mj

so far this week I have bought the following:

Makita mitre/pull saw & tranny - didn't really need it but it was a good buy - £325

Drill - again, didn't really need it but it was a good buy - £43

2 pairs of Merrell shoes - that I could do with I suppose - £38


I seem to be developing a "if its cheap I'll buy it" obsession - I could never resist a bargain - way I look at it is that you can always flog it on again if you get it for the right money, the troble is you end up buying stuff you normally wouldn't. I'll have to wind it in a bit I think.

Anyone else bargain mad ?

Freak

yes
I have the same problem with vinyl....
Buying up loads of stuff......

they are cheap, then you add the postage, and it all adds up...

but all claimable as a business expense tho....so all good

P1Fanatic

It sure is. You keep thinking it would be rude to pass up on such bargains. I started buying games for my gamecube and when you end up paying a tenner for something new & sealed that costs £32 new at places like cd-wow and play.com which are already a tenner cheaper than the high street it gives you a lot of satisfaction.

Admittedly Im not as bad as you. Most expensive thing I bought was an air-rifle at £345 which I picked up in person. Saying that I only looked on eBay cos someone on an airgun forum told me he'd seen it.

Its great for selling crap that you have lying around and probably would have binned.

Simon.

DJ Dunk

iTrader: (5)

Another E-Bay vinyl junkie here too.

Just can't resist that old skool

Having a bit of a detox from it at the moment.

stevencotton

I keep buying early 80s computer hardware, despite having a stack of it in the scond bedroom .. but it's going so cheaply!

mj

what do you do with it all - are you one of these retro uber geeks that gets XP running on a machine with the computing power of a toaster?

brickboy

MJ -- was the tranny pre- or post-operative? Not a bad price, with the saw thrown in free

Love eBay -- but it's easy to get auction blindness and pay over the odds.

However, I've benefited from the same when selling, so hey ho

[Edited by brickboy - 10/07/2003 12:54:11]

mj

@ BB,

Post-op BTW - well, everyone needs a hobby

GaryK

Same here! Now Im progressing into early consoles (atari 2600 vcs etc.) and 70s stuff like original led watches, chopper bikes and now a mk2 1600e cortina which I now visit ebay for bits for!!!

Mind you people pay some top prices, I just sold some pukka music software that I bought second-hand and made £170 on it!!! marvellous

Gary

stevencotton

mj, ubergeek and XP are mutually exclusive It's mostly nostalgia value, although it's all in nice condition, and I have a few rarities too.

Sith

I got very addicted to ebay. Luckily I have broken it. It depends on the person really.

mj

what kind of stuff wre you buying then? out of interest.

scoobydooooo

i think it is addictive to start with , but as it goes on i think you stop buying crap . i much prefer selling stuff now , hang on i think i'll just put a bid in for one of elvis' teeth hahahhahaha

V5

Other than following a link from somewhere like here, I can't recall ever looking on Ebay.

I guess I'll have to go and have a look now then!

stevencotton

I mostly go for the Sinclair kit, Ultimate games and books. Not really bothered about +2/+2As, a +3 wouldn't go amiss though.

MarkO

I find selling is the really addictive bit. I've sold an amp and a CD player on there for well over double what I was expecting. When you load up the page to find another £20's been bid on your item it's very exciting.

I now walk around the house looking at stuff I own wondering if I could get away with selling it.

flat4

we all sit around at work for hours each day looking for cool stuff, get most of my mountain biking stuff off there - got 500 quids worth of wheels & shifters the other month for 110 quid, Result! just waiting for my new exhaust to turn up from the States, all for 24 quid saying that, the postage cost more than the item


kev

TopBanana

Hey ebay junkies, check this out for a bargain

mj

very indeed.