Ebay ripoffs - one perpetrator?

On Wednesday, in article
<[email protected]>
[email protected] "SpamTrapSeeSig" wrote:

> In article <[email protected]>, DavidM
> <[email protected]> writes
> >What is your problem with this seller or eBay? I've always been very happy
> >with eBay purchases. If you stop bidding when the price gets high you wont
> >ever feel ripped off.
>
> Quite so. I use bidding ('sniping') software. Contrary to some views,
> all it does is ensure I don't spend too much in my enthusiasm to win an
> auction. I lose quite a few, as the last-minute bid doesn't give me time
> to increase the amount.
>
> OTOH, it has meant I've paid *sensible* prices for a good number of
> items, and I find eBay very useful as a consequence. For example, I
> acquired an example of a very unusual early musical synthesizer/organ
> that my dad designed in the 1970s. Previously, the only one I'd seen was
> in Australia. Paid a fair price, but I can't imagine how else I'd have
> obtained one.

Non-eBay-users may not be aware that eBay allows automatic bidding, so
you can make a bid of "up to X".

The advantage of bidding at the last minute is that other people don't
have a chance to reconsider their value of "X".

I suspect a lot of people don't quite get the idea of auctions, sellers
and buyers.

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

"History shows that the Singularity started when Sir Tim Berners-Lee
was bitten by a radioactive spider."

SCORPION RACING does them too. For both front and rear axle (front turrets
and rear upper shock mounts)

They are a part of their evolution suspension kit but they can also be sold
separately.
I do have a connection with them since I am their representative and
distributor for Greece so I can not say anything more without the fear of
someone saying that I am advertising them.

Take care
Pantelis Giamarellos
LAND ROVER CLUB OF GREECE


"Simon Isaacs" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> "Austin Shackles" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> > On or around Sat, 24 Jul 2004 06:44:54 GMT, SpamTrapSeeSig
> > <[email protected]> enlightened us thusly:
> >
> >
> <snip>
> >
> > finally, anyone know who it was selling those modified damper mounts
which
> > lower the top end of the damper? In theory , ought to drop the top of
the
> > damper 1" to compensate for the loss of travel.
>
> David from Llama 4x4 was selling them at Billing, cant remember how much
> they were though, but they did look good!
>
> --
> Simon Isaacs
>
> Peterborough 4x4 Club Vice Chairman, Newsletter Editor and Webmaster (how
> much more....)
> 3.5V8 100" Hybrid, now LPG converted
> Part owner of 1976 S3 LWT, currently under restoration
> Suzuki SJ410 (Girlfriend'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 (the Pug 106 is dead, long live the Pug)
>
> Peterborough 4x4 Club http://www.peterborough4x4.co.uk
>
>
>

In article <[email protected]>, john
smith <[email protected]> writes
>I'm kind of...hooked on ebay....so I'm interested to know more about this
>Cricket..where can I get an umpire who will tell me when I'm out of the
>bidding game?

www.cricketsniper.com (sadly, the 'Cricket' in question is an insect)

It's a bit lumpy but it does work.

Regards,

Simonm.

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On or around Tue, 20 Jul 2004 23:56:40 +0100, Mother <"@ {mother}
@"@101fc.net> enlightened us thusly:

>And there lay a lesson for us all - lest we be exposed before our
>peers* for being rip-off merchants!

tear down the wall!!

--
Austin Shackles. www.ddol-las.fsnet.co.uk my opinions are just that
"Quos deus vult perdere, prius dementat" Euripedes, quoted in
Boswell's "Johnson".

On or around Wed, 21 Jul 2004 18:38:59 GMT, Alex <[email protected]>
enlightened us thusly:

>The bottom line is Caveat Emptor. Check other prices first, and bid
>accordingly.

exactly. if you can't be arsed to cave, then you deserve to empt at a high
price.

there are always some trying to sell stuff at silly prices - in ukrmc we get
occasional posts about how some eejits have bid 240 quid for a part which
can be got for 120 brand new; however, the buyer can always find out for
themselves what the item's worth, and bid or not bid accordingly.

--
Austin Shackles. www.ddol-las.fsnet.co.uk my opinions are just that
"Quos deus vult perdere, prius dementat" Euripedes, quoted in
Boswell's "Johnson".

"David G. Bell" <[email protected]> wrote in message >
> I suspect a lot of people don't quite get the idea of auctions, sellers
> and buyers.
>
Quite so. If someone is prepared to pay "whatever" for an item, that's his
decision an nobody forced him to do so. As a seller, why should I constrain
a prospective purchaser?

Anyway, one mans junk is useful to someone else and just because I was about
to fling something in the skip doesn't mean that shouldn't have put it on
eBay. I made a lot of money (relatively) and clearly a lot of people were
very much in need of the various odds and ends being auctioned, judging by
the activity and the end prices.

Its clearly ridiculous to suggest that people should be forced to sell
things at a given price. Its called price-control and it doesn't work.

Mike.

Button bashing in practice for another round of Daley Thompson's
Decathlon, Pantelis Giamarellos <[email protected]> left Shakespeare to
the monkeys by typing...
>SCORPION RACING does them too. For both front and rear axle (front turrets
>and rear upper shock mounts)
>
>They are a part of their evolution suspension kit but they can also be sold
>separately.
>I do have a connection with them since I am their representative and
>distributor for Greece so I can not say anything more without the fear of
>someone saying that I am advertising them.
>
>Take care
>Pantelis Giamarellos
>LAND ROVER CLUB OF GREECE
>
Try (Ithink I've got his name right) Bryn Hemmings - possibly of BPH
engineering.

Fair play to you for admitting your connection and therefore not
'bigging them up', but I heard from a reliable source that Scorpion
didn't really invent the kit anyway, merely 'borrowing the idea' and
modifying it slightly, so you'd be on safe ground saying the original
design works perfectly, and that Scorpion have 'updated it'...

Cue irate Scorpion Racing flamester......
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On Thursday, in article
<[email protected]> [email protected]
"Mike Buckley" wrote:

> "David G. Bell" <[email protected]> wrote in message >
> > I suspect a lot of people don't quite get the idea of auctions, sellers
> > and buyers.
> >
> Quite so. If someone is prepared to pay "whatever" for an item, that's his
> decision an nobody forced him to do so. As a seller, why should I constrain
> a prospective purchaser?
>
> Anyway, one mans junk is useful to someone else and just because I was about
> to fling something in the skip doesn't mean that shouldn't have put it on
> eBay. I made a lot of money (relatively) and clearly a lot of people were
> very much in need of the various odds and ends being auctioned, judging by
> the activity and the end prices.
>
> Its clearly ridiculous to suggest that people should be forced to sell
> things at a given price. Its called price-control and it doesn't work.

The implicit assumption is an honest description.

In other areas of interest, I know of traders who are inclined to be a
trifle economical with the detail, if not actually misleading. I have a
camera lens designed by the Carl Zeiss company before WW2, but it was
made about 1962 in the Soviet Union. "Carl Zeiss lens", anyone?

Also, a gentle reminder, folks. Think about how you title and describe
a sale, think about search strings people might use. If you're also
selling a fishing rod, and mention you're selling a Land Rover part in
that description, you'll irritate quite a few Land Rover owners.

And the feedback I get is almost embarrassing. It's as if some people
don't pay...



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

"History shows that the Singularity started when Sir Tim Berners-Lee
was bitten by a radioactive spider."

"weallhatebillgates" <[email protected]> wrote in
message news:[email protected]...

..............

> Why would Italians consider Scorpion Racing's ability to speak English a
> menace? ;-)
>


What I meant was that the Italians did not wish to communicate in English
and only wanted to do so in their language.
Unfortunately for them English, French or Latin was not good as a means of
communication.

Take care
Pantelis

A neighbour of mine moaned ceaselessly about programmes on the TV being
crap. Decided to tell him about the "off-button" he does'nt bother me any
more.
It's a free world.
What's the old saying ? " a fool and his money are soon parted " !!



"Alex" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Has anybody noticed that a certain individual appears to be running a
> over-inflated LR parts business on Ebay?
>
> His stuff is littered all over a search for landrovers, and all seems
> to be very highly priced - an oil filter which Craddocks want £2.65
> for he is selling for £4
>
> There seems to be a lot of this at the moment, is the Ebay bubble
> going to burst soon?
>
> Alex

On or around Thu, 22 Jul 2004 12:44:39 +0100 (BST),
[email protected] ("David G. Bell") enlightened us thusly:

>In other areas of interest, I know of traders who are inclined to be a
>trifle economical with the detail, if not actually misleading. I have a
>camera lens designed by the Carl Zeiss company before WW2, but it was
>made about 1962 in the Soviet Union. "Carl Zeiss lens", anyone?

though of course the russian and east german ones don't say "Carl Zeiss" on
the lens, they say things like Zeiss Jena. if you advertised such a lens as
"Carl Zeiss" and I bought it and found it was in fact a russian one, you'd
get some nasty negative feedback.
--
Austin Shackles. www.ddol-las.fsnet.co.uk 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.

"Austin Shackles" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> On or around Tue, 20 Jul 2004 23:56:40 +0100, Mother <"@ {mother}
> @"@101fc.net> enlightened us thusly:
>
> >And there lay a lesson for us all - lest we be exposed before our
> >peers* for being rip-off merchants!
>
> tear down the wall!!
>
Run to the bedroom, in the suitcase on the left you'll find my favourite
axe,
don't look so frightened - this is just a passing phase,
one of my bad days!

Sorry Austin, had to add that bit in.
Badger.

On or around Fri, 23 Jul 2004 21:00:35 +0100, "Badger"
<[email protected]> enlightened us thusly:

>
>"Austin Shackles" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>news:[email protected]...
>> On or around Tue, 20 Jul 2004 23:56:40 +0100, Mother <"@ {mother}
>> @"@101fc.net> enlightened us thusly:
>>
>> >And there lay a lesson for us all - lest we be exposed before our
>> >peers* for being rip-off merchants!
>>
>> tear down the wall!!
>>
>Run to the bedroom, in the suitcase on the left you'll find my favourite
>axe,
>don't look so frightened - this is just a passing phase,
>one of my bad days!

"goodbye, cruel world, I'm leaving you today...

nah. too dark. Mind, not as dark as the final cut.

nor Chris Rea's "road to hell".

cor, wot lovely insipring taste in music...

mind, I do also rate Holst's Planets, marvellous music. Got one somewhere
to which someone else has added a Pluto...

--
Austin Shackles. www.ddol-las.fsnet.co.uk my opinions are just that
"It is a characteristic of the human mind to hate the man one has injured"
Tacitus (c.55 - c.117) Agricola, 45

In article <[email protected]>, Tim Hobbs
<[email protected]> writes
>there's someone in my head
>and it's not me

The lunatic is, er,
...under the steering box at the moment.


Regards,

Simonm.

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SIMON MUIR, UK INDEPENDENCE PARTY, BRISTOL www.ukip.org
EUROPEANS AGAINST THE EU www.members.aol.com/eurofaq
GT250A'76 R80/RT'86 110CSW TD'88 www.kc3ltd.co.uk/profile/eurofollie/

On or around Sat, 24 Jul 2004 06:44:54 GMT, SpamTrapSeeSig
<[email protected]> enlightened us thusly:

>In article <[email protected]>, Tim Hobbs
><[email protected]> writes
>>there's someone in my head
>>and it's not me
>
>The lunatic is, er,
> ...under the steering box at the moment.
>

hehe. spent half yesterday making 1" lift spacers for the back of the
disco.

turns out to be quite easy:

buy from steel supplying bloke 2 110mmx27mm discs of steel

mount one in lathe, turn the one end of it 'till it's round and face off,
leaving the middle 2" uncut, continue to machine off face about another mm,
resulting in the middle 2" circle standing proud of the surface. This fits
inside the hole in the middle of the bottom spring seat.

turn piece round in lathe, machine other end round and face off flat -
interesting to note the shape those giant bandsaws put on the cut... I was
expecting to have to machine a 2" dia. recess in this end, thinking that the
spring mount on the axle has a 2" dia. to locate in the spring seat, but it
turns out that the axle bit has no such thing, it's flat.

using spring seat as a guide, centre punch and then drill 2 off 10.5mm holes
in the spacer.

repeat for second spacer.

substitute longer 10mm bolts to hold the spring seat down. They don't in
fact need to be 25mm longer, as the originals ar 5mm too long in the first
place.

replace spring, seat and spacer on vehicle, including the flat bit that
holds the spring down onto the seat, and 2 washers underneath same each
side.

The rear brake pipe on the disco is *just* long enough to jack the body high
enough to not need spring compressors. Unlike the front end... Oddly, you
can do it on a 110.


and another point: if fitting variable or dual-rate springs, put the bit
with close-packed coils at the top, not at the bottom. I see no technical
objection to this (despite that they're mostly fitted the other way up) and
it makes the access to the bolts inside the spring *much* easier. If
anything, the close-packed part of the spring is heavier, and putting that
at the top makes a slight reduction in unsprung weight, probably. Mind,
I've just added at least 1kg to the unsprung weight with those spacers...


finally, anyone know who it was selling those modified damper mounts which
lower the top end of the damper? In theory , ought to drop the top of the
damper 1" to compensate for the loss of travel.
--
Austin Shackles. www.ddol-las.fsnet.co.uk my opinions are just that
Appearances: You don't really need make-up. Celebrate your authentic
face by frightening people in the street.
from the Little Book of Complete B***ocks by Alistair Beaton.

Heck, I buy the filters at the local KMart for less than that (converted to
A$)

Ron
Emu Plains, Australia


"Alex" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Has anybody noticed that a certain individual appears to be running a
> over-inflated LR parts business on Ebay?
>
> His stuff is littered all over a search for landrovers, and all seems
> to be very highly priced - an oil filter which Craddocks want £2.65
> for he is selling for £4
>
> There seems to be a lot of this at the moment, is the Ebay bubble
> going to burst soon?
>
> Alex

In message <[email protected]>, The
Becketts <[email protected]> writes
>"Alex" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>news:[email protected]...
>> Has anybody noticed that a certain individual appears to be running a
>> over-inflated LR parts business on Ebay?
>>
>> His stuff is littered all over a search for landrovers, and all seems
>> to be very highly priced - an oil filter which Craddocks want £2.65
>> for he is selling for £4
>>
>> There seems to be a lot of this at the moment, is the Ebay bubble
>> going to burst soon?
>>
>> Alex
Not as long as there are people around who will buy a bottle of water
claimed to be from Diana's fountain.
--
hugh
Reply to address is valid at the time of posting

The Becketts <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Heck, I buy the filters at the local KMart for less than that (converted
to
> A$)
>
> Ron
> Emu Plains, Australia
>
Well, I'd be buying some then and placing them on eBay - - - - -