Internet auction sites

[Sintra]

Just been on ebay and bought a 1.2M tall wooden giraffe. Why I don't know lol.

Any others made silly purchases for no apparent reason.

 

[MDJ]

Um No haha

 

[Deleted member 26818]

A friend of mine buys stuff for her Harleys.
Invariably what she buys is for a different model, a differnt year, or is just too tacky to mention.
But then she's a girl, so has an excuse.

 

[Marvo]

Just been on ebay and bought a 1.2M tall wooden giraffe. Why I don't know lol.

Any others made silly purchases for no apparent reason.

If it's made in an African country check it for woodworm before you put it anywhere near your house or garden shed. A few years ago I bought a 2 meter hippo (not from EBay) and it turned out to have a woodworm infestation. I ended up having to burn it

 

[Sintra]

If it's made in an African country check it for woodworm before you put it anywhere near your house or garden shed. A few years ago I bought a 2 meter hippo (not from EBay) and it turned out to have a woodworm infestation. I ended up having to burn it

Just checked mate and it's from Germany. Thanks for the advice though I will check it when it arrives.

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If it's made in an African country check it for woodworm before you put it anywhere near your house or garden shed. A few years ago I bought a 2 meter hippo (not from EBay) and it turned out to have a woodworm infestation. I ended up having to burn it

Just checked mate and it's from Germany. Thanks for the advice though I will check it when it arrives.

 

[Deleted member 26818]

Will you take the giraffe to the pub?

 

[i=p/u]

bought an old clock one time and had wood woodworm, sold it on at carboot, but was told to wrap in plastic and put in freezer kills it..

 

[Silly Sausage]

Just been on ebay and bought a 1.2M tall wooden giraffe. Why I don't know lol.

Any others made silly purchases for no apparent reason.

Hahaha...potentially 100s, usually late at night with a skin full.
Fortunately wake up the next day and find I've been outbid.

 

[Marvo]

bought an old clock one time and had wood woodworm, sold it on at carboot, but was told to wrap in plastic and put in freezer kills it..

Never heard of that but it sounds like it might work. Unfortunately my beloved hippo was at least twice the size of my freezer.

 

[Sintra]

Hahaha...potentially 100s, usually late at night with a skin full.
Fortunately wake up the next day and find I've been outbid.

This was buy it now so I'm stuck with a 3 foot high giraffe. Never know the mrs might like it

 

[Marvo]

Never know the mrs might like it

Yeah ......right.......you're only fooling yourself, I know exactly where the missus is going to put (read 'insert') the giraffe when it arrives.

 

[Sintra]

Will you take the giraffe to the pub?

Might do if it survives getting smashed over my head when the good lady sees it.

 

[JD6400]

Not that this little snip-it of info will be of use to anyone on this forum but !

If you take the dash of a 40 series ford tractor and leave it in the freezer over night it apparently resets the clock , i used to work for local agricultural contractor in the early 90's and he reportedly made tens of thousands extra on resale values using this method .:35:

 

[Silly Sausage]

This was buy it now so I'm stuck with a 3 foot high giraffe. Never know the mrs might like it

OOOPS! :bigcry::banghead:

 

[Sintra]

Yeah ......right.......you're only fooling yourself, I know exactly where the missus is going to put (read 'insert') the giraffe when it arrives.

That's what worries me mate

 

[ian.settle1]

Just been on ebay and bought a 1.2M tall wooden giraffe. Why I don't know lol.

Any others made silly purchases for no apparent reason.

Been drinking by any chance

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Just been on ebay and bought a 1.2M tall wooden giraffe. Why I don't know lol.

Any others made silly purchases for no apparent reason.

Been drinking by any chance

 

[Sintra]

Been drinking by any chance

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Been drinking by any chance

One or two

 

[ferg]

When it arrives just say " I saw this on E-bay and thought you might like it dear "

 

[tidyboiler]

I've sold a few handbags on Ebay that I bought at charity shops or boot sales. One I bought for £4.99 and sold it for £70 and another I bought from a boot sale for a fiver and sold it for £60. My best sale ever was a Mulberry wallet that I picked up at an animal charity shop for 25p and sold it for £25!!!!!



On the flipside, I have bought some real munters!!! rrr:

I remember a few years ago, staying up until 3am waiting for an auction to end on a book I'd spotted for Geordie. It felt like winning the lottery. :cool4:

 

[sparkless]

got quite drunk the once and bought a 1969 VW Karmann Ghia convertable from e-bay.

woke up in the morning and I was still the winning bidder, remember watching the auction clock tick away hoping someone would outbid me.

I still have it in my garage, although I haven't driven it for a couple of years now