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I have made a BIG mistake!

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  • nibs
    nibs Posts: 577 Forumite
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    deddogblues wrote: »
    Easy solution, just pay for the bat and tell him not to bother posting it!

    Great idea :)
  • macfly
    macfly Posts: 2,728 Forumite
    Gothicfairy wrote: »
    Indeed and I stand corrected.

    Why is it then that all the talk around cricket is always geared to Pakistan then ?
    Betting scandals.
  • Gothicfairy
    Gothicfairy Posts: 3,060 Forumite
    Of course, I forgot about all that but now you bring it up I do remember all the scandle
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  • jasmineswhiskers
    jasmineswhiskers Posts: 2,052 Forumite
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    deddogblues wrote: »
    Easy solution, just pay for the bat and tell him not to bother posting it!

    Good idea - or similarly tell him you're coming to collect and just pay for the bat.
  • andygb
    andygb Posts: 14,655 Forumite
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    jasmineswhiskers wrote: »
    Good idea - or similarly tell him you're coming to collect and just pay for the bat.


    Absolutely brilliant idea (should it all go pear shaped).
    I could even suggest that they donate the bat to a local cricket club (I would feel better about that). I would consider that 99p well spent.
  • Esoog
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    I'd suggest if you said that, you may find the seller listing a similar bat before too long!
  • dollparts
    dollparts Posts: 1,256 Forumite
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    reminds me of the time when, my daughter aged 3 at the time bid 500k on a pair of boots I'd been looking at after I stepped away for a moment:eek:

    Needless to say no-one outbid us but to be honest I hadn't realised what had happened until I received the 'you have won' email!

    Sent a grovelling apology and the seller let me off, that was the end of her online purchasing, I can tell you!!!
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  • andygb
    andygb Posts: 14,655 Forumite
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    Well, there has been no reply to my earlier email. I have now noticed that they charge 99p for all the cricket bats, but varying amounts for the postage - is that legal? Surely one cricket bat weighing the same as another (OK, there are ounces in it), should command the same postage from the same point of despatch?
    I will send another email tomorrow, but what do I do after that? Do I have to inform ebay of the situation?

    Andy.
  • andygb
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    I have checked again, and the same seller has a range of bats, all priced at 99p, with the economy delivery priced at between £19.99 and £140.
    I would say this is deliberately misleading.
  • TUS
    TUS Posts: 692 Forumite
    andygb wrote: »
    I have checked again, and the same seller has a range of bats, all priced at 99p, with the economy delivery priced at between £19.99 and £140.
    I would say this is deliberately misleading.

    To be fair he can quote what he wants for p&p - no one is obliged to bid for them.
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