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Zombie

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1,613 posts

225 months

Saturday 10th December 2016
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Just bought my first house, so I've been perusing the bowels of eBay using a local bargain search on eBay. There the usual fodder, clothes, furniture, some interesting bits of machinery / tools, but then I found a seller listing a used toothbrush holder. vomit It can't get any worse than that can it?

Ah right, it can. (Same Seller)

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/NAIL-CLIPPERS-STAINLESS-...

anonymous-user

84 months

Saturday 10th December 2016
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That is horrific vomitvomitvomit

MX5_Nuts

1,487 posts

137 months

Saturday 10th December 2016
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"BUYER CAN COLLECT"

"Yes, hello? I'd like to collect my nail clippers please". laugh

AdamIndy

1,661 posts

134 months

Saturday 10th December 2016
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Ah but fear not. They are hardly used!hehe

What makes it worse is their starting bid is £2(£3.50 postage. WTF). In the "more items like this" bit you can buy new ones for £1!

meehaja

607 posts

138 months

Sunday 11th December 2016
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The other items are "reduced for Brexit"!

konark

1,241 posts

149 months

Sunday 11th December 2016
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And no-one has bid on his other 90 lots of comedy-priced boot-sale tat.

Including; £2 HDMI cable for £10+3.50 postage
£2 packet of 3 ladies' tights for just £7.50 inc postage
Jeggings (Primark £4) now only £13.50 inc postage

and don't forget the 'antique' mirror for £19.99 , from the 1970s

briang9

4,103 posts

190 months

Sunday 11th December 2016
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you should play the "lets see what we can't find on ebay" game, very good after a few beers, ex workmate of mine swears he has found, false teeth, glass eyes, soiled panties, single shoes, false legs..sure it must be a wonderful world of used tat out therelaugh

fatboy69

9,424 posts

217 months

Sunday 11th December 2016
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So what is so special about Bruce Mortenson who, apparently, ran in the 1972 Olympic Maraathon Trials?

Why do I ask?

Because a pair of 'Shoezeum Vintage' Original OG Moon Shoe Waffle Racer trainers (1st Generation Hollister Bowerman Handmade Moon Shoes) have received a whopping 131 bids with the highest being $10,600.00!!!!

What goes on?



alorotom

12,788 posts

217 months

Sunday 11th December 2016
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Zombie said:
Just bought my first house, so I've been perusing the bowels of eBay using a local bargain search on eBay. There the usual fodder, clothes, furniture, some interesting bits of machinery / tools, but then I found a seller listing a used toothbrush holder. vomit It can't get any worse than that can it?

Ah right, it can. (Same Seller)

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/NAIL-CLIPPERS-STAINLESS-...
Some stuff won't be posted till after 24th Jan 2017 ... hope any prospective buyers aren't in a rush!!

More humorous though is that he is selling his guttering ... https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/282282867032

wack

2,103 posts

236 months

Sunday 11th December 2016
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It's only £30 for 6x 3m lengths in toolstation

His only negative is for trying to increase the postage after he wasn't happy with the winning £8.50 bid for 2 pairs of chop sticks

mgtony

4,217 posts

220 months

Monday 12th December 2016
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Seems that his Japanese wife has done a runner with all his money leaving him to sell the contents and the fabric of his house! frownbiggrin

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/MENS-BLACK-LEATHER-WALLE...

sc0tt

18,296 posts

231 months

Shakermaker

11,317 posts

130 months

Monday 12th December 2016
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A few weeks ago there was a thread on here about how people are now being charged to dispose of certain items at their local council tip.

One poster's best idea was to put everything on eBay at 99p no reserve, collection only, and had managed to get someone to drive some ungodly distance to pay 99p for a used toilet or something...

Spare tyre

12,621 posts

160 months

Monday 12th December 2016
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Shakermaker said:
A few weeks ago there was a thread on here about how people are now being charged to dispose of certain items at their local council tip.

One poster's best idea was to put everything on eBay at 99p no reserve, collection only, and had managed to get someone to drive some ungodly distance to pay 99p for a used toilet or something...
I've done something similar

Had a load of tired furniture to get rid off, along with a bunch of stuff from the death of an elderly relative

Put it on eBay gumtree, a lot of 99p stuff never sold, but had questions after a while saying can they come and collect it for free

Saved me a bunch of effort


Also, some people are in their own little world and probably saw toe nail clippers in boots for £12 quid and though they could sell them for a third on eBay, forgetting you can probably get new ones from china for 20p

Vitorio

4,296 posts

173 months

Monday 12th December 2016
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Shakermaker said:
A few weeks ago there was a thread on here about how people are now being charged to dispose of certain items at their local council tip.

One poster's best idea was to put everything on eBay at 99p no reserve, collection only, and had managed to get someone to drive some ungodly distance to pay 99p for a used toilet or something...
For me its not so much being charged, but for big items i just dont like taking it to the tip, its lots of lugging etc.. stick it on e-bay for beer money and have someone else haul it away!

Got rid of a fridge for a tenner a few weeks back, saved me the effort of lifting it in/out of the car and driving to the tip, and got beer money out of it.

wack

2,103 posts

236 months

Monday 12th December 2016
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alorotom said:
More humorous though is that he is selling his guttering ... https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/282282867032
Not humorous as somebody bidding on it


100 free listings, I'm going to list every piece of crap I can find for 3x what it's worth

Zombie

Original Poster:

1,613 posts

225 months

marmitemania

1,571 posts

172 months

Friday 6th January 2017
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Zombie said:
No I don't want to pay £3.36 to have one delivered in the colour of my choice. I would rather pay another £1.63 on top and go and pick it up.