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Plarail price increasing - Trainboy90 Productions - 05-02-2020

I noticed on sites like ebay, the price on Plarail engines are now in the $25-$40 range at cheapest, does this mean it's the end of Plarail Thomas altogether? I also noticed the increase in other items. Could COVID-19 be causing this to happen?

RE: Plarail price increasing - Super - 05-02-2020

Could be world events causing anything now a days but I wouldn't use Ebay as an indicator of Plarails price for their items. Best to use a site from Japan to judge how much the average price is for a train. But this doesn't mean that their prices haven't gone up, in fact it does look like they may have gone up a bit but that may have to do with the cost of materials, manufacturing, labor and inflation. It does look like trains that went for $18 & 18 dollars are now going for $20 & 21.

RE: Plarail price increasing - violater - 05-02-2020

(05-02-2020, 12:54 PM)Super Wrote: Best to use a site from Japan

Specifically Yahoo Auctions.
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All vintage Plarails costs are drastically increasing as of March this year. Expect to pay around 20%-450% more the original expected prices from now. The original expected prices are found in Mandarake's Plarail buying cost table although very outdated.
Of course the 3 types of vehicles in 1 set are increasing too, especially Nagoya Railway Set.

RE: Plarail price increasing - MuddyPoppins - 05-03-2020

Yes shipping from Japan has also gone through the roof too!!!
Some eBay sellers who once offered free shipping have bumped up shipping prices from 0-$250, with some even as high as $2000 for a $50 item...Sad
Don’t really know what’s going on, but it is CRAZY!!!!

RE: Plarail price increasing - violater - 05-03-2020

DHL to other SEA countries outside Japan to ship a 3 car box is around 5800 yen now. I live in Japan, so my shipping costs is 1000 yen flat for these boxes... above average the price.

RE: Plarail price increasing - Super - 05-03-2020

(05-03-2020, 02:40 AM)Muddy Poppins Wrote:  with some even as high as $2000 for a $50 item..

What??? Wow, I haven't seen that but then again I haven't been browsing too much in the train category lately. Wait...Is that Yen or Dollars?

RE: Plarail price increasing - violater - 05-03-2020

It should be yen, shipping should be less than 100 USD by all means.

RE: Plarail price increasing - MuddyPoppins - 05-03-2020

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RE: Plarail price increasing - MuddyPoppins - 05-03-2020

Dollars $ Vio

RE: Plarail price increasing - Trainboy90 Productions - 05-03-2020

It looks like I'll have to buy from Amazon Japan instead on most of them.