I know that a lot of sniping goes on on ebay these days, but I collected the barriest of all barry bargains last night..

I was away last weekend and put a random bit of £10on on thursday, max auto bid £40 on a vauxhall xe block. to my suprise i won it for £10! collected it last night and the guy asked if i wanted the other bits he had left chucked in. by the seems of things i've got nearly a complete engine (in bits) minus the head! block, crank, pistons, rods, cams, sump, cam cover are all nicely in the boot of my car

in the same round trip to swindon i also picked up my t5 gearbox!

[in the style of the e-sure adverts] i love ebay, i love ebay [/in the style of the e-sure adverts]

Ned

[Edited on 7/4/04 by ned]

Well done Ned

I just lurve a good bargain!

ATB fozzie

Funny you say that ned. I was bidding on one of these and i expected it to blow over 15 quid. could not get back on line to check it and this morning it came in at £8 quid bid won. There is one more going so boys Bid up. Bargins can be had


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Nice one Ned - I still buy on Ebay all the time, and bargains can be had. Mind you, your not gonna go wrong if you can pick up the goods personally and pay cash.

I buy everything wih my Amex on Ebay now, as they offer great protection, I've already had once item I paid £350 refunded to my account, as it arrived not as described, and I've still got the goods which I can still sell for £250+!!

Signed 'Head Ebay Sniper' and author of a two page article just published on the subject!

I agree. I also put alot of "random bids" up on ebay for like $1 US rarely I actually win one, but some times you never know. I am bidding on 4 rear axles right now, so far 3 out of the 4 have gone over what I would consider reasonable, but one is still at $1, with only 5 days left.

Jasper, where were you published? Just out of curiousity.

Kingr

Some bargains can be had on ebay,BUT for as many a bargain there is also the withdraw of item due to said item not being available anymore.

Sometimes its worth paying the extra money just to get what you want new.

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Originally posted by kingr
Jasper, where were you published? Just out of curiousity.

'Teddy Bear Scene' if you really have to know - comes with me being in the business (ducks for cover from flying flack)

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Peteff - 12/4/04 at 10:15 PM

Just got a new 4 head vcr for £21 including post.It'll save me taking the one off the telly to transfer stuff from tape to disk.

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pauldm - 13/4/04 at 07:37 PM

Leather seats & trim!
>HERE<

& for escort mark2 fans
>there< ;

[Edited on 13/4/04 by pauldm]

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