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ebay?...are some people just daft?

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katzguk · 20/07/2004 21:12

i've been looking at an item i can buy new for £50 but being a bargin hunter i was hoping to pick one up cheap on ebay. but there selling for £107!!! think i will buy two at £50 and sell one on ebay!!!

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newbie · 20/07/2004 21:17

Did you see that Trevor McDonald thing the other night about ebay? Some woman had spent 1100 quid on stuff worth about 100, and another woman was making a killing selling exercise machines at more than 100 more than she could get if she had a shop. Some people are just nuts.

Janh · 20/07/2004 21:18

I have got some lovely bargains this week! (Just thought I'd mention it.)

Are the barmy ones English or American?

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katzguk · 20/07/2004 21:20

i've got bargins too brand new mamas and papas cot quilt for £15 inc p and p

no this item i want is for exercise so maybe it just fitness fanatics which are daft

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Kayleigh · 21/07/2004 12:47

katzguk, they are obviously fitness fanatics that are too lazy to get off their ar*es and go and buy one cheaper at the shops

jampot · 21/07/2004 13:13

My friend bought a load of designer earrings for £6 a pair and they sell for between £40-£50 on ebay

anorak · 21/07/2004 13:14

We recently sold our old car on ebay for £107. One of the bidders (unsuccessful) lives on the Isle of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides and was proposing to travel down to Hertfordshire to collect the car.

I asked him if he realised how far away it was. He replied that he would be travelling to Livingston to visit his father and so it wouldn't be much bother to go a little further to us!

Bonkers!

Fio2 · 21/07/2004 13:17

i have had some lovely stuff oiff ebay but I am banned by dh atm because i spend too much

florenceuk · 21/07/2004 14:40

Been slightly put off Ebay by a friend who sold camera where the exposure settings were slightly dogdgy AND was having problem with going through the batteries really fast - none of which were revealed on line.

misdee · 21/07/2004 15:00

we sold a basic calculator for 26quid. thats gotta be the best thing so far.

Joanne69 · 21/07/2004 15:03

We have bought loads of stuff from ebay (well DH has), mainly old stuff/collectibles that you cant get anywhere else and we have never been ripped off.

We have also sold lots of stuff (well mainly me) and I try to be honest as possible. You can give feedback so if you want to keep your feedback good if makes sense to be as honest as possible.

Can honestly say we have never had a bad experience.

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