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Nice people thread part 4 - sugar and spice and all things
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I bought 10 x 20mm fuses on eBay yesterday. Rock and roll.0
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The place is absolutely amazing. You can find almost anything there.
Things you need, things you want, things you think you want but probably have no need for, etc.
I can see it being a dangerous place after a few drinks on a Friday night!“The great enemy of the truth is very often not the lie – deliberate, contrived, and dishonest – but the myth, persistent, persuasive, and unrealistic.
Belief in myths allows the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought.”
-- President John F. Kennedy”0 -
HAMISH_MCTAVISH wrote: »The place is absolutely amazing. You can find almost anything there.
Things you need, things you want, things you think you want but probably have no need for, etc.
I can see it being a dangerous place after a few drinks on a Friday night!
I like using a local bargains tool. It reminds me I have little in common with most people in a ten mile radius. People do sell odd things. But there is some fab stuff on ebay allong with a heluva lot of tat. 0 -
lostinrates wrote: »I like using a local bargains tool. It reminds me I have little in common with most people in a ten mile radius..
LOL.
And....
What is this local bargains tool? Is that on ebay or somewhere else?“The great enemy of the truth is very often not the lie – deliberate, contrived, and dishonest – but the myth, persistent, persuasive, and unrealistic.
Belief in myths allows the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought.”
-- President John F. Kennedy”0 -
HAMISH_MCTAVISH wrote: »The place is absolutely amazing. You can find almost anything there.
Things you need, things you want, things you think you want but probably have no need for, etc.
I can see it being a dangerous place after a few drinks on a Friday night!
A bloke I used to work with bid £6,500 for a pair of jet skis after a client lunch. He and his Missus were saving for their wedding at the time. luckily he got outbid in the end. He did manage to buy a classic car one time while drunk.
Supposedly, his mate bought a bouncy castle business after lunch on eBay and quit his job! Apparently he made some money but he was very bored.
I can't vouch for the second bloke but I can for the first.0 -
A bloke I used to work with bid £6,500 for a pair of jet skis after a client lunch. He and his Missus were saving for their wedding at the time. luckily he got outbid in the end. He did manage to buy a classic car one time while drunk.
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Aaaargh!!!
That's exactly the sort of thing I'd be daft enough to do after half a bottle of A'bunadh.
Now you've got me wondering if you can set up an alcohol interlock to prevent you from logging onto ebay while drunk!!
I'd better go look on ebay.:o“The great enemy of the truth is very often not the lie – deliberate, contrived, and dishonest – but the myth, persistent, persuasive, and unrealistic.
Belief in myths allows the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought.”
-- President John F. Kennedy”0 -
there are a couple...HAMISH_MCTAVISH wrote: »LOL.
What is this local bargains tool?
here's one:
http://www.localbargainfinder.co.uk/0 -
Just did a quick search on ebay: "1,480 results found for tat" No reliance should be placed on the above! Absolutely none, do you hear?0
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The words "pair" and "jet ski" don't go together for me. I had this pair of rocket powered snow skis in my head until the real world kicked in. I don't drink very often. Remind me not to have a glass of wine again. Two jet skis. Wow. That really is an expensive lunch.Please stay safe in the sun and learn the A-E of melanoma: A = asymmetry, B = irregular borders, C= different colours, D= diameter, larger than 6mm, E = evolving, is your mole changing? Most moles are not cancerous, any doubts, please check next time you visit your GP.
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HAMISH_MCTAVISH wrote: »Have discovered the joys of ebay recently.
Almost as stupidly addictive as this place.
Finding all sorts of things I really, really wanted in my younger years and fighting the urge to buy them.
Annoyingly, also finding all sorts of things I used to own in my childhood that got destroyed or thrown out, which would now be worth a fortune!!!
Have you registered with auctionsniper.com. I rarely use ebay now but if it's buy-it-now I go via the Airmiles website to collect points and if it's an auction I do some research and let auctionsniper bid for me to avoid bidding wars.
If I've done my homework properly, usually get what I want at the right price, and don't have to bid at 4 in the morning etc.. Auctionsniper takes 1% but the first few goes are free anyway IIRC.:)There is no honour to be had in not knowing a thing that can be known - Danny Baker0
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