Online Selling Shockers

The box should be in the bin by now, at this point it may be hindering the value

Hmmm....possibly stretching the meaning of "slightly" a little?

 

somethings odd about Donald can you tell me what is the missing pieces are?

the description 

clearly Donald has no smokebox or face its gone £16 is steep and mind you I got mine no truck for £9 and it was £12 in total this is just a stretch.But hey free shipping these sellers are using the word rare all the time if everything's rare nothing is

An established ebay UK seller who knows exactly what they're doing:  trying to pull a fast one. 

Plarail boxes, nice Plarail express coaches removed, tacky Trackmaster 'coaches' (i.e. vans with stickers) substituted.

Oh my...did they divulge the swap in the description???

nothing on the description except a long history lesson on tomy trackmaster (with wrong information like Mattel making hit toy company when it was founded by hit entertainment and being ceased in 2009) 

trying to be sneaky and hoping you don't notice the obvious difference. Trying to pull a wool over our eyes.

I would be curious to see what their response would be to someone calling them out on this.

I've sent a message, received an "out-of-office" auto reply, so we'll need to wait. It does say on the listings that the seller is away until November 10th.

I am anxious to hear what they say. Originally I thought maybe they bought a bunch of boxed trains and the previous seller had made the switch but you said they are an experienced Ebay UK seller so I assume in Plarail sales. Have you ever bought from them before Dr Chris?