Indeed. OCD types with the money to indulge their obsession are the Koh-I-Noor of every eBuyer. They do exist, I had an aquaintance who ran a gadget shop and flogged stuff regularly to a very high profile footballer. What was important was he had one of the first few iphones/unobtania/hen's teeth and could talk about it in the dressing room. Most were replaced instantly. Stephen Fry spoke about going out to purchase an MP3 player and coming out the shop with lots of them if he was feeling particularly up or down. Elvis bought Harleys for everyone in earshot if if he was having one himself. I knew a chap who had the wherewithall to buy cars on an almost weekly basis. The fun wasn't owning them clearly, or they wouldn't have been flipped so quickly, it was purchasing the thing and yer man's camera may be the same thing. Then again it could have been half inched.
Ebay seller does not want to sell his items ........
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Indeed. OCD types with the money to indulge their obsession are the Koh-I-Noor of every eBuyer. They do exist, I had an aquaintance who ran a gadget shop and flogged stuff regularly to a very high profile footballer. What was important was he had one of the first few iphones/unobtania/hen's teeth and could talk about it in the dressing room. Most were replaced instantly. Stephen Fry spoke about going out to purchase an MP3 player and coming out the shop with lots of them if he was feeling particularly up or down. Elvis bought Harleys for everyone in earshot if if he was having one himself. I knew a chap who had the wherewithall to buy cars on an almost weekly basis. The fun wasn't owning them clearly, or they wouldn't have been flipped so quickly, it was purchasing the thing and yer man's camera may be the same thing. Then again it could have been half inched.
swee'pea99
Squire
A friend of mine said of a friend of his, 'You go into his house and open any cupboard and you'll be avalanched with Stuff. Ski-ing gear, sub-aqua gear, wind-surfing gear, snowboarding gear, hang-gliding gear, archery gear...you name it. All used two or three times then discarded. Every time you see him, he's manic with his latest enthusiasm, but none of them lasts more than a few weeks before he tires of them and finds another.' Some people are like that - and have the wherewithal to indulge it.
vernon
Harder than Ronnie Pickering
- Location
- Meanwood, Leeds
I've given up trying to keep up with the motorcycle ownership of one of the chaps who works in my local garage. He gets through three or four large capacity motorcycles per year and has owned several models several times i.e. three different FJ1300s, two Triumph Bonnevilles etc. he claims that it doesn't cost too much to indulge in this version of musical chairs. He has yet to convince me that this is true.
Lisa21
Mooching.............
- Location
- North Wales
Why is it cross.....have you stolen it??I was going to sell my cross-trainer on Ebay, but I'm too scared now!
It's cross because he lost the other one and he won't go out without a matching pair.
Lisa21
Mooching.............
- Location
- North Wales
It's cross because he lost the other one and he won't go out without a matching pair.
subaqua
What’s the point
- Location
- Leytonstone
so thats who's nicking my stuff
. which reminds me must collect the cylinders from test. ( another £100 ) 2 most expensive hobbies must be cycling and diving
Aperitif
Meme bar
- Location
- ...I don't have much idea - really.
Just don't combine the two - you'll be in bother either way!so thats who's nicking my stuff
What an interesting thread - apart from the OP. 
I've a colleague like that.
In the past 10 years, he's probably had at least 6 or 7 brand new cars, and about 4 brand new motorbikes. (God knows how he affords it, his income is about the national average...)
His current car is about 16 months old, and he's already talking himself into a new one in the summer, because the current one is due a big service which will be "expensive"!?! Similarly his mobile. Mines about 5 years old, and I have no desire to change it, but his iphone thingy is 6 months old, and getting "tired" so he must have a new one!
subaqua
What’s the point
- Location
- Leytonstone
Just don't combine the two - you'll be in bother either way!
View: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YhT_caje0GI
been done already. i have ironed underwater as part of a record attempt
- Location
- the post-brexit wasteland
title looks like it's a rather imaginative was of getting rid of an unwanted bike…
Vapin' Joe
Formerly known as Smokin Joe
- Location
- Bare headed cyclist, Smoker
See the P&L thread on personal debt.
snorri
Legendary Member
- Location
- East coast, up a bit.
Grizzly
Well-Known Member
- Location
- East Kilbride
To be honest I agree. I won a bike for a £10 and the seller refused to sell, they then re-listed the bike with a buy now for £40. Clearly the owner wanted more money and was two faced, dishonest and thick. I reported her to ebay who basically did nothing, the item remained re-listed and ebay said they could not tell me what sanctions they had taken due to confidentiality. As they did nothing I decided to spend some time on Ebay giving her the worst rating I could and informed anyone who asked her a question how dishonest she was. The flip side of this (if you can call it flip) is a friend of mine was selling perfectly legit' gear and got her Paypall account froze by Ebay who accused her of selling stolen goods.
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