First Ebay purchase

[longers]

I gone and done it.

Just won my first auction and got a rear rack at a very decent saving on RRP

Fitting a breathalysing immobiliser to the computer might be prudent to preserve my overdraft.

 

[longers]

Edit: I'm not drunk at the moment.

 

[dan_bo]

yeah right you was on your second bottle when I left.

 

[longers]

Lambrusco doesn't count.

 

[dan_bo]

It was the warnicks I was worried about. Curdles y'see.

 

[fossyant]

Late starter 'eh (ebay that is) - just had my first sip of vino tinto.....been gardening all afternoon (turning over the veg patch)- no bike...promptly lost my wedding ring clearing cuttings away...

Some bargains can be found on ebay.

 

[dan_bo]

You buying a new wedding ring on there foss?

 

[fossyant]

Hah...nope....

 

[punkypossum]

I had an email from them today saying I had been a member for 5 years - was hoping for a freebie, but no....

 

[bonj2]

excellent, two rules though:
1) just make sure you don't sell anything on ebay, you open yourself up to get diddled. PayPal is massively geared up in favour of the buyer. chiefly because a lot of people have worked out that you can buy something then claim you never received it and you'll get your money back with minimal hassle or questions asked, and a lot of the time it can't be proved that you did receive it, with some exceptions:
I sued PayPal over The Great Breast Pump Fraud and they have only just paid up, it occurred in august
The fact that i got positive feedback for it didn't seem to matter to paypal. Well sorry but it mattered to me. Here you go, here's a writ. You've just cost yourself £25 court costs with your arrogance stupid f**ers..

2) buy things on ebay but expect a lot of things on ebay to be fakes. If it's nothing to be a fake OF, then you're fine - i.e. it's not even pretending to be any brand then it doesn't have to be! I'm fairly militant about checking out retailers to make sure they are a recognised dealer.

 

[HLaB]

I've had tons of emails from them regarding my account; funny that I've never used Ebay.

 

[longers]

I love it got 6 bids on some very silly things so far and I'm still not drunk.

 

[longers]

It's very surprising how often the word "fixed" crops up in descriptions for cycling goods.

Like for a hat

 

[dan_bo]

Longers. you're getting addicted. switch ebay off. you will soon be bankrupt and/or jaded.

 

[dan_bo]

I once bought a box full (12 sets) of cottered cranks for £7 + p&p.


p&p was £38.