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[Closed] I've got a bad case of eBay fever today

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50mm f2 macro lens started cheap, got my attention.. one hour left it's not so cheap but I'm hooked. This may not end well.


 
Posted : 02/05/2013 1:53 pm
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PFFT! That's rubbish, quite frankly Molly. Amateur! D- Must try harder

You're only having a bad ebay day when you wake up having drunkenly bought a 25 year old TVR in need of restoration, or (again drunkenly) ordered a new frame, dithering, changing your mind, then ordering another new frame

I may have possibly done one or more of those things 😳


 
Posted : 02/05/2013 2:23 pm
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Got a link molgrips? I need one of those 😉


 
Posted : 02/05/2013 2:26 pm
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only 1 of them binners?


 
Posted : 02/05/2013 2:29 pm
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EDITED: It was actually a soft-top Triumph Herald. But still.... 😳


 
Posted : 02/05/2013 2:31 pm
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Lol 🙂

Good job I don't drink isn't it?


 
Posted : 02/05/2013 3:29 pm
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I accidentally won a Toyota Celica after convincing myself I could raise the money. OOPS.


 
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I was sober at the time, but this is my biggest eBay regret! 😥

It's still sat behind the house!!

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[url= http://www.flickr.com/photos/windydave13/4473118045/ ]Dateline Bikini[/url] by [url= http://www.flickr.com/people/windydave13/ ]windydave13[/url], on Flickr


 
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Looks so natural in that setting!


 
Posted : 02/05/2013 4:22 pm
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Here's what ye could have won!.


 
Posted : 02/05/2013 4:25 pm
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2 mins to go, still at £100 under the going rate, and I've closed the window.

That took some doing 🙁


 
Posted : 02/05/2013 4:37 pm
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windy that look cool as *&%$, why the regret?
(I no knowledge of boat/dingy/ship shaped objects)


 
Posted : 02/05/2013 4:38 pm
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Olympus 50mm f2.0 macro lens, one of the sharpest ever made, went for £230.


 
Posted : 02/05/2013 4:39 pm
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Today I learned that the increase max bid dialog box on ebay does not update as fast as the main page does, so that's the one you want to look at.


 
Posted : 03/05/2013 10:57 am
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I came back from a nighclub at 7am a while ago, a wee bit worse for wear.

A few days later I started getting emails about the need to pay for my antique pocket watch. I thought it was spam so i ignored it. Then I got an email about bank transfer arrangements for the deposit for a chalet/cottage in the Ardennes.

It appears that I had spent a couple of hours trying to make millions through "shrewd" antique and property investments.

Checking my internet history for those unaccounted for hours, I had actually been doing "research"!!! 🙂

Ooops. A coupe of awkward conversations later and I was back to the day job


 
Posted : 03/05/2013 11:03 am
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Lol!


 
Posted : 03/05/2013 11:04 am
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My brother in law bought 4 wheels an exhaust system and some other bits for a MK1 escort after drunkerdly deciding he could buy all the bits off eBay and build a car for next to nothing. When sober the prices soon added up.


 
Posted : 03/05/2013 11:13 am
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mate of mine was pissed in afghanistan one nght and bought/won a merc clk or some such for £16k, he wasnt due home for 2 months, that took a bit of explaining.

Though the funniest has to be my mate Steve who thought he had spotted the bargain of a life time (some life!) when he saw a brand new pair of Merrell boots that he had been after for £12.
When they arrived after he 'won' (the uncontested auction) he realised they were cheap for a reason one size 8 one size 9. He's been walking round in circles ever since.... we call him village


 
Posted : 03/05/2013 11:18 am
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I recently bid £38,556 on a bike by accidentally forgetting the decimal point. Needless to say, I won it...... 🙂


 
Posted : 03/05/2013 1:38 pm
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I bought three brand new suits for a hundred quid. I sat there, smug in the knowledge that I was a very shrewd character indeed. No-one could match my business acumen and eye for a bargain.

you know, until they arrived and were for someone with my sized upper body and waist (i.e., normal) and an inside leg of 20 inches.


 
Posted : 03/05/2013 1:46 pm
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I didn't need the flash or the lens. I hadn't been shopping for them - I only bid because I thought they were going to end up real bargains. They did, but they went to someone who had more cash to flash than me.

A bit miffed about the flash though. I got sniped, and I thought I had pressed the button on my own snipe but I hadn't actually clicked. It went for less than the bid I was trying to put in.


 
Posted : 03/05/2013 1:57 pm

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