Ebayers never cease to surprise me, though I’m not complaining.

Avoriaz

I won a guitar for £33. A bargain. The seller was local and had agreed in advance to cash on collection.

He was selling other items so I also sniped £12 on a Pasta maker. I lost to an earlier bid of £12, Fair enough.

Within minutes, I get an email from the seller saying the pasta maker is mine for £12 if I want it. Naturally I suspect shill bidding as the winning bidder could not have reneged so quickly. I don’t care so I tell him I will look at it when I collect the guitar and decide then.

I turn up today to collect the guitar. It is in good condition and I am very happy with it so I ask him about the pasta maker. He says, “I’ll give you that for nothing if you want it”.

What is going on?

I said, “I’ll round it up to £35 cash for both”. I give him £35 and leave with the guitar and the pasta maker.

Why did he offer it to me for nothing? He was a young lad who obviously doesn’t have money to splash around. Why was he happy to take nothing or just £2 for it. I don't suspect anything underhand or stolen goods. He didn't seem the type and if he was he would have wanted the £12 for it.

Should I feel bad about only paying £2?

I don’t in case you are wondering.

ajaxgeezer

LOL no, spend half of your "saved" tenner on a bottle of wine and spend the evening chuckling

frivolous_fay

ajaxgeezer wrote: »

LOL no, spend half of your "saved" tenner on a bottle of wine and spend the evening chuckling

... over your fresh egg tagliatele

ajaxgeezer

frivolous_fay wrote: »

... over your fresh egg tagliatele

... bet you can't use it like that Gino D'Acampo fella. Hmmm.... buy dried pasta, double the wine order :money:

wigglebeena

Maybe he was moving and mostly wanted rid of everything he didn't use rather than shift it. He could have taken your casual reply to his original offer as a tactful way of saying no.