who was wrong, you have nothing to apologize for.
Once again, I am sorry.

Hi Gary, welcome aboard.  Lot's of talented members with great experience and information to provide you when you need it.  Please keep us informed on the progress of your hobby and feel free to ask questions when you have them.

Steve, Lady and Tex

Welcome to the forum. This is the best place to go for O gauge train information of any kind. Great resource.

I have another take on the interpretation of comments here, a lot of times people post things trying to be helpful (I think we are all basically good people at heart and want to help others), but the written word comes off wrong and is mis-interpreted. Writing is more easily taken wrong than face to face conversations. So maybe at times someone might sound rude when they are actually just trying to offer some helpful advice and it just comes off wrong from the way it is written. I am just as guilty as anyone else, I have trouble expressing my thoughts in writing most of the time. Sometimes it comes out right, sometimes I goof it up. Just some food for thought here, for all of us.

There are a LOT of very nice and helpful folks here. I think most all of them are. Some  get into it over this and that and have dis-agreements, but I think everyone gets over it and goes on remaining friendly toward each another. Life is full of differing opinions and sometimes a few differing opinions is good to see. Gives us a much broader picture of what ever is being discussed. The moderators do a good job of weeding out the posts they think may cause problems. That helps keep us in line pretty well.