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I've got a box of unused stuff and no bugger wants it. I shall wait until spring when the market goes a bit more mad.
That old chestnut again...
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when we lived in Hampshire off the M3 we still sold stuff collection only and also bought stuff. I got a virtually brand new bike rack for the car for £15 that I was pretty pleased with, the people selling said it was easier to sell ebay and collection only than take to the tip. I had one of those trailgator things that didn't need/want, it sold for a £10, and the chap who bought it was overjoyed with it. Things like this make it worthwhile.
I'd include "collect from (first part post code) 10 min J5 M3" etc in my title on ebay to be clear.
In the classic land rover world stuff slowly moves round the country as on forums like this people set up relays to pass between "friends". I bought a second hand rag top from a chap several hundred miles away that made its way via a couple of folk, none of whom I'd met, to a chap who could meet me down the M3 within a reasonable distance. I also picked up a set of leaf springs for in Southampton one time for someone when we were going anyway, took them home and a week later someone collected to move on. None of these journeys are going out of the way much just a sense of doing one's bit to help the community.
maybe we should have a relay section particularly for frames, wheels and forks being the expensive to post items ?
LikeClockwork":290z4fve said:See, that's why I'm petrified of putting it on ebay...
I do wonder about collection only being in the middle of nowhere in Somerset, even with easy access to the M5 I don't think read that when you put it on the listing. Come to think of it, like you say, I don't think buyers read the description at all, or they wouldn't ask such DUMB ASS QUESTIONS :evil:
(You know the ones, you put every single dimension on the listing and they still ask you, 'What size is it mate?')
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when we lived in Hampshire off the M3 we still sold stuff collection only and also bought stuff. I got a virtually brand new bike rack for the car for £15 that I was pretty pleased with, the people selling said it was easier to sell ebay and collection only than take to the tip. I had one of those trailgator things that didn't need/want, it sold for a £10, and the chap who bought it was overjoyed with it. Things like this make it worthwhile.
I'd include "collect from (first part post code) 10 min J5 M3" etc in my title on ebay to be clear.
In the classic land rover world stuff slowly moves round the country as on forums like this people set up relays to pass between "friends". I bought a second hand rag top from a chap several hundred miles away that made its way via a couple of folk, none of whom I'd met, to a chap who could meet me down the M3 within a reasonable distance. I also picked up a set of leaf springs for in Southampton one time for someone when we were going anyway, took them home and a week later someone collected to move on. None of these journeys are going out of the way much just a sense of doing one's bit to help the community.
maybe we should have a relay section particularly for frames, wheels and forks being the expensive to post items ?
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Don't have much time for eBay, ever since I stupidly decided to sell a nice vintage Adidas zipper top. The buyer snapped it up a few days before one christmas and you know what it's like shipping stuff around that time. The buyer was in Bangalore – Indian deep south. As christmas hit, I started receiving pestering messages from the buyer asking if the item had been sent and where it was. A few more days later and then they started claiming that they hadn't received the goods. A few more days later then eBay without following any procedure compensates the buyer so I lose both the nice vintage Adidas zipper top and the cash. The Coots!
Think retro parts in the US on eBay are generally overpriced, plus there's the import to UK to pay on top. A lot of sellers on eBay can tend to mis-represent old tat by tagging it as "NOS". This term should really mean that someone found a load of never opened mint in box parts in the back of a back stock room somewhere. Sometimes photos or descriptions aren't up to scratch either, with "used condition" disguising a multitude of sins.
Probably, saturation point has long been reached with collections amassed, etc. People may be more wary now and more particular about stuff, rather than lustily collecting clutter.
Managed to snap up a modestly priced Orange Stalk recently from a kind RB-er. It requires a loving refurb but with gunk removed, it's in sound condition underneath.
Would generally rather cover postage costs so that an unused part could be useful for someone else. Like the idea of the community relay...
Don't have much time for eBay, ever since I stupidly decided to sell a nice vintage Adidas zipper top. The buyer snapped it up a few days before one christmas and you know what it's like shipping stuff around that time. The buyer was in Bangalore – Indian deep south. As christmas hit, I started receiving pestering messages from the buyer asking if the item had been sent and where it was. A few more days later and then they started claiming that they hadn't received the goods. A few more days later then eBay without following any procedure compensates the buyer so I lose both the nice vintage Adidas zipper top and the cash. The Coots!
Think retro parts in the US on eBay are generally overpriced, plus there's the import to UK to pay on top. A lot of sellers on eBay can tend to mis-represent old tat by tagging it as "NOS". This term should really mean that someone found a load of never opened mint in box parts in the back of a back stock room somewhere. Sometimes photos or descriptions aren't up to scratch either, with "used condition" disguising a multitude of sins.
Probably, saturation point has long been reached with collections amassed, etc. People may be more wary now and more particular about stuff, rather than lustily collecting clutter.
Managed to snap up a modestly priced Orange Stalk recently from a kind RB-er. It requires a loving refurb but with gunk removed, it's in sound condition underneath.
Would generally rather cover postage costs so that an unused part could be useful for someone else. Like the idea of the community relay...
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Might be fair to add that it's possible that seasonality will play its part as well. For a lot of the 'rediscovering the hobby of my youth' types (and I'm not saying that's a bad thing) it doesn't take long to remember how cold, muddy and wet winter riding can be. Especially when you're twenty years older and have discovered the comforts of modern cars and cake. You might find it all picks up a bit in the late Spring and Summer when the nights are lighter, the world's a bit warmer and people want to get out and about a bit.
Might be fair to add that it's possible that seasonality will play its part as well. For a lot of the 'rediscovering the hobby of my youth' types (and I'm not saying that's a bad thing) it doesn't take long to remember how cold, muddy and wet winter riding can be. Especially when you're twenty years older and have discovered the comforts of modern cars and cake. You might find it all picks up a bit in the late Spring and Summer when the nights are lighter, the world's a bit warmer and people want to get out and about a bit.
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Cake.
I like cake.
I like cake.
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And pie. Don't forget pie.
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mmmmmmmm....
Pie.....
Pie.....
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Dinner was steak pie followed by Bakewell tart.
Don't forget tart.
Don't forget tart.
