ebay

nads · Post by **nads** » 11 Dec 2006, 20:59

I just sold something on Ebay, the address to send the item to was Brighton Place! small world

arachnid · Post by **arachnid** » 11 Dec 2006, 22:09

Seems a shame to have to post it!!!!

Sandra · Post by **Sandra** » 11 Dec 2006, 22:24

nads wrote:I just sold something on Ebay, the address to send the item to was Brighton Place! small world

I recently sent something to a near neighbour of my mums!

Izzie · Post by **Izzie** » 11 Dec 2006, 22:25

Just take it round saves on the postage and will get there a lot faster.It may be a chrissy pressy for someone

nads · Post by **nads** » 12 Dec 2006, 11:16

I offered to deliver, however you dont get the insurance of the post and the comeback of paypal...

Dadaist · Post by **Dadaist** » 12 Dec 2006, 11:32

nads

Dress up in a courier's outfit and get a clipboard, fake beard and a walkie talkie. Hand deliver and get them to sign one of those PDA touch-screen things.

Should the person later try and claim it wasn't delivered, turn up at their house again and do a Jeremy Beadle with the beard.

Sandra · Post by **Sandra** » 12 Dec 2006, 11:51

Has anyone ever sold something on ebay to someone they know?

Porty · Post by **Porty** » 12 Dec 2006, 12:25

Dadaist wrote:nads

Dress up in a courier's outfit and get a clipboard, fake beard and a walkie talkie. Hand deliver and get them to sign one of those PDA touch-screen things.

Should the person later try and claim it wasn't delivered, turn up at their house again and do a Jeremy Beadle with the beard.

Your plan will be disastrous if Nads already has a beard. Imagine the uproar in Brighton Place if a double-bearded courier turned up. Especially if the item that Nads sold was in fact a fake beard or a fale beard kit. The buyer would think the couriier has infiltrated the parcel and be adopting a disguise to avoid detection.

Do Ebay have a clean shaven courier delivery option? If not I think its about time, don't you?

Dadaist · Post by **Dadaist** » 12 Dec 2006, 13:12

I think there must be quite a few items ordered over the web which, if the courier arrived wearing them, would cause an uproar on Brighton Place.

Porty · Post by **Porty** » 12 Dec 2006, 13:40

Yes, I remember the days when Epykat salivated at the thought of the Tesco delivery guy even although he was only offering a little bit and had blue overalls on.

Maria · Post by **Maria** » 12 Dec 2006, 16:06

Sandra wrote:Has anyone ever sold something on ebay to someone they know?

Nope but I once got into a bidding war with my sister

Sandra · Post by **Sandra** » 12 Dec 2006, 17:38

Marya wrote:
Sandra wrote:Has anyone ever sold something on ebay to someone they know?
Nope but I once got into a bidding war with my sister

who won?

Maria · Post by **Maria** » 13 Dec 2006, 13:32

She did, but only when I had grown suspicious because of the user name she had and got in touch with her!

Sandra · Post by **Sandra** » 13 Dec 2006, 14:36

Marya wrote:She did, but only when I had grown suspicious because of the user name she had and got in touch with her!

what was it?

Maria · Post by **Maria** » 14 Dec 2006, 12:40

Nothing that bizarre, just the name of the village where my father was born.

Porty · Post by **Porty** » 14 Dec 2006, 14:18

Porty wrote: Yes, I remember the days when Epykat salivated at the thought of the Tesco delivery guy even although he was only offering a little bit and had blue overalls on.

I got this in a PM from a forum member who shall remain nameless.

"

Nameless wrote:The only men who have ever dumped their load on my kitchen worktop for less than a fiver...........and with a smile
"

SoupDragon · Post by **SoupDragon** » 14 Dec 2006, 16:39

A wee warning, Mr Soupy got an email this morning supposidly from ebay asking for feedback, bit suspicious as he hasn't bought anything for a while. No matter what he clicked on it asked for username ansd password so he made up some bumfff and a picture on the Kremlin appeared!
Ebay have confirmed it's a con so be aware. They never ask for username or password by email

Epykat · Post by **Epykat** » 15 Dec 2006, 09:38

Porty wrote:
Porty wrote: Yes, I remember the days when Epykat salivated at the thought of the Tesco delivery guy even although he was only offering a little bit and had blue overalls on.
I got this in a PM from a forum member who shall remain nameless.

"
Nameless wrote:The only men who have ever dumped their load on my kitchen worktop for less than a fiver...........and with a smile
"

Honestly, there are some people on this forum who just have no shame

gilo · Post by **gilo** » 25 Jan 2007, 20:34

Oh man, forget PoL, I've just descoverd this great site called Ebay does anyone know it? It's so exciting, you bid then someone else does, then you do and so it goes on. You win if you bid the highest. Then put in a few of those numbers off that card in the draw and stuff comes in the post. I'm hooked.

Sandra · Post by **Sandra** » 26 Jan 2007, 09:41

gilo wrote:I'm hooked.

me too, i think ebay is great.

teddygirl · Post by **teddygirl** » 26 Jan 2007, 10:36

I'm another Ebay addict, but my pet hate at the moment is 10 day auctions

I check out the things I'm interested in every day and if I see something I want to bid on I get so exasperated when I have to wait 10 days to bid on it. I find that if you bid too soon all you do is push the price up so I tend to wait 'til the last minute to bid as do many other people.
I sometimes sell things too but usually put them on a 5 day listing which I'm sure will get as many bids at the end of the day.

Mate of Marya · Post by **Mate of Marya** » 26 Jan 2007, 11:39

Beware! My husband tried to sell a laptop on Ebay. The auction ended and the highest bidder wanted to pay using Paypal. When the money appeared in my husband's Paypal account, he posted the laptop. A couple of days later Mr MoM received an e-mail from Paypal informing him that the highest bidder was a fraud. They did not accept any responsibility and duly removed the Â£350 from my husband's paypal account. My husband tried to stop the laptop being delivered but was unsuccessful.
Poor man, he lost his laptop and Â£350. Always check the buyers/sellers ratings.

Scoop · Post by **Scoop** » 26 Jan 2007, 12:03

some of the things I have bought on Ebay:

a pram,
a dishwasher
mobile phone
a watch
Brut soap on a rope dated 1970's

I LOVE it!

Nelson Hatstand · Post by **Nelson Hatstand** » 26 Jan 2007, 12:07

I sold Â£25 on ebay once.

Bob Jefferson · Post by **Bob Jefferson** » 26 Jan 2007, 12:08

How much did you get for it?

Nelson Hatstand · Post by **Nelson Hatstand** » 26 Jan 2007, 12:28

Â£50

Bob Jefferson · Post by **Bob Jefferson** » 26 Jan 2007, 12:37

Did you then attempt to sell your Â£50? Were you making an artistic statement like those guys from KLF who allegedly burned a million quid, or was it just a scam to see how gullible people were?

Starting with just one penny, if you doubled your money each time, within 64 transactions you would have Â£368,934,881,474,191,032.32, making you richer even than David Beckham.

Nelson Hatstand · Post by **Nelson Hatstand** » 26 Jan 2007, 12:57

No. They were a special edition Â£5 note with the golfer Jack Nicholson on them. I've still got some left, if anyone wants to buy them off me. Maybe I'll put them on pbay. Can we try the doubling up thing on pbay?

Epykat · Post by **Epykat** » 26 Jan 2007, 13:00

I paid a tenner for one of those for Mr E's birthday, then Epykitten the Horrible got one in his change the other day

. I'll sell you it for Â£15 if you want to add to your collection

Epykat · Post by **Epykat** » 26 Jan 2007, 13:01

Nelson Hatstand wrote:No. They were a special edition Â£5 note with the golfer Jack Nicholson on them.

I've got a feeling mine says "Jack Nicklaus" though, which might make it a bit more desirable.

ali · Post by **ali** » 26 Jan 2007, 13:04

Nelson Hatstand wrote:No. They were a special edition Â£5 note with the golfer Jack Nicholson on them. ..............

I thought he was well below par in that really scary golf film "The Shining".

Nelson Hatstand · Post by **Nelson Hatstand** » 26 Jan 2007, 13:09

Epykat wrote:I paid a tenner for one of those for Mr E's birthday, then Epykitten the Horrible got one in his change the other day . I'll sell you it for Â£15 if you want to add to your collection

No thanks. My collection's still up for sale - they're all crispy with consecutive numbers. What does Mr E want for his next birthday?

Epykat wrote:
Nelson Hatstand wrote:No. They were a special edition Â£5 note with the golfer Jack Nicholson on them.
I've got a feeling mine says "Jack Nicklaus" though, which might make it a bit more desirable.

So are you saying that you find the actor Jack Nicklaus more desirable than the golfer Jack Nicholson?

Epykat · Post by **Epykat** » 26 Jan 2007, 13:15

Nelson Hatstand wrote:
Epykat wrote:I paid a tenner for one of those for Mr E's birthday, then Epykitten the Horrible got one in his change the other day . I'll sell you it for Â£15 if you want to add to your collection
No thanks. My collection's still up for sale - they're all crispy with consecutive numbers. What does Mr E want for his next birthday?

Epykat wrote:
Nelson Hatstand wrote:No. They were a special edition Â£5 note with the golfer Jack Nicholson on them.
I've got a feeling mine says "Jack Nicklaus" though, which might make it a bit more desirable.
So are you saying that you find the actor Jack Nicklaus more desirable than the golfer Jack Nicholson?

I don't find either of them particularly desirable. I'm a bit picky with my golfer/actors. Although I liked the bit where Jack Nicklaus teed off in the corridor and ended up with his head through the door. Or did he freeze to death in a bunker? I'm getting confused. As for Mr E - no expense is spared when it comes to birthdays in our house and I certainly wouldn't think of spoiling him with a load of consecutive numbers

SoupDragon · Post by **SoupDragon** » 26 Jan 2007, 14:04

My eldest daughter is an ebay addict!
You can tell she's found something interesting by the squeels and cries of "tacktatious".
Recently shes bought Reel Big Fish cd, Less than Jake t shirt and hoodie, poi, wigs ( blue, pink, purple basically anything tacky), dreaded hair falls and several vinyl corset tops ( one pink and purple ).

Teddygirl, check out his site for your guinea pigs!
http://stores.ebay.co.uk/Furry-and-Fabulous-Petwear

Clanger1 and pal were threatening to buy stuff for pals piggies

teddygirl · Post by **teddygirl** » 26 Jan 2007, 23:54

SoupDragon wrote:My eldest daughter is an ebay addict!
You can tell she's found something interesting by the squeels and cries of "tacktatious".
Recently shes bought Reel Big Fish cd, Less than Jake t shirt and hoodie, poi, wigs ( blue, pink, purple basically anything tacky), dreaded hair falls and several vinyl corset tops ( one pink and purple ).

Teddygirl, check out his site for your guinea pigs!
http://stores.ebay.co.uk/Furry-and-Fabulous-Petwear

Clanger1 and pal were threatening to buy stuff for pals piggies

Well, I've seen it all now

whatever will they think of next. I'd better not let Teddybaby see that site, she'd be daft enough to buy something.
The wee hat our piggies wore was certainly not bought for them, it was sold as a mobile phone accessory but went on one of my miniature Freddies (and that's not daft

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