ianmk2
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Mar 16, 2016 12:59:58 GMT
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I'm the opposite, I tend to agonise over purchases for days and then order it on a Friday afternoon, then be disappointed I didn't order it Monday when I first looked because now I won't get it before the weekend
For example, I'm currently deliberating over an aux cooling fan for £18 because I don't know if I want the one with straight or the one with curved blades.
Buying the car was an easy decision, buying parts for it is a nightmare lol
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Mar 16, 2016 13:45:02 GMT
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I bought a life size Mick Dundee cardboard cut out once on a drunk ebay browse.
I usually end up looking at Lamborghinis and helicopters. When I drink I must become fabulously rich, haha.
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vanpeebles
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I am eastbound in pursuit of a white Lamborghini, this is not a recording.
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Mar 16, 2016 13:57:49 GMT
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I bought a life size Mick Dundee cardboard cut out once on a drunk ebay browse. Thread winner! The winnings have been won!
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beer and ebayDeleted
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Mar 16, 2016 13:58:26 GMT
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Hahaha, keep drinking!
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beer and ebayDeleted
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Mar 16, 2016 14:09:07 GMT
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No beer was involved, but in desperation a few days ago I bid £12 on a single SU dashpot that happens to be the right one for my car. It looks like a swamp thing's bunion and it doesn't come with a piston so it's going to be of no use to me at all. Unfortunately it looks like I'm going to win and have yet another piece ofuseless tat to cram into my storage bunker. This is my biggest problem with ebay... it's not that I buy big stuff I can't afford, it's that I panic buy little things that I have absolutely no use for. I've got boxes of stuff like that. A height sensor off a fork-lift truck, a wheel bearing from a ferry, a piece of decorative chrome strip from a video game cabinet, a dial cluster surround (JUST THE SURROUND MIND YOU) from a two seater plane. A broken latch mechanism off a bank safe, a fuse box from a cottage. Ye gads. Why? WHYYYYYY?
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Mar 16, 2016 14:26:07 GMT
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Not an on-line jobby, but definitely the morning after the night before. This was still back in the UK.
Told the Mrs one Saturday morning I was going out to fill the P38 with LPG and got, "Can you get some spuds and a Telegraph as well?"
Arrived at the garage and there was a rather sweet Subaru Legacy 2.5 estate. As I was getting the gas, I asked what they'd give me for mine in part ex. He named a figure, I paid for the gas, signed some paper and drove the Legacy home. Forgot the spuds and paper though.
The downside is that three months later, I was offered a job in Singapore. Fortunately, the guy at the garage was a stand up bloke and bought it back at only 100 quid lees than the deal cost.
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beer and ebayDeleted
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Mar 16, 2016 14:44:56 GMT
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Nice. That's cheaper than renting it for a week!
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Mar 16, 2016 15:07:10 GMT
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I'm on Ebay every day, even at work ! not with beer I hasten to add , I go on all the car sites, mainly older / classic sites, in fact only last Saturday I bought a very nice Cavalier 2.0 GLS, from a guy in Sunderland, its totally immaculate, only 3 owners, total and extensive history, the chap had had it for just over 3 years, he bought it from its 2nd owner who'd had it for 17 years, and the 1st owner was actually the dealership !! The chap I bought it from, had only ever worked for Vauxhall (now retired) his parents used to have a dealership, then he set up on his own, then his last few years were with Bristol Street, where this car was initially sold, Only thing is, this has brought my "fleet" to 4 !! and my mrs wasn't / still isn't too chuffed
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Mar 16, 2016 17:03:42 GMT
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I bought a radio controlled helium blimp whist drunk on ebay. Obviously, requires filling with helium once you take it out of the box, which I never did! I've also bought many cars whilst under the influence, though none that I couldn't justify to myself once sober. That said, I have had to hide said purchases from SWMBO for varying lengths of time. I had my Saab 9-3 for about 10 months before she knew about it!
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Its not broken, its resting! Max signature image height: 80px
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Mar 16, 2016 17:35:26 GMT
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How did you hide a car for 10 months ?
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Mar 16, 2016 18:32:10 GMT
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I'm on Ebay every day, even at work ! not with beer I hasten to add , I go on all the car sites, mainly older / classic sites, in fact only last Saturday I bought a very nice Cavalier 2.0 GLS, from a guy in Sunderland, its totally immaculate, only 3 owners, total and extensive history, the chap had had it for just over 3 years, he bought it from its 2nd owner who'd had it for 17 years, and the 1st owner was actually the dealership !! The chap I bought it from, had only ever worked for Vauxhall (now retired) his parents used to have a dealership, then he set up on his own, then his last few years were with Bristol Street, where this car was initially sold, Only thing is, this has brought my "fleet" to 4 !! and my mrs wasn't / still isn't too chuffed What classic sites do you look on? I'm planning on getting another retro and I'm trying to think of other places to look rather than eBay and autotrader.
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beer and ebayDeleted
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Mar 16, 2016 20:26:45 GMT
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Carandclassic.com usually has everything a young man needs.
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Mar 17, 2016 10:39:59 GMT
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I have compulsive bike buying disorder, I don't need alcohol to buy tat...
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Mar 17, 2016 22:07:26 GMT
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Yes, car and classic, + classic cars for sale, also check out various auctions for forth coming classic auctions
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beer and ebayfr€$h&m1nt¥
@freshandminty
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Mar 17, 2016 22:18:35 GMT
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Forget eBay, I'm more cautious in on there - it's social media on which I see something pretty or that I've always wanted so I'm half reeled in before I realise that it's something available to buy!
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Mar 17, 2016 22:22:02 GMT
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Forget eBay, I'm more cautious in on there - it's social media on which I see something pretty or that I've always wanted so I'm half reeled in before I realise that it's something available to buy! Are you sure that wasn't Tindr? Lol
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Mar 17, 2016 23:28:15 GMT
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I've just found "buyee" a Japanese ebay style site and cold stone sober bought something for a bargain 750 without thinking about shipping and customs at another 400 ...not quite the bargain now
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beer and ebayfr€$h&m1nt¥
@freshandminty
Club Retro Rides Member 99
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Forget eBay, I'm more cautious in on there - it's social media on which I see something pretty or that I've always wanted so I'm half reeled in before I realise that it's something available to buy! Are you sure that wasn't Tindr? Lol Oh definitely no luck there - I could swipe yes to everyone and I'd still get no matches
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bigdaz
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About 10 years ago I was a taxi driver and finished early hours of the morning and after a couple of Jamaican woodbine's (which I don't smoke anymore) is brought a 1979 mk2 escort rs2000 for £1700 which was bloody cheap then in the morning once I'd realised what i had done I rang the chap and apologised and said I was going on holiday and could pick it up in a couple of weeks which he was ok with thankfully giving me enough time to work out where I was going to get the money so after practically living in my taxi for two weeks I managed to raise the funds And I was the owner of a hearing aid beige rs2000 which was in very good condition and on the road I stupidly sold it a year later which I think I will always regret,
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Mar 18, 2016 10:32:27 GMT
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Nothing to do with ebay at all, but prompted by your RS2000 thing... there was a time in the early 90's (91 or 92) when Ford of America had apparently 'remembered' a huge storage lot filled with thousands of unsold Mustangs from the late 60's and 70's. At that point, nobody wanted a Mustang, particularly of the 70's variety. They were still at the bottom of the uncanny valley between being merely old, out-of-fashion, uncool and unreliable gas guzzlers, and becoming desirable classic cars that people wanted to own. So Ford were trying to offload them for cheap, and there was a bloke in London who had set up a business importing and selling new old stock never-used Mustangs. Some of them were tricked out with performance engines and cost a lot of money, but there was a really basic model he had at the bottom of his price range. It had a modest straight 6 (or it might even have been a four banger I can't recall) and was painted in that basic hearing aid beige colour. It had basic wheels and no mod cons at all. No stereo, no aircon, no comfort features.... just the most basic economical spec that Ford created as the base level stock car to be fitted out and sprayed in the right colour according to customer needs. He was selling this basic spec version for about £5k. For a brand new, late 60's / early 70's Mustang. All duties and registration paid. I had about £4k going spare at the time. I needed a grand and then the money for tax and insurance, and I couldn't raise it. Nobody would lend me the money to buy an unwise car. The bank refused, my parents not only refused but threatened to disown me if I wasted my money. Mates wouldn't/couldn't help. I was gutted. Everybody said I was mad for wanting it, but if I had bought that car back then and looked after it, by now I could have made a really decent Stang out of it and it would be worth a pretty penny. I bought a Lada Niva instead.
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Last Edit: Mar 18, 2016 10:53:35 GMT by Deleted
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