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Let me save you the trouble... Aside from the winner, a repeat satisfied customer, here are the feedback totals for every other bidder on that car: 107 176 584 232 1350 147 864 So, as Willis postulates, some of these bidders are secretly me. Um, okay. Sure. Gee, I've set up...

How am I fabricating false demand if we have established that every bidder is a real bidder? Again, look at each of their feedback totals, Genius. Thank you. If anything, forcing buyers to pay throught the nose for an item, by enlisting shills, would only discourage them at some point...

You're never going to let it go, are you. Armchair critics always think there has to be a catch.

Look, I am not saying it's a $600 car in my opinion. But the bidders are. That's the bottom line. Period. If they have that kind of money to spend on toys - who are we to say they are off kilter. I'm in awe and disbelief as any of you must be. All the buzz about THIS particular auction only...

But you ARE implying that they can't be legit. When they most certainly are. Then perhaps you've just never done anything that others covet that highly. One of the regulars has told me he spends about $1200 - $2000 a month on brass alone. What's a $600 freight car a few times a year to...

This is for the benefit of the cluless individuals, like Willis, who relish in conspiracy theories, and accusing me of rigged auctions. I'm just going to explain this, and then I'm gone. What you don't realize about eBay bidding that appears to be outrageous or insane, is the exponential factor...

Whatchoo talking about Willis. So lemme get this straight. Don't post it in a discussion thread - but rather go under General Discussions to another category. Sounds like they're both discussion related to me.

To the untrained eye, Larry. No disrespect towards you intended. If you ask the big leaguers themselves - there are clearly differences. And how can you say Darrel and I share methods, if you know nothing about what I do before you witness the results? You're comparing finished cars, and...

Not so fast... Ryan's eye-catching boxcar is essentally ALL oil paints if you read about it. I have already said I do not use oil paints whatsoever. Oil painting, as Aggro pointed out, is in the magazines and certainly no big secret. Thanks for hijacking the thread though. And Ryan wonders...

Nope. Nice try. No oils involved. But the so-called professionals like them. I don't get into that Flavor of the Month technique stuff. No powders & hairspray... :( No guache :( And especially... NO silly windshield washer fluid. :(

No problem Larry. I wasn't dissing him - or you for liking him. In fact, he sounds like a well-respected fellow. Old School though. Not that there's anything wrong with that. I'm almost 50 myself. I just couldn't survive on being folksy within a small regional radius, that's all.

A good barometer of popularity, to me anyhow, is not simply the money made..... but things like number of bidders involved and page hits. For instance, my Spine Car set ended with 19 bids total. I thought that was a milestone. Right now, on Day Three, this log car has 38 bids so far (by 10...

Larry, I'm essentially capitalizing on my name. Like an Eddie Bauer edition Ford. Or a Gucci handbag. They aren't necessarily superior to the competition - but buyers like the status symbol appeal. I don't crank out 5-10 weathered cars per month like some of my rivals do. Folks can see a...

Larry, So your point being...? :o I don't doubt there are modelers off eBay who are equal to - or better - than myself. I'm not putting a price tag on my work when it's up for auction. Only a starting bid amount. This fellow you met ought to try selling some things on eBay - and then...

A 60' Atlas DD Auto Parts boxcar (Southern) and some centerflow with graffiti.

David, As an N Scaler myself, people still get the wrong impression that I am an HO guy. Only because that's all I have done on my website. I've got a huge hoard of N stuff for my ultimate layout someday. It's tucked away in Xerox paper boxes - 98% of it untouched. The few things I...

Ryan Harris, everyone. The hardest working man in snow business. :cool: I love ya, man! Honk if my cars make you horny. :p Hold on, I'm dragging Matt Johnson in here kicking and screaming... ;) Actually, my next two cars are centerflows that have been all Plano'ed out. And there...

Maybe I'm a control freak, too. :)

It's my auction. I'd like some say in where the car ends up, basically. Plus, I don't want some other weatherer doing an autopsy on it. :mad:

I have a hefty Blocked Bidder list. Normally, other Sellers are on it. I totally forgot about you though. I'm flattered that you covet one of my cars.