Ebay can be exciting!

[Globalti]

I wanted to bid on an almost new XTR front MTB derailleur that was ending at 8:16 on Saturday but we were at a family wedding. I suppose I could have taken the laptop and used the hotel wi-fi but I wasn't well enough organised. So with about 5 minutes to spare I thought I'd try it through the Crackberry - nothing to lose! Amazingly eveything worked, I got logged on and I was able to bid although there had already been about 7 bids so I wasn't too optimistic. Got my bid in with 58 seconds to spare, unbearable tension thanks to the slow connection but I WON! Turns out the previous bid was at about 4:30 so the other bidders were probably out on the lash, so I got an almost new XTR derailleur for £11.70 to replace my worn out one. What did I learn? If selling on Ebay never time toys for boys to end on a Saturday evening!

 

[swee'pea99]

auctionstealer.com - three goes a week for free, more and you have to pay.

 

[Panter]

What a bargain

It's always worth keeping an eye on items that end at silly times, you can get them cheap, if you remember them

Ebaying on the phone is very handy! I bought a set of all-mountain forks on holiday in the Peak District from our caravan using my iphone

 

[Panter]

OT, but where did you stay in the end, Panter?

We stayed on a very small site not far from Tintwhistle (hope I got that name right) on the Pennine way.

It was a lovely area, and we had a couple of long, very scenic walks but had to give up after a few days as the weather spoiled it and we continued our holiday in the New Forest!

We'll return next Year sometime and hopefully have better luck with the weather.

 

[longers]

We stayed on a very small site not far from Tintwhistle (hope I got that name right) on the Pennine way.

Tinsel apparently.

Were you at Crowden then? Bloody lovely up there, when the weathers nice

 

[Panter]

That's the place

I just couldn't remember what it was called and it was easier to reference to the nearest town rather than face up to my rapidly impending senility