Morris Minor Owners Club

Don't bid if you haven't looked at retailers prices first.

Now that is simple advice Petee, just a shame too many suffer from bidding fever

yes that good advice on that like someone did not on the wheel cyenders i put in an message about £15.00 plus £5.00 postage for two come on there only £8.50 + vat +p&P
home work frist then bid back to day one stuff people

It was just a tongue-in-cheek response to some of the stories read in a few threads recently. Hence the wink.

have u seen that front panel with cheesegrater grille ,he wants £100. it looks like someones been doing the highland fling on it !!!

yes that good advice on that like someone did not on the wheel cyenders i put in an message about £15.00 plus £5.00 postage for two come on there only £8.50 + vat +p&P
home work frist then bid back to day one stuff people

What on earth are you going on about? Could you re-post this in plain English please.

just say NO

What on earth are you going on about? Could you re-post this in plain English please.

Quite right too. I'm a reasonably tolerant chap but this sort of thing makes me see red - and on my thread too. Come on, make an effort

But it's not just car parts that people overbid for, people pay 80 quid for second hand playstations, they're only 99 quid in woolies, etc, etc.

It's easy to get caught up in a bidding frenzy or go "but I *want* that", and e-bay encourage you "You've been out bid, don't lose this item" e-mail... And to be honest, very few of the moggie places have decent websites, and very few of them support any form of online ordering. It's quite possibly actually *easier* for some people to pay over the odds on e-bay where they can look up and find what they want and then get it shipped to them, without having to move from their chair.

People are, in my experience, quite lazy

Incidentally, there are *two* Tatra's on Ebay.de, how cruel is that?

sorry all having a bad day ,please no coments Peetee and Chris Morleywell here is the better version.
yes that good advice, like someone on e bay did not look around on the prices for the wheel cyenders. i sent the bidder an message letting them know that new wheel cyenders are £8.50 each plus vat and p&p the seller was trying to sell two for £15.00 plus £5.00 postage .come on there only £8.50 + vat +p&P
do your home work frist then bid .
back to day one stuff people
is that better
sorry
moggyminor16

People are, in my experience, quite lazy

The crazy thing is, it would be so much easier to find ESM's website price list than to search for parts on E-Bay. I genuinely think it's because some people think that you can't get new parts for old cars.

moggyminor16, now I understand that you e-mailed the crazy E-Bayer but I still don't know what ' back to day one stuff people' means. As for the wheel cylinders, the cheapest front cylinders may be £8.50 but genuine Lockheeds are more expensive - and the rear cylinders are even more.

A while back I posted a note in the wanted / spare parts sections so that new board members could see that there were many parts specialists. Unfortunately we can't tell people unless they join this messageboard....

still don't know what ' back to day one stuff people' means.

"Do your home work first, then bid back on stuff, people!"
- Thats my best guess... but it leaves a spare 'to day' ?

Another tip: only bid if you can pay! I just had to cancel an American bidder who only knew how to pay by paypal. There's a quarterlight going cheap now....

I just had to cancel an American bidder who only knew how to pay by paypal.

With overseas buyers thats the only way to take payment, because if you get paid in dollers or a doller cheque wait till you see the bank charges

We posted something to Australia before, and they sent us a bankers draft in GBP. I also suggested the bidder could change some cash to pounds and send it insured..... Anyway, the bidder knew before bidding that I didn't do paypal, but still bid anyway and then said she didn't know what to do. Or, in the bidders own words: I all ways usd paypal. And I`m not the brightes tool in the shed when it come to fuguar things out. Sorry

I was very tempted to send the message back with the correct spellings, but just about managed to resist

My bank charges £10 - £18 for a dollar cheque, so it was more than the cost of the quarterlight.

Well I've only been paid by paypal once and they money went missing in between paypal and my bank (ie. paypal lost it and I never received a penny)
Has anyone ever tried to contact the paypal people regarding money they lost?!? I've wasted lots of hours just trying to find a way to contact them - it's a nightmare.
For future auctions I will refuse paypal payments unless they sort it out.
I'd much rather have people who forget to call me back than people you just can't contact in the first place!!!

I'm presently trying to pay for two items via paypal. i updated my debit card details recently and it's telling me they are out of date even though the details are current!
Contacted both sellers and they are understanding - fortunately. Perhaps they are familiar with the situation!!

I used to think that to do it by cheque (the cost of a stmp, followed by someone going to a bank and then waiting 5 days for a cheque to clear) was a pain.
In comparison to the hours I've wasted trying to get my paypal money I'd prefer a chyeque everytime!

hi
well i have never had any problems with paypal and all ways found them helpful.
you can phone them in the uk

I recently bought a mobile camera phone (3 network) for £29.99. I had it for 2 days, decided it was crap, and stuck it on eBay.
A bloke paid me £63 for it, plus P&P.
I could not believe my luck................