The sub £1k Merc S500

[em177]

BenjiA said:

In the meantime, does anyone have any ideas what these might fetch?
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I'm currently in stitches

Did he keep the receipts? You might get a tenner back from Argos...

[dragonheart]

clio007 said:

You took £385 and a that ring for the Merc?

Sorry but I would be very surprised if it was not worth the square root of naff all.

on the other hand

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Mens-Chunky-9ct-Yellow-G...

[K12beano]

For entertainment value, this thread is maturing into a potential classic - admittedly a little way to go to compete at "Wing'd Horse of ChavTat" territory, but do keep up the good work!

[R8Steve]

Madness

[eltax91]

dragonheart said:

clio007 said:

You took £385 and a that ring for the Merc?

Sorry but I would be very surprised if it was not worth the square root of naff all.

on the other hand

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Mens-Chunky-9ct-Yellow-G...

I like it. maybe just maybe he'll end up with his pennies back

[Astacus]

Err I have a horrible feeling you may have been done over. There was a popular scam like this a year or so back, where some foreign gent with an apparently broken down car would flag down passing motorists and tell them they have run out of petrol and have no cash so are stuck. They would then proceed to persuade said hapless helper that if they gave them money for petrol they would exchange it for gold jewellery. They take money and you head off to cash in jewellery only to find its worthless pile of brass.

Hope I am wrong, but.....

[LayZ]

Well this was an entertaining thread...

[BenjiA]

So I have never sold my ring on ebay before, I hope I can get some money back before my children starve.

Any help with answering questions and making sure my listing is perfect gratefully received.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Mens-Chunky-9ct-Yellow-G...

[cat220]

BenjiA said:

So I have never sold my ring on ebay before, I hope I can get some money back before my children starve.

Any help with answering questions and making sure my listing is perfect gratefully received.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Mens-Chunky-9ct-Yellow-G...

Brilliant advert! Lol!!

[Swampy1982]

great advert... personal highlights -

Custard pic
Sausage pic
Random bathroom pic...

[idiotgap]

advert said:

If anyone would like High definition detail pictures of my ring, I will be happy to supply over email.

[jke11y]

I belly laughed after half pack of wet wipes and a droopy rhodedendron. This whole saga is entirely the fault of this thread.

[BlueHave]

Rings obviously not of any sentimental value then

You will always get a type that bid on sheds on eBay and thin the seller is deaf, dumb and blind.

Wonder what sort of scrap value you would get on the ring.

[anonymous-user]

BenjiA said:

Out comes a bag of gold jewellery. Little ziplock bag full of bits of tat. Fella says he deals in it, knows a bit about it, got some good pieces so he has. So he shows me a couple of rings, says they are worth a few hundred quid, and asks me what did I think?

It seems that the final destination of the S500 is to have it’s pipes sawn off before the cats and to be drifted in a demolition derby type drifting event at the Norfolk raceway. He’s going to let me know when it will be, just in case I want to say goodbye. If I find out the date, I’ll obviously post it on here.

So hold on, scrap gold and banger racing, do we think you got tucked up by a 3.142 key??

That ring is purely worth scrap value, which as you say is £10 per gram for 9ct gold. I have used Hatton Garden Metals in the past and they will give you 10% more if you take the money in Argos vouchers (wonder what market they are catering for....) So you will get £121.65

The other ring, no idea what it is worth, if anything.

Having bought and sold some gold in the past I would have taken the remainder in scrap gold, but I would have made sure it was worth the £385 owing.

As has already been said, if you are selling a car on eBay then they come to you with cash. By taking the car to him he knew he could knock you down as you would not want to take it home. I think he scammed you to be honest.

Oh well, at least it is all over now.

Edited by anonymous-user on Tuesday 21st June 05:23

[TotalControl]

BenjiA said:

So I have never sold my ring on ebay before, I hope I can get some money back before my children starve.

Any help with answering questions and making sure my listing is perfect gratefully received.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Mens-Chunky-9ct-Yellow-G...

Excellent advert!

[Astacus]

Absolute class well played sir

[LittleEnus]

Brilliant. Glad I stumbled across this amazing thread!!

[Shnozz]

Epic.

From an amusing start to a comedy gold (literally) ending.

[AndStilliRise]

Awesome thread. Love it.

[silentbrown]

The Ad said:

The other great, and somewhat unexpected bonus of having such a large chunk of Gold Bullion on you at all times is, in extremis, you could use it just like cash, perhaps to buy a rusty S Class in the rain in Essex. From a gullible Moron.

Doffs cap...

This is turning into one of those "Start with a shed and trade your way to a Ferrari" challenges. In reverse!