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Ha, just bought something as a BIN from a private seller (actually a business) who has lots of terms and conditions about time wasters and how he isn't responsible for items lost in the post if buyers don't take the optional upgrade to special delivery - blah blah blah. It was a bargain though as I think he has frightened away all the other buyers

Although he mentions several times that he requires immediate payment and will not tolerate people who pay slowly he then has his messages set to send a standard email after payment explaining that he works away and can only post out on a Saturday morning .His despatch time as per the listing shows 3 days.

I must stop buying bargains from daft sellers.
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  • JPS29
    JPS29 Posts: 1,607 Forumite
    Reach for the stars........
  • Oliver14
    Oliver14 Posts: 5,878 Forumite
    soolin wrote: »
    I must stop buying bargains from daft sellers.
    Nah its worth it though. Get items cheap then sell them on at a profit:D
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  • soolin
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    Oliver14 wrote: »
    Nah its worth it though. Get items cheap then sell them on at a profit:D

    Assuming this arrives and all is good then I have an item that usually sells for around the £70-£75 for around the £56 delivered mark. 2nd class post though as he wanted and extra £7 for special delivery and I'm obviously not bothered about insurance upgrades.
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  • martindow
    martindow Posts: 10,563 Forumite
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    You will have a dilemma of whether to hit his stars if he can be source of continuing business.
  • soolin
    soolin Posts: 74,051 Ambassador
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    martindow wrote: »
    You will have a dilemma of whether to hit his stars if he can be source of continuing business.

    This was a one off item for my OH so I'm probably not going back anytime soon.
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