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unrestored diecast 1/18 scale - some photos to compare

Hello,
my hobby is creating little dioramas with rusty aged cars,
motorcycles and buildings like a barn, carport or a garage. Creatings
rusty diecast is an art, hard work with much sanding, but on the market
you'll find series too. Some are limited, others produced in large
quantity, but not very detailed or in lower quality.

Some
sellers want to quickly earn money and producing very poor only briefly
painted models. For
me it simply means to create awesome art,
as a gift to friends or just for fun.

I'm from Germany, and quality is my first
name, my English too ?
Please feel free, report errors to me - THX

Here are some photos to compare !
The real world on junkyards:

a very old pickup, very rusty

damaged, repaired

the beetle overgrown by nature
Diecast 1/18 scale

hard work, sanding a beetle (Maisto 1/18 scale)

rusty beetle 1/18 scale lost in prairie

Ford Mustang in restoration 1/18 scale

Mercedes limited edition Revell

weathered Jeeps dirty, rusty, damaged

junkyard diorama with tree
gas pumps 1/18 scale

Selftrading.co.uk Mixed Pallets Wholesale Pallets

My Review of Selftrading.co.ukThis company offers Mixed Pallets at wholesale prices but all is not what it seems.I went ahead and purchased a mixed pallet of goods from selftrading.co.uk. Now, I did contact Self Trading by phone to have a quick chat about the contents
of the pallet before proceeding with the purchase (as there are no listings of contents on the selftrading website) and was assured that this pallet was valued at over
7,000. I spoke to a guy called Karl who seemed pretty confident that
this was a great offer.I paid just over 700 for the pallet delivered to Ireland. A few days later the pallet arrived and i could not believe what this company had sent.Pallet contents included:4 Very Large Boxes of dusters that you could not give away for free never mind sell.1 Box of extension poles for above dusters.4 Boxes of cheap underwear. 2 white. 1 brown and yellow and 1 orange and yellow.1 Very Large Box of disposable toothbrushes. Real small toothbrush that has some paste inside it. Use once and throw away. Absolutely useless.2 Boxes of coffee sachets that are almost out of date.3 Boxes of envelopes. 1 white. 1 pink and 1 blue.2 Boxes of mixed nails and screws.4 Boxes of Very Large cheap car seat belt covers.The rest of the pallet was made up of cheap pens, stop watches and small alarm clocks/radios with no power supplies.My
advice to anyone thinking of purchasing one of these mixed pallets is
too stay well clear. There's a good reason why the contents of these
pallets are not listed on their website. I contacted Self Trading
to let them know i was not satisfied with what they had sent and they
simply said that there was nothing they were willing to do and that was
pretty much that? Even though it does state on the website that selftrading.co.uk would buy the pallet back if neccessary. The tone of their reply was not what you would expect
from a wholesale company or any company for that matter. They simply
did not want to know. They had my money and that was that. What a
complete rip off. These so called wholesale pallets are a complete waste of money. I've had to dump the majority of this pallet as the products are worthless.I hope this info will help some potential customers make an informed decision before parting with their hard earned cash.
I'd hate to see anyone else have the same experience as i had with Self
Trading. This company should be avoided at all costs.I contacted Self Trading to let them know i would be writing a review on my experience with them. They replied by email saying: Crack on.I'm absolutely amazed that this company is trading. Do yourself a favour and stay well clear.

Moorcroft Graded Pottery - Sub Standard

Since writing my guide about spotting Moorcroft seconds, I have been asked many questions by people from all over the world. I have noticed that I am now receiving more contact about the Moorcroft factory's new system for marking sub standard items which are classed as graded. These graded pieces fall somewhere between first quality and seconds quality, so they don't get the red dot treatment.The new method is simply a hand written capital letter G inside a circle, usually in dark green or black. It is similar to the copyright mark which they also write on the base (capital C inside a circle), and can be overlooked quite easily! Be sure to check the base of later Moorcroft for this symbol, because not everybody who is selling a graded piece will be as honest as the majority!Please keep this guide prominent for the rest of the Moorcroft collecting community by voting YES if you found this information useful.Any questions are welcome, but please allow a little time for me to answer as some messages get sent to my spam folder and are not read until I trawl through it.

Dunster House Log Cabins

The Dunster House Website is quite flash with lots of glowing testimonials from customers.
However, beware of what lurks behind the glitz!

I purchased a Garden Office recently and on building it, found some significant pieces missing.
I tried to call the Customer Services Department but they will not take incoming phone calls. You must write to them for a response.

I asked for my problem to be escalated and they said "He won't talk to you! Our terms and conditions state you must write in". Any company who receives a complaint or delivery query and then immediately hide behind their terms and conditions must be viewed with a great deal of suspicion.

I am now awaiting their response.

With regards to the actual quality, whilst I don't have experience of any other manufacturer, I think the quality of the product is poor. Many of the planks are twisted and bowed. Several are split right through.

Would I recommend them or buy from them again - NEVER!

Wondering What Makes a Great Item Title? -THINK on THIS

I'm going to give you several ways of really grabbing the viewer's eye, so he/she will automatically click on your listing probably without even thinking about it. There are many ideas around what makes a great item title however I'll give you my tips which I've found from experience really work.

Always use a gallery photo. People don't want to waste time clicking on something they can't see. 70% of the population use visual skills as their main information gathering modality. In short they go with what they can see. Generally speaking - no photo equals no click on your item. There are always exceptions to the rule but for the extra few pence, gallery fee is well worth it.
Gallery photos should be of the item ORa person associated with the item. Photos of people work better than photos of symbols. So if you are selling a service, put a good photo of yourself.
Use a subtitle which costs a little bit extra, but it's worth it if yo have an item with a substantial price. Or if you find other sellers who are selling the same thing, are using subtitles. If you competition has subtitles and you don't, your listed item will look a little 'nude' in the searches. Not a good lookespecially in winter!
Always research what you propose to sell. See how other similar item titles are constructed. Whatever words you use, go for something different, that hasn't been used before. Be creative and original in your language.
Judicious use of capitals can make your title stand out in the crowd. However don't fall for the trap of doing the entire title in capital letters. Capitals work best if there are only a few words, or part of the title in CAPS. IF I WRITE MY WHOLE SENTENCE IN CAPITALS, it looks a bit too much and it's difficult to read. But if I only WRITE selected letters in CAPITALS, it's much more EFFECTIVE!
Use exclamation marks to make a point! But don't overuse them (unless you're really artistic and are using them to make some sort of creative symbol, !i!i!i!i for example). You can use these sorts of little symbols to grab attention (:-:-:-:-:) in your title. Just look for different things that aren't commonly used.
Don't make outlandish claims, be honest in your title description. Your viewers will be disappointed when they get ot your listing if it's not what it was purported to be.
Use the entire space allocated in the title field. In other words, a short title doesn't really cut it. If you have space remaining, fill it with an emotional attention grabber e.g. item blah, blah - Needs a Good home!or item blah, blah - Hours of Fun or item blah, blah - This Season's Latest.
If your item is new, always put NEW in the item title. The word new is eBay's most commonly searched for word. Make use of what people are searching for. Good keywords are really important.
Try and start your item in the pence rather than pounds price range. I find that 80% of the time, items starting at just a few pence get a higher price than items starting with a pound value, even a low pound value. They also cost less to list. I know you will say you could lose money and it's true you could, but most times I don't and I don't think you will either!

Make the Best Impression!

In short, your Item Title is the first impression you will make on a potential buyer. To get a buyer, you absolutely must make an impression, hopefully a good one. Most items have other sellers selling the same thing, so you simply have to stand out in the crowd to get past first base. Generally speaking, the better the initial impression, the more potential buyers and the higher the price.

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Until next time, Regards, Rose