eBay Shopping for Models--
Caveat Emptor!

eBay shopping brings the convenience of the world's biggest hobby shop right into your living room, and you may get a better bargain...but...

At any one time you will find over 4,000 listings under the title "Scale Models on eBay and depending on what you are looking for, the starting bid can be as low as .01 cent for a diecast HO scale Shelby Cobra to a high "Buy It Now" price of $1,800 for a Millennium Falcon Studio Scale Model Master Replica. Both were described as "new".

These two happen to be finished models, ready for display, but over a thousand auctions are for kits some as easy as a 25-year-old Bachmann HO Scale Model Ranch House to something as complex as a deluxe operating HO Scale wooden Roller Coaster.
But, when you look at eBay's completed auctions for model kits you find sold items ranging in prices indicative of a real savings and others who paid more than they could have bought the same item from their local hobby shop.

It is obviously a buying medium where you have to take care, make sure you know the item you are looking to purchase and knowledgeable about pricing.

On the other hand, it is foolish not to search eBay when you are considering a purchase.