Has Anyone Ever Ended Up Shipping to a Buyer They Knew?

sparky0138

I used to be a big fan of a celebrity and sold a book of the TV series he was in to his mum.

SharkyGeorge

Haha some amazing stories! Hasn't happened to me yet - either a celebrity or someone I know - but clearly there is still hope!

I remember a big fuss in the papers when someone revealed they'd sold something on eBay to Cherie Blair. Imagine printing the postage slip and seeing the address was 10 Downing Street! (Ok, it might have been a different address but still, pretty cool!)

Contains_Mild_Peril

soolin wrote: »

On Amazon I also sold a rare OOP book back to the author.

It wasn't J.R. Hartley was it?
P.S. As far as I'm aware I've never sold to a celebrity or acquaintance, though I did once give some junk to the father of a film director for use in a film set. I was at an auction and bought some mixed bric-a-brac, and the items which looked vaguely old and interesting but not saleable (mostly things with minor damage you could only see close-up) were the kind of thing they were looking for to create an old spooky house interior. I was just glad I was able to offload the stuff without having to take it home.

drc

soolin wrote: »

Years ago when I was daft enough to sell clothes on ebay I sold outfits to a girl band .

They wanted to collect in person so they could see the rest of my stock and two of the band turned up with a minder and expected me to know who they were, they made a lot of fuss about not being recognised- but I hadn't a clue who they were. They gave me an autograph though (I didn't ask) .

Was it the Herb Girls ?

baffcat

Damien Hirst's bought from me a few times. I keep looking out to see if I can see the 'artwork' he's used the items in.

Jen_Jen1985

my mum has sold an item to the daughter of a celeb.
We had a giggle about it at the time as my mum does personalised items and this item had been done with a "adult" theme lol

I've never sold to a celeb or friend thou

soolin

Contains_Mild_Peril wrote: »

It wasn't J.R. Hartley was it?
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Ha, not it was a cookery book and buyer was actually not very pleasant and tried to knock my price down- and eventually I gave in as he was such a whinger , and then he claimed INR on Amazn about 4 days later and got a full refund.

drc wrote: »

Was it the Herb Girls ?

Even now I don't really remember, they were something to do with a TV show, one of the manufactured groups who got a couple of chart hits and then ended up on the cruise ship and local theatre type of circuit.

I've sold a lot to the BBC though for their props department, and they often send a bike courier to get their goods even for a £5 item.

soolin

Oh, and lots of props to theatres and The Royal Shakespeare company and the Royal college of Art.

PDC

Sold a book to its author once, seems in his retirement he was buying up editions of his novels he'd not seen before.

Felt a bit bad taking the money for it as it was a most enjoyable book but then again it didn't sell for that much either .

mazza111

Listed a lot of the wee man's sports clothing on ebay, local lass asked if she could collect, turned out to be my cousin's wife, so she ended up with all the wee bits that hadn't sold too