What have I done now?

[naflibomyalp]

Well, I'm quite pleased with myself.  It's been 3 days and I've managed to sort out and bag 57 sets with only a few parts left over!  I've sorted them into crates: keeping, selling and not sure.  They contain the following:

Sets that I am keeping:
PlaymoDB List - Your Set List

Sets I don't want: 
PlaymoDB List - Your Set List

Ones I am not sure whether to keep or not:
PlaymoDB List - Your Set List

Then I believe the people I bought it off must still have a box somewhere because there is a small bag of pieces from the pony ranch, horse drawn cart, there's the corner of the roof and figures from the post office, the stagecoach (3803) but no horses or accessories and the instructions and figures from the roadside cafe but no actual cafe. 

I'm happy with it all so now I have to decide about the maybe pile and then wash all of it-it was quite dusty but the people also had 2 cats and I am really allergic to them and I don't want my victorian car to make me ill, I want to be able to put it in my room so  I can convince myself it actually belongs to me!

naflibomyalp
 

[flatcat]

Well, I'm quite pleased with myself.  It's been 3 days and I've managed to sort out and bag 57 sets with only a few parts left over!  I've sorted them into crates: keeping, selling and not sure.  They contain the following:

Sets that I am keeping:
PlaymoDB List - Your Set List

Sets I don't want: 
PlaymoDB List - Your Set List

Ones I am not sure whether to keep or not:
PlaymoDB List - Your Set List

Then I believe the people I bought it off must still have a box somewhere because there is a small bag of pieces from the pony ranch, horse drawn cart, there's the corner of the roof and figures from the post office, the stagecoach (3803) but no horses or accessories and the instructions and figures from the roadside cafe but no actual cafe. 

I'm happy with it all so now I have to decide about the maybe pile and then wash all of it-it was quite dusty but the people also had 2 cats and I am really allergic to them and I don't want my victorian car to make me ill, I want to be able to put it in my room so  I can convince myself it actually belongs to me!

naflibomyalp
 

There's nothing like a good sort of a haul. I've had that sometimes before, where there are parts for things that aern't there.
In one haul I had the complete set of accessories and klickies for the camper van and peddallo etc, but the vehicles were missing

That farm set with the tractor maybe worth keeping as it was a US exclusive, and so harder to find in this country (the value isn't too special though, unfortunately )

Are the victorian cars that rare now? I got mine cheap in one of the most controvertial purchases mentioned on this forum

Damo

[bonniebeth]

Controversial purchase? I don't remember this....

Verity, that is a truly awesome haul! All kinds of great stuff in there! And I can't believe some of the stuff you plan to get rid of. Some great sets in there, too.

[playmofire]

That's the sort of thing I need to do, Verity.  

From your not keeping list, I'd be interested in taking this one off your hands:

http://collectobil.com/catalogue/items/3069.htm

I got a Victorian car for £2.50 at the local recycling site years ago with only odd bits missing (tyres and a headlamp, I think) and I was able to get them from DS when the old-timer truck was re-issued for a German store.

[flatcat]

Controversial purchase? I don't remember this....

Yes, I was quite naughty

I got a Victorian car for £2.50 at the local recycling site years ago with only odd bits missing (tyres and a headlamp, I think) and I was able to get them from DS when the old-timer truck was re-issued for a German store.

OH YES GORDON!

 

Damo

[naflibomyalp]

Are the victorian cars that rare now? I got mine cheap in one of the most controvertial purchases mentioned on this forum

I just wasn't prepared to pay the prices they seem to reach on ebay and recently I have noticed the prices climbing especially if the figures are included so I had resigned myself to the fact I was never going to get one.  I didn't know that one was going to be in the lot before I bought it, it was only when the woman pulled it out of the box in her front room and made a little speech about how it was vintage and how she had bought it years ago and it was expensive then etc and I was just thinking hurry up so we can get this home and I can unpack it all and see what else there is.  When we did get home we carried in all the boxes and were just folding the seats back and we were cornered by our neighbours who chatted for at least 15 minutes.    By the time we unpacked it (okay tipped it onto the carpet)  it was almost time for me to go to bed!

[naflibomyalp]

Controversial purchase? I don't remember this....

Verity, that is a truly awesome haul! All kinds of great stuff in there! And I can't believe some of the stuff you plan to get rid of. Some great sets in there, too.

Neither do I.

Some of the stuff I plan to get rid of like the victorian room sets are because if I keep them I will have 3 of one set and I thought duplicates were useful triplicates (?) would be a bit excessive!

[naflibomyalp]

From your not keeping list, I'd be interested in taking this one off your hands:

http://collectobil.com/catalogue/items/3069.htm

Well, I already have one of those which is why it's in the not keeping pile but I was planning on keeping the lady if that alters your decision?

[playmofire]

Well, I already have one of those which is why it's in the not keeping pile but I was planning on keeping the lady if that alters your decision?

No, that's not a problem, Verity.  Let me know if you're looking for anything or what price you're thinking of.

[naflibomyalp]

Add to that I have a log cabin and silver ranch supposedly in the post...I say supposedly because originally I was going to collect (they were an hour away) but I was a bit busy at the time so shelled out £9 for postage instead.  I received a message on Thursday that they had been posted and I quote 'should be arriving any day now'.  That was 5 days ago.     I'm getting a bit worried and at least 5 parcels have arrived since then, I get excited every time and not one is for me!

You'll all be glad to hear that these items were delivered in the rain this morning by the postman dressed in royal mail shorts and t-shirt (poor guy probably got a bit wet!).  The message I received about the items being posted on Thursday was a load of rubbish because the stamp on the parcel was dated yesterday and only cost them £6.66 and you can't tell me the rest of my £9 postage was spent on packing because it was wrapped in a bin bag them wrapped in a piece of manky cardboard.  Anyway, the items are ok-I'll add them to my pile of washing!