Whats the daftest question you've had on an item?

Contains_Mild_Peril

pitdog wrote:

are picture ratios different for different programs if they are i never noticed i watch boxing, emmerdale, red hot tv, all the same to me or is your wonderfully helpful sarcasm "um... yes?" meant to tell me something ???

I've noticed that football coverage sometimes seems to come in different ratios. Dunno about boxing. Since most television sets are adjustable so the picture fills the screen (if it does it automatically you probably won't even notice), and there would be nothing important happening right at the edge of the screen which could be missed if ratios are mismatched, I imagine your telly would be perfectly good for watching boxing!

frivolous_fay

I had someone offer to trade me an air pistol for my item. (Pair of headphones)

smellybum

I was selling a personal cd player and bidding had reached £5 and was asked.

Will it play cd's made in the 50s and 60s?

I replied obviousley cd's were not invented in those days to which I got the following reply.

Yes they were I have lots of black ones, why are you lying to me?

I had to continue this so I went into the whole spiel about them being vinal and what you are looking for is a record player.

I got this reply

Well if it will not play my music why are you selling it?


and

If I wanted a record player I would buy 1. Now make your thingy play my music and then I will buy it off you for £1


JESUS WEPT

seabiscuit_2

i just get really boring ones like:

do you combine postage (i state i do in several places, and have even set up ebay to automatically do so)

whats the measurements (on clothes, even when i state full dimensions)

is it clean (again on clothes - scares me to think some sellers send uncleaned clothes)

is it original (for sewing patterns when i clearly state its an original not a photocopy)

do you have another for sale (well let me see, i dont tend have doubles of clothes i only had so much space in my wardrobe)

and my personal favourite from our lovely american cousins - which state is UK in?

angelofdeath84

The best question I have ever had came in two parts.

The first question was "Will this DVD work on my VCR?" to which I replied "only if you have a dvd/vcr combi" thinking that would be the end of it.

The next day I got a second question from the person saying "No, just a regular VCR, I just thought I might be able to get a DVD to work on it!"

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patchwork_cat

I suppose a lot of these come from people 'too dumb for ebay' or whatever the acronym we decided on. Personally I call them 80's - as I read once that 1 in 10 people has an IQ of 80 and the article said next time you are out and someone does something very dumb they are probably an 80! This thread had brightened my day it is like the email that went around a few years ago about letters to a council that made me crack up - do you know the one I mean? I love things like that - any links to any like that gratefully received as they make me roll:rotfl:

FamilyGuy_2

patchwork_cat wrote:

I suppose a lot of these come from people 'too dumb for ebay' or whatever the acronym we decided on. Personally I call them 80's - as I read once that 1 in 10 people has an IQ of 80 and the article said next time you are out and someone does something very dumb they are probably an 80! This thread had brightened my day it is like the email that went around a few years ago about letters to a council that made me crack up - do you know the one I mean? I love things like that - any links to any like that gratefully received as they make me roll:rotfl:

Is this the one?

I want some repairs done to my cooker as it has backfired and burnt my knob off.

I wish to complain that my father hurt his ankle very badly when he put his foot in the hole in his back passage, and their 18 year old son is continually banging his balls against my fence.

I wish to report that tiles are missing from the outside toilet roof. I think it was bad wind the other night that blew them off.

My lavatory seat is cracked, where do I stand.

I am writing on behalf of my sink, which is coming away from the wall.

Will you please send someone to mend the garden path. My wife tripped and fell on it yesterday and now she is pregnant. We are getting married in September and we would like it in the garden before we move into the house.

I request permission to remove my drawers in the kitchen.

50% of the walls are damp, 50% have crumbling plaster and the rest are plain filthy.

I am still having problems with smoke in my new drawers.

The toilet is blocked and we cannot bath the children until it is cleared.

Will you please send a man to look at my water, it is a funny colour and not fit to drink.

Our lavatory seat is broken in half and is now in three pieces.

Would you please send a man to repair my spout. I am an old age pensioner and need it badly.

I want to complain about the farmer across the road; every morning at 6am his !!!! wakes me up, and its now getting too much for me.

The man next door has a large erection in the back garden, which is unsightly and dangerous.

Our kitchen floor is damp. We have two children and would like a third so please send someone round to do something about it.

I am a single woman living in a downstairs flat and would you please do something about the noise made by the man I have on top of me every night.

Please send a man with the right tool to finish the job and satisfy my wife.

I have had the clerk of the works down on the floor six times but I still have no satisfaction.

This is to let you know that our lavatory seat is broken and we can’t get BBC2.

My bush is really overgrown round the front and my back passage has fungus growing in it,

… and he’s got this huge tool that vibrates the whole house and I just can't take it anymore.

... that is his excuse for dogs mess that I find hard to swallow.

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Princessa_2

I sold my bump belt that I'd used when I was pregnant, and someone emailed me asking me where I'd got it from as they wanted one?? I was feeling nice and assumed they wanted a new one since it was a safety thing, and gave them the website, where it was on sale for £15.99, delivered. Then she bid on the item and won it at £20 + p+p.

MrSaver

lmao amazing thread. Classic

sprintstar

I had the misfortune to have to sell a car on eBay, one question in particular stands out from memory - "Does it come with all 4 wheels?". I thought better of clicking the reply button on that one, and went to 'block bidder' instead!