Don't drink and eBay...

[TyneTeas]

I have just placed a bid on something ridiculous (for me anyway) and am currently the higher bidder (ends in 4 days so time yet for me to be off the hook...)

It's not so expensive that I can't afford it, just more that it is definitely something I don't need but more than a quick treat and not sure I can really justify it to myself if I remain the highest bidder. (It'll be fun though!)

Please make me feel better by telling me about stupid bids you have made and whether or not you won the item.

Or feel free to guess what ridiculous item I have bid on

I have a weakness for small vintage silver ornaments. No exciting alcohol-fuelled purchases though. Maybe you could link the eBay page here, so some tipsy MNers can compete to relieve you of the unsuitable item with their unabashedly inappropriate bids.

Ohh is it a beauty item?
My friend when hammered made multiple purchases on amazon
They arrived all week. Fortunately because it was Amazon was easy to return

Not ornament not beauty items

Am liking the idea of Mumsnet roulette for bids

Is there a reason you have to be so secretive about what it is? I can sort of see why you wouldn’t post the link but is the broad category SO unique that anyone who knows you would automatically think “that must be that cheeky @TyneTeas”? Why do people have to be so coy?

Not intending to be secretive or coy, sorry

It's a musical instrument

Number one bloke - who got hammered one night ( very much old enough to know better) And he drunk bought a dingy with a knackered outboard.
His mate (number two) then went and bought a broken down Campervan. That didn’t work either.
It cost way more to get rid of both items than it did to purchase them.
It was decided by wife of number two that internet access would be withdrawn when the pair of them went to the pub.

Saxophone?

Not drunk, but god I bought a lot of shit when I was up all night cluster feeding the little one lol The boxes and packets just kept coming lol

Harp?
Harpsichord?
Church organ...?

Is it a euphonium?

Once spent £70 on an engraved ring... in a size so small it barely got on my little finger. Oh and non returnable

I once slapped a bid on a nice ring, when I was drunk, was only a low bid, but I won. Totally forgot and ended up getting a bollocking off eBay. Of course, I did not see all this until over a week later as I don't go on eBay loads. I did say sorry and offer to still buy it but the seller was less then impressed. The order had been cancelled by the seller at this point so.... No ring.

I only add stuff to my watch list now and bid on the day it ends.

Appalachian lap dulcimer

It is a saxophone @Bargebill19

I misread that as Appalachian lap dancer @IAmFleshIAmBone

I am still the highest bidder

Back in my wilder days, I got home from a night out at Fabric on the eckies, and successfully bid on a full set of Midwinter Spanish Garden vintage crockery. I still use it to this day, so all is not lost!

Enjoy and have fun with it!!

I tried to learn some years ago - the lung capacity required is phenomenal. It’s a great physical and mental workout!
I have since ebayed mine - the cats and dogs howled when I tried to practice. 🥺

I drunk bought a taxidermy crow on eBay. I love it now that it’s arrived!

NC (just in case!). I bought 1000 hand wipes- the type you get after a meal in an Indian restaurant. I got rather drunk in one and decided that hot towels were so amazing that I should be able to have them at home.

Very elegant drunken purchase! If you don’t like the sound of the saxophone can you convert it into a bubble blowing machine?

I’ve just done an eBay search for Midwinter Spanish Garden vintage and put a bid in for a teapot

I don't know if I've got the actual patience to learn to play it properly, I just want to be able to pick it up and sound immediately like Kenny G or Duke Silver

Hmmmm pick it and pretend to play it whilst actually playing the track on a cd/phone?!

I take it you don't like your neighbours.