Comments on: eBay customers part 2

By: Vicola

Vicola — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 08:46:00 +0000

If you’re going to go selling your flat contents on e-bay then you need to practice your “Are you fucking joking you tight assed scrubber” stare because you are going to encounter the pikeyest, scruffiest, chav tightwads that this country has to offer.

And by the way, thanks very much for the mental you have just left me with – Vanessa Feltz in spandex. Wrong, very very wrong.

By: Cliff

Cliff — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 23:25:10 +0000

LOL (50!)

By: Cliff

Cliff — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 23:24:37 +0000

All right: fifty.

By: Vikki

Vikki — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 22:19:15 +0000

That just makes me cringe.

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By: Badger

Badger — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 01:54:51 +0000

IT’S A FUCKING POSSUM.

By: glammer

glammer — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 19:43:26 +0000

I bet he was actually casing your joint to rob you of whatever’s left.

How much do you want for the spandex?

By: Mr Angry

Mr Angry — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 16:55:49 +0000

Cliff – Welcome back, and piss off.

Brinnig – Imagine how I felt typing it.

Sooz – You have to be nice (very hard for me) due to the god-awful eBay feedback system. I’d never sell anything again if he slagged me off.

Stokeysiren – The nearest landfill to here is miles away, so it doesn’t bother me.

GeorgeC – See reply to Sooz!

Keef – Not used freecycle…yet.

Al – I owe eBay over SEVEN POUNDS already!

fourstar – alright smartarse…

Oli – Black and white I assume?

Jaggy – I am slowly learning there are some exceptionally cheeky fuckers out there.

Jo – that is almost 20% of a pint of Guinness, so there!

gnarly – That cost more, so I avoid it.

Lin – I went to a carboot sale many years ago, and it reminded me of that scene in Total Recall when Arnie goes underground and meets all the freaks.

robram – It is the only way to go.

FD – There seem to be a lot of people getting rich on eBay and I just can not see how…

Mellisaria – It is hard to bring a washing machine and sofa to the door. They have to come over the threshold unfortunately.

Salvadore – Oh yes, not only that, but he made me SIGN the eBay invoice in case of payment dispute!!

By: Salvadore Vincent

Salvadore Vincent — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 16:22:17 +0000

I hope he got his 1p change.

By: Melissaria

Melissaria — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 14:43:58 +0000

You’re very funny. 10 years ago, ebay was a great online jumble sale, but it’s too professional now; there’s no room for the small seller and their old shit anymore. At least with freecycle, you don’t have to wait a week,watching the bids refuse to move, wrap or post the stuff, or risk it coming back to you because they weren’t happy when it arrived. Once you build in your normal hourly rate to your ebay profits, you soon realise that giving stuff away is actually more profitable. Even if it does offer pikeys the chance to recce your house (ALWAYS meet them at the door…)

By: Four Dinners

Four Dinners — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 14:38:26 +0000

I once bought a subbuteo heavyweight 70’s team for £12 under the impression it was Derby County. It turned out to be The United Kingdom – they had green socks. I resold it on e-bay for £150. I missed your table or I would have bid £1.50 providing you cleaned it.

By: robram

robram — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 14:31:13 +0000

Most people begin by selling a CD on eBay, Mr A. Fair play to you for starting big

By: Lin

Lin — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 13:35:29 +0000

God, the thought of spandex father of Vanessa made me quite queasy!

Try going to Battersea bootsale at the tech college. Quite sure you could even get a price for a 2-legged table there.

By: gnarlyswine

gnarlyswine — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 13:27:00 +0000

uhh – reserve price?

By: Jo

Jo — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 12:36:42 +0000

OOh…a 99p sale…along with a what 35p listing fee…? I make that 64p profit. Good work.

After years of clearing my wardrobe for exactly the same reasons – to make space and earn money from things that could get chucked – I can assure you that no, it’s not worth the effort. Well, it is as long as you never work out the actual profit after listing fees are all taken care of.

By: Jaggy

Jaggy — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 12:01:28 +0000

I gave away a large wooden garden furniture set on freebay to who I thought was the most deserving sucker, then they had the cheek to ask for it to be delivered as they don’t have a car.

Fuck off!

By: StokeySiren

StokeySiren — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 10:42:32 +0000

Freecycling is an extreme sport and very scary at times but alas it is the law in Hackney.

By: FJ

FJ — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 10:41:27 +0000

Freecycle is great when you need cheering up – just advertise your old unwanted tat on freecycle and you get loads of emails from people telling you all their problems and why they are so deserving of your old tat. It’s a bit like a bidding war only with hardships – I see their unemployed slacker of a husband and raise you my disabled child whose life will be completely changed by the arrival of your knackered old ikea sofabed. Hours of laughs.

By: Oli

Oli — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 10:00:49 +0000

I like freecycle, I gave away some cardboard boxes and got a tv.

By: fourstar

fourstar — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 09:56:20 +0000

“I would rather give it away than let you have it for less than a pound.”

But you did. You sold it to him for 99p.

*flees*