[Misc] What's your favourite eBay purchase and your best eBay bargain?

[Binney on acid]

This might have been done to death, but I'm bored shitless, so here goes:-
My favourite is a full size Dalek, that moves and talks.
My best bargain is a poster advertising a circus in Shoreham. It depicts lions and tigers, has pre decimal prices on it and apparently you could watch a possession of baby elephants walk from Shoreham station to the recreation ground. It also features a 4 digit Shoreham telephone number on it, for ticket applications. It cost me about £30, but I had to pay £85 to have it framed.

 

[The Antikythera Mechanism]

This fragment of a weather screen from the West Pier. I had the base made after the purchase. 155 year old piece of Brighton history.

 

[GREASED WEASEL]

ultimate soccer manager 98

paid 2.99 back in the day (brand new,sealed)

goes for over 50 quid these days

 

[SK1NT]

I bought a pair of ping eye 2 irons for about £160 about 20 years ago. I ended up losing the 9 and the 8 iron and still made a profit selling the clubs for £185.


My worst sale eclipses this. I sold a brand new Panasonic DVD player about 15 years ago for a friend of a friend. It was new, top of the range so started the bidding at 1p. It sold for 65p. I set the postage for £5 but the bidder was from nothern ireland. I ended up paying more than the combine cost of the postage and the DVD player to send it. Having already been out of pocket the woman then messaged me.... i only forget to post the remote so had to send this desperately for another few quid on top. The guy i was selling the dvd player for blatantly didn't believe the what had happened. I reckon he thought i just tea leafed it.


On another quick note. I was selling a bed for my mum with a buy it now of £50. No one bought it. I then just listed it the next week in an auction starting at 1p... only sold for £120. People must have just wanted to be involved in the rush of an auction.

 

[Beach Hut]

Sold a three month old pair of spiked running shoes for 37p, another epic failure in sport by my youngest

 

[Binney on acid]

This might have been done to death, but I'm bored shitless, so here goes:-
My favourite is a full size Dalek, that moves and talks.
My best bargain is a poster advertising a circus in Shoreham. It depicts lions and tigers, has pre decimal prices on it and apparently you could watch a possession of baby elephants walk from Shoreham station to the recreation ground. It also features a 4 digit Shoreham telephone number on it, for ticket applications. It cost me about £30, but I had to pay £85 to have it framed.

I was drunk and under pressure when I started the thread. (it was supper time). Obviously I was referring to a procession of baby elephants. I have to recommend extra sweet Waitrose port at £13.99 a bottle. Believe me, it's mega yummy.

 

[Weststander]

Sold a quality Bosch fridge freezer for £150 ten years ago, only because a kitchen refit meant we needed an inbuilt f/f. The buyer then started a complaint with dramatic statements that we were, in effect, crooks, because she found a tiny spot of rust on a joint. I’d gladly have driven to Hampshire to collect it back. In the end she took a £50 part refund. This one of our very first eBay sales out of 100’s ... the lesson ...always describe every single imperfection and if possible include a photo of it in the ad.

Needless to say she gave us the lowest number of stars as a rating.


There’re also the dicks who win bids for a laugh, then disappear. Bringing them a perverse pleasure.

 

[Coldeanseagull]

Had some very good sales and buys in the plant department over the years. A lot of which will make people glaze over with boredom, palm and banana related they be

 

[Algernon]

My favourite is a full size Dalek,
apparently you could watch a possession of baby elephants walk from Shoreham station to the recreation ground.

Username checks out.

 

[Nitram]

1950’ s Omega bumper automatic watch bought for £150.

 

[OzMike]

There was an alto sax, cheap, copy model for sale. The ad said that it came with a brand new Neotech strap.
These straps are great and usually retail for around $60.
It was early doors and up for $1 with about 2 weeks time remaining.
I put in a bid of $35, mainly to get the strap and postage at that time was $10.
I then forgot about it, I later got an email to say that I had the winning bid.
I paid up and about a week later an almost brand new alto sax turned up in a new case with the new strap.
I took the strap out for use and closed the case. A while later I thought I would give the sax a go, mainly for poser value as it was red with gold keys.
It played flat and I couldn't adjust that out, then realising that this was why it was sold.
With nothing to lose and it being so cheap, I decided to shorten the neck that the mouth piece attaches to, to see if that would change the pitch, shortening the air passage etc.
I cut about 12mm off the end and made it smooth.
I popped a mouth peice on to see what effect it would have and what a difference, a slight mouthpeice adjustment and perfect pitch.
It is great to use for fun or as a standby.
Best $45 I have ever spent.

 

[giveusfalmerplease]

i got scammed by a buyer in China. Ordered a drone for £30 before they became popular over here. Knew it would take a month to arrive. When it did arrive it was just a wrapped cardboard box with a bottle of water inside presumably to give it some weight. However, it was tracked, i had signed for it and therefore when i raised a dispute they sent this "proof" of delivery and refused my refund request. So if you fancy ripping someone off just post them anything, get a tracking number and bobs your uncle you are unlikely to get a chargeback.

 

[Binney on acid]

i got scammed by a buyer in China. Ordered a drone for £30 before they became popular over here. Knew it would take a month to arrive. When it did arrive it was just a wrapped cardboard box with a bottle of water inside presumably to give it some weight. However, it was tracked, i had signed for it and therefore when i raised a dispute they sent this "proof" of delivery and refused my refund request. So if you fancy ripping someone off just post them anything, get a tracking number and bobs your uncle you are unlikely to get a chargeback.

I once bought a glass on eBay. It was posted to me in an ordinary A4 envelope, without any packaging. I've never seen a glass jigsaw puzzle before!