In praise of eBay!

[Snadger]

How did I ever manage before eBay? I honestly don't know!

I am a long time convert and have been buying and selling on ebay for years now! I live old books and have just aquired Beeton's Gardening Book for the princely sum of £2.70!!!
This is a Victorian Gardeners manual which has charming coloured plates, was 1/6d when new and is a joy to read. Victorians must have had excellent eyesight as it is very small print but is really descriptive about how our forefathers gardened.
There are chapters about 'The kitchen Garden' (which to us is the Victorian Kithen garden before it assumed that title!) The victorians didn't have a garden shed, it was the 'Tool House'. They heated there greenhouses and frames with 'Hotbeds' made from manure.
I could go on and on...but I won't!

I have also bought seeds and plants from ebay with good results and to me it's like an international market stall!

If you haven't been on it, give it a go, but be advised it can be addictive!

[shirlthegirl43]

Congratulations on the MOM Snadger!!

I too love Ebay. Haven't bought much gardening stuff on there but did manage to get some leeks when I had left it a bit late! Have bought some 'odd' seeds like loofa and liquorice but haven't grown them yet - ran out of time this year.

Have also got rid of some bits and pieces which were too good to throw or give away and it is nice to pass something along and get a bit of cash for it too! We mostly use ebay to get old records for our jukebox collection (if anyone has a stack of old 45's PM me!!)

[dexterdoglancashire]

I love ebay too as well Snadger! My best buy was my 6' x 8' greenhouse including staging for £20, but also an old copy of Mrs Beetons Household Cookery - think that was one of my first purchases! I like the sound of your new book - may have a search to see if there are any more! DDL

[Bex]

I'm a bit dubious (spelling) about ebay as I know people who have paid for things and they've never received them (not cheap things either) and ebay don't do anything about it.

I have bought the odd thing but never pay more than I can afford to lose just in case.

[monkeybum]

I am a bit of an e-bay addict. Just sold a Robert Jordan book 1st edition. I bought it at bookbarn for £6.00 and sold it on ebay for £102. Now that is what I call a result. I do tend to buy far more than I sell though. Oh well.

[Snadger]

I'm a bit dubious (spelling) about ebay as I know people who have paid for things and they've never received them (not cheap things either) and ebay don't do anything about it.

I have bought the odd thing but never pay more than I can afford to lose just in case.

I have heard horror stories as well, but speak as you find I have had 1168 dealings on ebay and only recieved one negative(not my fault) lost in transit. I have never had call to give anyone a negative rating either!

My dealings are usually 'small potatoes' but I have bought cars off ebay without problems.

As you say, if you only bid what you can afford to lose, thats the best way to look at it!

[shirlthegirl43]

LOL I have bought cars from Ebay too!!! What have you bought Snadger?

[Snadger]

LOL I have bought cars from Ebay too!!! What have you bought Snadger?

I took a big chance and spent £4.500 on a Vauhall Monterey LWB (4X4) with an LPG conversion. Been worth it's weight in gold up to now (6 months) Carries allotment stuff, seats seven people if need be and costs 38p a litre to run!Travelled to Hertfordshire for that one, on the train with a big pile of used notes! !
Also bought a £200 N reg Escort banger til I found the car I wanted, and its still going!

[Mrs Dobby]

We bought a car off ebay too! A 1983 ex-military series III Landrover (109 longwheelbase softtop in green and black cammo), 3 months out from the restorers (the guy who bought it had it done up, then his wife fell pregnant with twins so he had to sell it and get a sensible car).

It was a real bargain, as he had listed it in the wrong area, so unless you searched for Series III you wouldnt find it, so we got it for about a third of what it should have been! Made a great birthday prezzie for Mr D!

Unfortunately it cost too much to run as a second car, so we had to tearfully let her go a year later, but was great fun to drive and wonderful for camping holidays!

[Snadger]

We bought a car off ebay too! A 1983 ex-military series III Landrover (109 longwheelbase softtop in green and black cammo), 3 months out from the restorers (the guy who bought it had it done up, then his wife fell pregnant with twins so he had to sell it and get a sensible car).

It was a real bargain, as he had listed it in the wrong area, so unless you searched for Series III you wouldnt find it, so we got it for about a third of what it should have been! Made a great birthday prezzie for Mr D!

Unfortunately it cost too much to run as a second car, so we had to tearfully let her go a year later, but was great fun to drive and wonderful for camping holidays!

Mr d has a good taste in vehicles!!. I could seriously fancy an ex military lightweight or a series 2a landrover as an alternative but OH would not be happy!

[Mrs Dobby]

I loved our Lanny, it was great fun, but as Mr D only works 5 miles from home it wasnt even getting warmed up, so was running on the choke all the time!

It meant his petrol bill was about £100 a month to do about 120 miles!

So unfortunately it had to go! Wish we could have afforded to keep her, would be very useful now for the plot, especially when we fetched the free greehouse!

[shirlthegirl43]

Wow gals!!! I have bought a 1985 Rover SD1 (to add to our collection) for the grand sum of £10.50 (yes you read right). 'Shelley' hasn't even covered 40,000 miles from new and was still wearing her original tyres. She still smells like a new car!!! We also bought a 1983 Austin Mini for our eldest son - that requires major restoration work (it is a convertible) but that was the whole point - make the boy bleed for the car and then he may not want to bend it!!

I learned to drive in a Series 3 landrover! Love them but though I have 4 ponies and could do with a landrover, the size of our car collection precludes buying one!

Long live car buying on Ebay!!

[dexterdoglancashire]

Snadger just had a look at abebooks.co.uk on the t'internet - the book you got off ebay - the cheapest copy is £17.00+P+P. You got a bargain! well done. DDL PS if you ever want any book - try this website! Its never failed me yet, whatever Ive been looking for!

[Snadger]

Snadger just had a look at abebooks.co.uk on the t'internet - the book you got off ebay - the cheapest copy is £17.00+P+P. You got a bargain! well done. DDL PS if you ever want any book - try this website! Its never failed me yet, whatever Ive been looking for!

Here's another good one DDL ukbookworld.com

[monkeybum]

Bookbarn is really good aswell but still £9.00 for that one Snadger.