StickyMicky

Never had this one before

Put my cars old front lip spoiler on eBay as it was unwanted/taking up space, starting price of 1quid, no reserve, buy it now price of 40quid.

With 4 days to go, it was up to 36quid
With 2 days to go it was PAST my buy it now price
Finished just before 16quid more than my buy it now price

This lad kept mailing me asking me questions like "would you let me know where its from if i dont win?" "i really want it" etc etc, i almost felt sorry for him, although he did win in the end

urban

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Some time last year I bought on ebay Dirt 2 for the PS3.
It came with a medium sized dirt 2 T-shirt
I of course had no need for the shirt and decided to wack it on ebay just to see what I'd get for it - I though we'll if I get a tenner that'll do.

I put it on and the bidders went to town.

I remembered getting up on the Sunday and noticed loads of emails on my phone - I looked and thought "**** - that can't be right" and put it down to the way it was being displayed.

Later on - more emails, payment received via pay pal and it was for £29!
On the emails on my blackberry I thought it was £2.90

Result was dirt 2 cost me a fiver in the end

Glowplug

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I put a CB radio on on Wednesday and before i could refesh my selling page it was sold In under 5mins i had listed it, sold it and recieved payment. I dispatched it with-in the hour.

Thats the way it should be

ALi-B

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I put a professional sunbed on there which was left in the house when I moved in: The thing weighed nearly half a ton and needed four people to get it down the stairs and into the garage. It was in the way so I was prepared to chop it up and take the steel to the scrappers (leaving a question of what to do with 40 sunbed tubes).

Stuck it on ebay, no reserve on collection only figuring its easier for someone to take it off my hands than me mess about with the grinder. It went for £60. Then I get a email asking if would go into her loft (note "her") and can she just plug it in? This thing pulls 4 kilowatts and is the size of a single bed, will a single bed fit through the average loft hatch? nope. Daft bint. She then sent her fella down with his van: A Peugeot Partner. What part of the "size of a single" bed did she not understand? I even gave her measurements. Suffice to say it wouldn't fit...half the thing sticking out the back.

Bloke had some common sense and said there is no way him and his missus would be able to deal with the thing, and said "put it back on ebay refund us less the fees when it sells". Which I did.

So second attempt....it went for £260 The people who collected travelled 100miles to get it and even rented a van to put it in! Nuts!

I gave £50 to each of my mates who helped me get it down the stairs. They couldn't belive it went for that much either.

JPL

I bought Call of Jaurez for £25 buy it now, and completed it in a couple of weeks, I knew I wouldn't play it again so stuck it on ebay for £1 start, it sold for £24.50

Bought a 6 foot pine table in an auction for £40 5 years ago, sold it 6 months ago for £80

eBay does have its moments

Glowplug

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I've got a microphone on there at the minute, it's the only on on .co.uk and there is only 3 on .com, so i'm expecting a good return over the weekend. 10 watchers so far and a email from Austrailia

Ste RB5138

If only all eBay transactions were like that!

MMT WRX

You honestly don't expect us to believe that do you


Is this you really?

pslewis

This was Ali-B when he decided to sell it:-

http://abster.files.wordpress.com/2008/07/sunburnt.jpg

ALi-B

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I will admit that I did try out. I think the tubes were knackered though because it didn't make a jot of difference

(barring the electric bill...you should how fast the meter spins when it was turned on ).

hodgy0_2

I easily sold a crate of Carlsberg on eBay

Glowplug

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I've now got 21 watching, 1 bid of £50 from the USA and less than 1 hour left

ALi-B

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Probably the best eBay transaction in the world? :

95turbowagon

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Many years ago i got an eminem cd for £1 from a charity shop for something to listen to on the way home, needless to say it was utter tosh. Put it on ebay and it sold for £30 to someone in canada.

Steve vRS

I sold a 20 year old, Iron Maiden Power Slave T shirt. It was describe accurately (well worn, grey with age, picture faded).

It sold for £20 to a guy in America!

Steve

Terminator X

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**** me there are some eejets in this world

Amazes me how much some people pay for stuff on Ebay, it's often cheaper in the shops + no postage either!

TX.

OcTag3n

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After I was made redundant last year, I'm making over 3k a month from ebay sales & never been happier.

Thank you so much ebay!

ALi-B

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Just make sure the tax man knows that.

Had a client in the other week whos father had been caught by the IR (not been paying a penny tax for years) for quite a hefty sum. Shame, he has to sell his new Range Rover to pay it back, my heart bleeds.

g7prs

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Not quite the same as these stories but I got pissed one night and bought a canoe on eBay. I never read the advert properly and it turned out it was 16'6" and at the time I had a BMW mini so ended up selling it and bought my first scoob! ( a wagon to fit the bloody canoe)

Don't get drunk and use eBay

Rob_Impreza99

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Quite a lot of the time you see stuff sell on ebay for more than it costs to buy it in a shop, thats normal every day items as well. The mind boggles sometimes of who is actually behind their keyboards placing bids.