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Simon Isaacs

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• Feb 9, 2006

• #1

...... my lightweight still wont sell

4609114051

This rate I'm going to end up weighing it in!
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Simon Isaacs

Peterborough 4x4 Club Newsletter Editor and Webmaster
Green Lane Association (GLASS) Financial Director
101 Ambi, undergoing camper conversion www.simoni.co.uk
1976 S3 LWT, Fully restored, ready for sale! Make me an offer!
Suzuki SJ410 (Wife's) 3" lift kit fitted, body shell now restored and mounted on chassis, waiting on a windscreen and MOT
Series 3 88" Rolling chassis...what to do next
1993 200 TDi Discovery
1994 200 TDi Discovery body sheel, being bobbed and modded.....

 

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Nige

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• Feb 9, 2006

• #2

Simon Isaacs wrote:
> ..... my lightweight still wont sell
>
> 4609114051
>
> This rate I'm going to end up weighing it in!

Some **** ripped my RRC LSE auction chapter & verse right as mine came into the last couple of days. I
got a call from a feindly ebayer telling me. Mine looked like a feckin scam 'cos of it. I got a few nasty
mates to bid his up to £20k!!! It's not for sale anymore. ****er cost me an auction. He even used some of
my feckin photos!!!
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Subaru WRX
Range Rover LSE (Bob) FOR SALE!!!
Range Rover 4.6 HSE (The Tank!)

'"I don't remember asking you a goddam thing"

 

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Nige

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• Feb 9, 2006

• #3

Simon Isaacs wrote:
> ..... my lightweight still wont sell
>
> 4609114051
>
> This rate I'm going to end up weighing it in!

I Like that matey, do you require a RRC LSE by any chance? I have mine just about to go back up due to a
total **** ruining it!

Your main problem is your lack of feedback & hi-res pictures i think.

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Subaru WRX
Range Rover LSE (Bob) FOR SALE!!!
Range Rover 4.6 HSE (The Tank!)

'"I don't remember asking you a goddam thing"

 

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Eddie

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• Feb 9, 2006

• #4

Simon Isaacs wrote:
> ..... my lightweight still wont sell
>
> 4609114051
>
> This rate I'm going to end up weighing it in!

Don't scrap it! I'd buy it but family (inc. twins) and a mortgage mean
I haven't got any money :-(

Eddie

 

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Simon Isaacs

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• Feb 9, 2006

• #5

On Thu, 9 Feb 2006 22:09:29 -0000, "Nige"
<[email protected]> scribbled the following nonsense:

>Simon Isaacs wrote:
>> ..... my lightweight still wont sell
>>
>> 4609114051
>>
>> This rate I'm going to end up weighing it in!
>
>I Like that matey, do you require a RRC LSE by any chance? I have mine just about to go back up due to a
>total **** ruining it!
>
>Your main problem is your lack of feedback & hi-res pictures i think.

Unfortunately need to get rid of motors, else would be tempted!

pic are fairly hi res about 800kb on my PC.

Reckon will leave it 2-3 weeks then relist
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Simon Isaacs

Peterborough 4x4 Club Newsletter Editor and Webmaster
Green Lane Association (GLASS) Financial Director
101 Ambi, undergoing camper conversion www.simoni.co.uk
1976 S3 LWT, Fully restored, ready for sale! Make me an offer!
Suzuki SJ410 (Wife's) 3" lift kit fitted, body shell now restored and mounted on chassis, waiting on a windscreen and MOT
Series 3 88" Rolling chassis...what to do next
1993 200 TDi Discovery
1994 200 TDi Discovery body sheel, being bobbed and modded.....

 

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Nige

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• Feb 9, 2006

• #6

Simon Isaacs wrote:
> On Thu, 9 Feb 2006 22:09:29 -0000, "Nige"
> <[email protected]> scribbled the following nonsense:
>
>> Simon Isaacs wrote:
>>> ..... my lightweight still wont sell
>>>
>>> 4609114051
>>>
>>> This rate I'm going to end up weighing it in!
>>
>> I Like that matey, do you require a RRC LSE by any chance? I have
>> mine just about to go back up due to a total **** ruining it!
>>
>> Your main problem is your lack of feedback & hi-res pictures i think.
>
> Unfortunately need to get rid of motors, else would be tempted!
>
> pic are fairly hi res about 800kb on my PC.
>
> Reckon will leave it 2-3 weeks then relist

What are you actually after Simon? You have to remember that a lightweight is a niche car in any circles.
It does look a nice thing though!

I mean you need to display the pictures hi res on ebay, use the large picture option & use picture pack
etc.

If you want to take this to e-mail let me know as a decent LW could be on my list as I got a very black
ball on a 101 from the missus, even after showing her Martyns etc!!

Nige


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Subaru WRX
Range Rover LSE (Bob) FOR SALE!!!
Range Rover 4.6 HSE (The Tank!)

'"I don't remember asking you a goddam thing"

 

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Austin Shackles

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• Feb 9, 2006

• #7

On or around Thu, 9 Feb 2006 21:51:47 +0000 (UTC), Simon Isaacs
<[email protected]> enlightened us thusly:

>..... my lightweight still wont sell
>
>4609114051
>
>This rate I'm going to end up weighing it in!

well... how far short of the reserve is it?

You might be able to do a deal with the high bidder - that's what I did with
mine. Contacted the seller, and split the difference between his reserve
and my bid.

Depends if he really wants it.

--
Austin Shackles. www.ddol-las.net my opinions are just that
"There is plenty of time to win this game, and to thrash the Spaniards
too" Sir Francis Drake (1540? - 1596) Attr. saying when the Armarda was
sighted, 20th July 1588

 

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Alex

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• Feb 9, 2006

• #8

>>>> ..... my lightweight still wont sell
>>>>
>>>> 4609114051
>>>>
>>>> This rate I'm going to end up weighing it in!
>>>
>>> I Like that matey, do you require a RRC LSE by any chance? I have
>>> mine just about to go back up due to a total **** ruining it!
>>>
>>> Your main problem is your lack of feedback & hi-res pictures i think.
>>
>> Unfortunately need to get rid of motors, else would be tempted!
>>
>> pic are fairly hi res about 800kb on my PC.
>>
>> Reckon will leave it 2-3 weeks then relist
>
>What are you actually after Simon? You have to remember that a lightweight is a niche car in any circles.
>It does look a nice thing though!
>

Apart from that totally out of place plastic Series 3 grille.....

Alex

 

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Steve Taylor

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• Feb 9, 2006

• #9

Nige wrote:
> as I got a very black
> ball on a 101 from the missus,

Ouch. How very singular. You must be a fast mover....

Steve

 

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Tom Woods

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• Feb 10, 2006

• #10

On Thu, 9 Feb 2006 21:51:47 +0000 (UTC), Simon Isaacs <[email protected]>
wrote:

>..... my lightweight still wont sell
>
>4609114051
>
>This rate I'm going to end up weighing it in!

no offence intended with this - but it got some decent bids, which
implies that your reserve is too high for ebay.

£1600 is a resonable amount for a vehicle (even if its not as much as
you wanted!)

From your comments about weighing it in, i was expecting bids of £50.
If you really want to get rid of it then accept less money for it!

 

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David G. Bell

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• Feb 10, 2006

• #11

On Thursday, in article
<[email protected]> [email protected]
"Simon Isaacs" wrote:

> On Thu, 9 Feb 2006 22:09:29 -0000, "Nige"
> <[email protected]> scribbled the following nonsense:
>
> >Simon Isaacs wrote:
> >> ..... my lightweight still wont sell
> >>
> >> 4609114051
> >>
> >> This rate I'm going to end up weighing it in!
> >
> >I Like that matey, do you require a RRC LSE by any chance? I have mine just
> about to go back up due to a
> >total **** ruining it!
> >
> >Your main problem is your lack of feedback & hi-res pictures i think.
>
> Unfortunately need to get rid of motors, else would be tempted!
>
> pic are fairly hi res about 800kb on my PC.

One picture that size?

That may be your problem. Even for some customer on broadband that can
be large enough to be awkward.

Several pictures making up 800kb is less bad, but it can still be a
problem.

--
David G. Bell -- SF Fan, Filker, and Punslinger.

"I am Number Two," said Penfold. "You are Number Six."

 

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Matthew Maddock

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• Feb 10, 2006

• #12

> One picture that size?
>
> That may be your problem. Even for some customer on broadband that can
> be large enough to be awkward.
>
> Several pictures making up 800kb is less bad, but it can still be a
> problem.
>

He was using the eBay picture service which automatically resizes the
photographs (and hence vastly reduces the file size)

Matt.

 

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Austin Shackles

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• Feb 10, 2006

• #13

On or around Fri, 10 Feb 2006 08:02:49 +0000 (GMT), [email protected]
("David G. Bell") enlightened us thusly:


>
>That may be your problem. Even for some customer on broadband that can
>be large enough to be awkward.
>
>Several pictures making up 800kb is less bad, but it can still be a
>problem.

I'll repeat my mantra here for web-use pictures...

crop the picture, then resize the result 'til it fits in an 800x600 window,
then save as jpeg with compression set to produce an output file about
100KB.

IME, a decent set of 800x600-is pictures, say about 6 or 8, showing any
major defects and also showing the plus points, works about right.
Personally, ICBA with listings a mile-an-a-half long with about 47 pictures,
half of which just look like a slightly different angle.

The other thing that puts me off is 2000x1500 sort of size pictures. My
browser doesn't re-scale automatically, so to see all the picture I have to
**** around, and when there are a lot of pictures ICBA. And i run a fiarly
high resolution of 1280x960. Yer typical standard flat-screen is 1024x768
these days, and that, in an app with borders and toolbars and so forth,
doesn't even give you a complete 800x600 window, often, so putting up
pictures much bigger than that is a waste of time.

--
Austin Shackles. www.ddol-las.net my opinions are just that
Blue: The sky is blue for a reason. Blue light is a source of strength
and harmony in the cosmos. Create a blue light in your life by
telephoning the police
from the Little Book of Complete B***ocks by Alistair Beaton.