Swiss vignette and E-bay

[Zed 44]

I put in a bid for a vignette at a fiver thinking if I got it for that plus a quid for postage - well done. Anyway I was outbid so I bought one from the Swiss travel centre for £29 plus £3.50 booking fee.

But then I checked the completed purchases on E-bay and found that 8 buyers in May had paid between £26 and £29 for used ones.

What is it about people that go to auctions? Do they think that just because it's an auction, it must be cheap?

[smack]

Checking my credit card, it cost me just under 28 quid at the Swiss border post just over a week ago. If you hadn't bought one already, I would have sold you mine!

[Zed 44]

smack said:

Checking my credit card, it cost me just under 28 quid at the Swiss border post just over a week ago. If you hadn't bought one already, I would have sold you mine!

Bummer

[MadMullah]

smack i'm heading for a drive to switzerland end of this month

how much are you looking for it? its not vehicle specific is it?

[Fuchs]

They are not vehicle specific.

[Zed 44]

Got my vignette by return post for £32.50 including some kind of add-on. I see on E-bay they're still fetching between £22 and £29 so with a bit of luck I should have had a cheap pass when I get back in July.

[MadMullah]

lol

your not back yet?

ah ok i'm goin start of june

[CAPP0]

Fuchs said:

They are not vehicle specific.

- although it does state somewhere that they're not transferable; not that anyone's going to know.

[smack]

MadMullah said:

smack i'm heading for a drive to switzerland end of this month

how much are you looking for it? its not vehicle specific is it?

Got to check with the OH, we might be back to Italy in July, so might need it again. I guess you could borrow it for beer tokens...

If you don't stick it on your windscreen then it is not 'vehicle specific'

[MadMullah]

smack said:

Got to check with the OH, we might be back to Italy in July, so might need it again. I guess you could borrow it for beer tokens...

If you don't stick it on your windscreen then it is not 'vehicle specific'

we're going to be sticking to the roads and not go on the mways

if you dont mind clicking on a thread i created a few threads below can you check if i've selected a mway or not?

[CAPP0]

smack said:

If you don't stick it on your windscreen then it is not 'vehicle specific'

Ah, now you say that, I think that's the rub - you are "supposed" to stick it to the screen otherwise it's not valid, iirc. I just tucked mine in above the tax disc, but forgot to sell it on when I got back!