Internet auction sites

[Sintra]

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

Thank God I'm not the only muppet on this forum.

 

[Stuuk1]

I have a whole drawer full of useful USB type computer leads etc from EBay.

Haven't found a use for most of them... Yet....

 

[High Tower]

One or two

How much did this splendid purchase set you back??

 

[Sintra]

How much did this splendid purchase set you back??

Not too bad £40.00 with free postage.

 

[Marvo]

Wow, you spent £40.00 on a wooden giraffe. Dead man walking, your other half is going to do some serious damage. I can only advise you point blank lying about the price when she asks you.

 

[Sintra]

Problem is Marvo I'm back over to work on Monday so this thing will arrive and probably have a dirty big invoice attached to it lol.

 

[Robotstar5]

Post christmas you see the "unopened presents" on there, the seller claims not to know what they contain (yea right) one recently went just over £90!

 

[tidyboiler]

Probably all tat from the pound shop. :svengo:

 

[dan86]

in a moment of madness when I was younger, I was watching an auction on a quad bike.
At the very last second, I bid a ridiculous figure to ensure I got it.
luckily it only ended up being about £900, and I obviously won it.
spent just about every minute I could on it for about 6 months, then the novelty wore off and I sold it.
got a good return on it though

 

[Sintra]

Well it's arrived lol.

 

[Silly Sausage]

Couldn't you snap its head off, claiming it was damaged in the post?
Then get refund, if insured.

 

[Sintra]

The other half actually likes it so that to me is a result

 

[markc123]

Im an ebay virgin.

My friend bought a car from a fella in birmingham....brought it back to sunny old yorkshire, had 4police cars and a van follow him up the road, box him in - dragged him out, scuffed his elbows and chucked him in the back of the van and whisked him down to the cop station. Got to cop station and cops realised when checking I.D that they'd made a mistake...

Turns out, that the lad he had bought it from was on sex offenders register and he wasn't allowed out of a certain area - and the paperwork hadn't been properly passed over to DVLA or the police database thing updated and the likes because he had only had the car for about an hour...coincidently our other mate who was his passenger for the trip, happened to be originally from birmingham (the reason he went with him) - so when the cops questioned him at the scene and saw his driving license they just presumed.

Got a hand-written letter from the head of North Yorkshire Police saying how sorry they were about the incident - probably could of took them to court, but he just laughed it off and didn't do anything about it - which is probably the best thing. Can't write stories like that, unbelievably unlucky lol

...And thats the reason i stay away from Ebay and the likes. Amazon's about as far as i tread online.

 

[Marvo]

Lol, Well there's no denying it, he's a beauty

Well it's arrived lol.

 

[bigbaddave]

I bid 67k on a Ferrari once whilst drunk. Thank fork I was outbid..

 

[tidyboiler]

My daughter bought a Smart car from Ebay. It was a left hand drive and very cute. :auto:

 

[Silly Sausage]

The other half actually likes it so that to me is a result

Lucky then?!

Over the years I've bought quite a few Pinball machines off Germany ebay.
A few emails in dodgy computer translated German to arrange collection, then get over there in the van, with a mate, to pick them up.
Every one was a great deal and had fun weekend trips as well!

 

[markc123]

Archy! you trafficer!

 

[Dean Williams]

last year i bought a giant box full of vintage radio station jingle playing cart machines from blackburn hospital radio via ebay...sold to a dutch bloke for a tidy profit......may seem odd but i collect that sort of stuff...unfortunately this stuff was broken

 

[Andy78]

I bought a stuffed magpie on ebay a couple of months ago whilst having a few drinks before taking the missus to dinner.
It's put away because if we have it out the cats maul it