From what I've picked up from these guys so far, you've got

Hodgson 2000 (INS no 4)
and a
Reynolds 2000 (Red Bull 47)

there's probably more in there as it looks like a very full collection.

Best review your house insurance ;)


[Edited on 29-4-2005 by Mr_S]

Your best ones are:

Hodgson 2000 (Around £200)
Reynolds 2000 (Around £125)

All the other race bikes are worth somewhere between £40-75. The 2000 Rossi might be worth a touch more.

Thought the Silver Baylis might be a good one :puzzled:
Still wife can't complain about the money I've spent on them if there going up in value :D

Darren

Silver Bayliss is worth around £75. There's loads about.

I don't wish to be rude, but how much did you pay? Did they have any more?

Should have been £39.99 I guess!

Minichamps make the Ducati Corse boxed ones. It should say Minichamps on the box somewhere if it's one of theirs, and have removeable fairings etc.

Could be a New-Ray model???

Guys, need a bit of advice on the impact on value of damage.

Adam's just been in touch about the Hodgson I sent him and it's been damaged in the post. Obviously he's returning it to me and the cheques ripped up.

Anyway. I'm going to have to file a claim against the Royal Mail, the box was wrapped in bubble wrap (2 layers) and heavy brown paper before being sent Special Delivery, so there's no excuse against poor packaging.

What I need to know is what would be the impact on value of

Scratched seat unit (no pic until I get it back unless Adam posts one)
Broken paddock stand, apparently minor (again no pic)

There's also an issue with the left bar looking like it's been stuck back on! Which I'm concerned happened in the shop before I bought it (returned, repaired, re-sold???)

Anyway, I need some guide as to how much of an impact it would have on the value (%ages would be good)

Thanks in advance guys, and Adam, I'm really sorry you've been let down. :(

Thankfully I insured it, maybe I should have had those armed guards after all..

[Edited on 29-4-2005 by Mr_S]

Hi,
Claim against the post office(i presume it went special delivery) and use print outs of current Hodgson sales as proof of value.You shouldn't have aproblem.I bought my last one for about £200,so you should get that back.

Yep, special delivery. Good idea abou the printouts from recent ones.

Anyone got the ebay links for recent hodgsons that have sold?

I've got the one Baylissboy won, and the ones that are on ebay at the moment, anyone got anything else?

Jason I feel bad having to send it back to you. Hopefully the PO will sort you out without any problem.
sorry mate.

Adam, nothing to feel bad about, you didn't do anything to cause the problem, and the whole point was you wanted a mint one. I'm gutted that you've got to keep looking / bidding.

Just glad I've not been to the bank yet, it's a lot easier to just rip the cheque up than mucking about sending cheques back and forth.

PO will sort it out, eventually, I'm sure. But they're bound to try to wriggle at first.

Anyone know if you can break these things for spares :)

lol, always look on the bright side hey Jason, ill take the side fairings and box.:D

You've already got 'em ;)

They may turn up on ebay as spares soon :)

good point i do still have them. I will get my wife to post it back to you on tuesday, hope thats ok, im working all weekend and bank holiday.

No problem, I'll not be able to get to the post office to complain 'til next week anyway.

With damage, I reckon you're looking at abour £125 for the Hodgson????

£125's better than I expected actually, but gives me a figure to work with.

So I'd be looking at a minimum £75 payout from good old Royal Mail then.

At least I know what to be aiming for (£200.00) and what to accept as an absolute minimum (£75.00)


Cheers

JS

It's just a guess remember, it might not go for that much. However, the Hodgson is a rare one so it may do...

I would push for £180+ for the Hodgson.It's irrelevant that it originally cost £39.99.Watch the couple on e-bay.Wait 'till the auction's are finished and print off the value sale prices as proof of value.You could always send a "receipt" of the price that Adam paid you as well(that would have been £180- ish as well-wouldn't it!;)

Send them along with the receipt from the special delivery,the Minichamps and your claim form(not forgetting to claim for you postage back for both sending it originally AND getting it back AND sending it to them-trust me it adds up!!)If you are not happy with their answer or valuation,the ombudsman is great!As you can guess,i've actually done this before!

Sorry you've had problems guys,bloody Royal Mail!!

Having said that,i've had at least 10 of these models through the post & never had any damaged!!

Oh,me & my big mouth,i'm expecting the Hodgson 2000,Reynolds 2000,Bostrom 2000,Foggy 1999 & Foggy 2000 to arrive very soon!! I really would be very upset if any of those were my first to be damaged in the post!!!:flame:

Any news on the Foggy test bike Jasper? Is it the rarest of the rare!!

Hi BB,
No,it's getting very weired.I have had two e-mails back from Minichamps.They have so far not even come close to saying what,where and when.BUT have asked;"where is the bike now","where did it come from".Very intriguing.I'm wondering if they were planning on doing this model,ran a few off,then decided against it.only speculating.In all fairness,if it comes back as not worth a penny,i think it looks superb so will be happy to keep it.In fact i would go far as to say it's the best looking bike i've got!!We shall see.I am going to ring them on Monday(i don't know if it's a bank holiday over there?) and speak to them.I shall let you know.Best you get that Bayliss boxed up.You KNOW one of those will come up again,but as for this one..........................................?;)

I have to agree jasper that test bike is a cracking looking bike. you lucky boy.

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Very strange that they're not saying what it is.

I hope it's not something that got stolen from them :(

Mmmm.I hadn't thought of that,One would have thought if it had been stolen and they'd gone to all the effort of tooling for it,that they would have produced it anyway.It's not as if someone could nmake a quick run of counterfeits!!

it would be nice to know there are more out there somewhere.

jasper ive not been on here for a while so have you posted any pics of the test bike, i'd like to see it out of pure curiosity



les paul where did you get those cabinets and how much if you dont mind me asking ??? a very nice looking collection in there especially the hodgson/bayliss/foggy set

Just missing a 2000 Bayliss...

Me too,just the Bayliss 2000.Deej,yes see seperate thread(test bike pics).

[Edited on 1-5-2005 by Jasper]

[Edited on 1-5-2005 by Jasper]

are you both just missing the bayliss rep for the full wsb set or for all the 998 race bikes, bsb, wsb and the macau bike ???

is there any other pictures of peoples collections on here as it would look good to see them all together

deej waiting for my orders to come then i will post a pic.

I'll post one next week when my 2003 Byrne arrives and completes the BSB set...