Mamod closing

[Dilkris]

Seriously? £249.99 from a charity shop?

 

[Keith 66]

Seriously? £249.99 from a charity shop?

A sign of the times. Our local charity shops have cottoned onto the worth of some things & charge whatever they can get.
As for the Mamods, I would love to blag those prototypes, I see those soaring in price way beyond the standard ones.
I know a bloke who collects them, every one he has drilled a hole in the boiler "Cant use them they are not safe"???? Really.

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

Seriously? £249.99 from a charity shop?

Yes.
They are wise to the value of items.
The big ones have E bay accounts.
Some will bulk sale at auctions.
I have no objections to paying a fair price in a charity shop.

 

[Richiew]

It's much better than scrapping an item because they don't realise the value. We have seen this recently.

 

[optima21]

Yes.
They are wise to the value of items.
The big ones have E bay accounts.
Some will bulk sale at auctions.
I have no objections to paying a fair price in a charity shop.

yeah and quite a few mamod engines are sold through ebay charity shops. they have a larger audience than passing trade at a charity shop.

I once won an ebay auction where the seller was a local hospice for 99p with free delivery, I ended up making a donation by justgiving to them as it was worth at least £5 to me.

 

[Richiew]

Just passed by the same shop today. Trainset gone. I asked at the counter and they confirmed it sold. Fair play to them.