OT - oh bugger, now look...

Yikes - look what I've done now!

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=4560201695




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Tim Hobbs

'58 Series 2 88" aka "Stig"
'77 101FC Ambulance aka "Burrt"
'03 Volvo V70

In news:[email protected],
Tim Hobbs <[email protected]> blithered:
> Yikes - look what I've done now!
>
> http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=4560201695
>
>
>

Not by any massive stretch of the imagination could a Spridget be confused with a
Land Rover!
Guess it'd do as a chock if need be!

--
"He who says it cannot be done should not interrupt her doing it."

If at first you don't succeed,
maybe skydiving's not for you!

> Yikes - look what I've done now!

Congrats I'm jealous, always wanted a family car !! See surname

Dave Healey

1996 Tdi Discovery

On or around Sat, 09 Jul 2005 21:10:26 +0100, Tim Hobbs
<[email protected]> enlightened us thusly:

>Yikes - look what I've done now!
>
>http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=4560201695
>

oooh, shiny.

--
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".

Right up my street Tim - as well as L/R, i'm into classic cars as well!

good purchase.

Gary


Tim Hobbs wrote:
> Yikes - look what I've done now!
>
> http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=4560201695
>
>
>
>

On Wed, 13 Jul 2005 07:18:10 +0000 (UTC), Gaza
<[email protected]> wrote:

>Right up my street Tim - as well as L/R, i'm into classic cars as well!
>
>good purchase.
>
>Gary
>
>

As it turns out, not so...

Didn't proceed in the end, due to the second-placed bidder being the
seller. So the hunt goes on.


--

Tim Hobbs

'58 Series 2 88" aka "Stig"
'77 101FC Ambulance aka "Burrt"
'03 Volvo V70

On Wed, 13 Jul 2005 18:27:58 +0100, Tim Hobbs
<[email protected]> wrote:

>Didn't proceed in the end, due to the second-placed bidder being the
>seller.

Is fraud init... Simply go around and 'make a small claim'...

On or around Wed, 13 Jul 2005 18:27:58 +0100, Tim Hobbs
<[email protected]> enlightened us thusly:

>On Wed, 13 Jul 2005 07:18:10 +0000 (UTC), Gaza
><[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>Right up my street Tim - as well as L/R, i'm into classic cars as well!
>>
>>good purchase.
>>
>>Gary
>>
>>
>
>As it turns out, not so...
>
>Didn't proceed in the end, due to the second-placed bidder being the
>seller. So the hunt goes on.

FFS, why do it obviously? some people. I assume it *was* obvious, else how
would you know?


--
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".

In news:[email protected],
Mother" <"@ {m} @ <"@ {m} @"@101fc.net> blithered:
> On Wed, 13 Jul 2005 18:27:58 +0100, Tim Hobbs
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Didn't proceed in the end, due to the second-placed bidder being the
>> seller.
>
> Is fraud init... Simply go around and 'make a small claim'...


Dunno about real life fraud, caveat emptor and all that, but I do know Ebay take
an extremely poor view of it and will likely bar him if reported.


--
"He who says it cannot be done should not interrupt her doing it."

If at first you don't succeed,
maybe skydiving's not for you!

On Wed, 13 Jul 2005 21:20:10 +0100, GbH wrote:

> Dunno about real life fraud, caveat emptor and all that, but I do
> know Ebay take an extremely poor view of it and will likely bar him
> if reported.

*IF* eBay takes the report seriously...

--
Cheers [email protected]
Dave. pam is missing e-mail

On or around Wed, 13 Jul 2005 22:35:15 +0100 (BST), "Dave Liquorice"
<[email protected]> enlightened us thusly:

>On Wed, 13 Jul 2005 21:20:10 +0100, GbH wrote:
>
>> Dunno about real life fraud, caveat emptor and all that, but I do
>> know Ebay take an extremely poor view of it and will likely bar him
>> if reported.
>
>*IF* eBay takes the report seriously...

he's no longer a registered user. Had feedback of 63, too. stupid thing to
do.

If, of course, it wasn't him, then he's no doubt justifiably ****ed off,
now.

the other bidder wasn't a "zero", either, but then again he was removing
zero-feedback bids, so couldn't have been. Easy enough to get an account
with a small positive feedback - buy a couple of small items and pay for 'em
and get feedback. Not worth it for the sums involved though.

--
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 Thu, 14 Jul 2005 07:32:47 +0100, Austin Shackles wrote:

> he's no longer a registered user. Had feedback of 63, too. stupid
> thing to do.
>
> If, of course, it wasn't him, then he's no doubt justifiably ****ed
> off, now.

And fighting eBay... The second bidder did look a bit iffy, not many
purchases and, ISTR, two of them with your seller but too long ago to
know what they were.

--
Cheers [email protected]
Dave. pam is missing e-mail

In article <[email protected]>, Dave
Liquorice <[email protected]> writes
>On Wed, 13 Jul 2005 21:20:10 +0100, GbH wrote:
>
>> Dunno about real life fraud, caveat emptor and all that, but I do
>> know Ebay take an extremely poor view of it and will likely bar him
>> if reported.
>
>*IF* eBay takes the report seriously...

Don't get _me_ started on that either!


Regards,

Simonm.

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simonm|at|muircom|dot|demon|.|c|oh|dot|u|kay
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/

How did you find that out? i've often wondered about that.

Gary


Tim Hobbs wrote:
> On Wed, 13 Jul 2005 07:18:10 +0000 (UTC), Gaza
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
>>Right up my street Tim - as well as L/R, i'm into classic cars as well!
>>
>>good purchase.
>>
>>Gary
>>
>>
>
>
> As it turns out, not so...
>
> Didn't proceed in the end, due to the second-placed bidder being the
> seller. So the hunt goes on.
>
>

On Wed, 13 Jul 2005 20:42:55 +0100, Austin Shackles
<[email protected]> wrote:

>On or around Wed, 13 Jul 2005 18:27:58 +0100, Tim Hobbs
><[email protected]> enlightened us thusly:
>
>>On Wed, 13 Jul 2005 07:18:10 +0000 (UTC), Gaza
>><[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>>Right up my street Tim - as well as L/R, i'm into classic cars as well!
>>>
>>>good purchase.
>>>
>>>Gary
>>>
>>>
>>
>>As it turns out, not so...
>>
>>Didn't proceed in the end, due to the second-placed bidder being the
>>seller. So the hunt goes on.
>
>FFS, why do it obviously? some people. I assume it *was* obvious, else how
>would you know?

Basically, he screwed up. He responded to a question from another
bidder using the wrong email account. Whoops! T'other bidder tipped
me off.

He's now barred, along with at least one alias. Several of his
feedback entries have suddenly turned to 'user no longer registered',
so goodness knows how many aliases he had.

Ebay can, of course, see all the bidding activity from a user, where
we can only see the auctions won. Thankfully I didn't proceed - but
only because I had a problem with paypal....

Moral of the story is... don't pay instantly (as I usually do), but
give it 24 hours in case something arises....


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Tim Hobbs

'58 Series 2 88" aka "Stig"
'77 101FC Ambulance aka "Burrt"
'03 Volvo V70