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I do find things do fetch good money on eBay, But that's got to be a mistake
There are many people who are just too lazy to do any research. People always assume something is cheap because it's on ebay. My mate bought some Snap On 14.4v battery boots on ebay. I think he paid £10 each, he was well chuffed with himself until I pointed out he could ordered them directly from Snap On for £4.95 each 
You often find the same seller selling the same item on two different listings at different prices and always there are people who have paid the higher price
You often find the same seller selling the same item on two different listings at different prices and always there are people who have paid the higher price
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I was watching a couple of identical British "Full Use" vices on the bay this week. One was on auction and the other, buy it now. The one on auction went for over £10.oo more than the one for the buy it now price, including postage.
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I watched its progress and couldn't believe it but I've noticed the same trend with low end planers over the past year. Everyone I was tempted to bid on soared to silly money. I bet non of the bidders were members of the Mig-Welding forum.
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The Screwfix price of £159.99 is normal for the 205mm (8inch) wide machine. The dearer one is 10 inch. They are just out of stock completely at the moment due to worldwide supply delays but it is going to be back in stock according to the email they sent me.
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Nuts. There a bargain at 159 I've had two
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Currently flight sim joysticks are fetching silly money as there's no stock anywhereI watched its progress and couldn't believe it but I've noticed the same trend with low end planers over the past year. Everyone I was tempted to bid on soared to silly money. I bet non of the bidders were members of the Mig-Welding forum.
Couple of big games launched recently and they were cleared out
Lucky I found a decent human and got a buy it now shortly after it listed
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#I was watching a couple of identical British "Full Use" vices on the bay this week. One was on auction and the other, buy it now. The one on auction went for over £10.oo more than the one for the buy it now price, including postage.
Do you know there are people who bid on things just to win them whatever the cost. It's a form of gambling addiction apparently. Women in particular. I've had things go for silly money. I've sold trailers that were complete scrappers and they've fetched more than the good ones I've listed. When I asked why, they say they want a project! I sold one trailer that I got by accident for £600.00. I pulled up outside a chemist, just behind a 4 wheel box trailer with just 3 wheels. As I came out a chap asked me if the trailer was mine. I said no. He said "You have a tow hitch and that thing has been here for months and been pushed up and down the street by everyone, let's hitch it to your car and you take it," So we did! Lubbly Jubbly. I found a wheel for it and cleaned it up. A chap bought it on Ebay and took it to Poland.
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I was watching a couple of identical British "Full Use" vices on the bay this week. One was on auction and the other, buy it now. The one on auction went for over £10.oo more than the one for the buy it now price, including postage.
I see that quite often with locks i buy. People get into bidding wars then another identical pops up as a buy it now for less money.
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Never thought about it that way, but yeah, I suppose there are some who do.
Ive seen cars that were perfectly clean and tidy not sell , then the guy selling them hit the front wing and light off a tree , and the same car , at the same price advertised as a fixer upper , / project , not recorded insurance claim etc etc ., fly off the fore court ......... hard to believe , but true.
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Guess I'll have to throw some mud on my Vice collection when downsizing in the near future. List them as...…. "Vice, needs cleaning up".
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I know a man that has done rather well on Ebay during lockdown he worked out we would all be doing DIY and projects while we were locked down at home and purchased lots of things from Screwfix and Toolstation then when he had caused a shortage he hiked the prices up and listed things on Ebay i like a nice deal or a bit of profit but that sort of trickery is not my style.
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Sold a couple of cars on ebay and I very quickly worked out that if listed as "damaged, repairable" it would sell faster and for more money. Nuts, but that is what it is.
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My old Sierra got written off by an Audi 
pulling out into the side of it and was banana shaped, I forced a second hand door into the hole just so I could drive it to work until I found a new car but you could get your hand between the door and the cill and it drove a bit funny!
I put it up for sale as spares for £250 and a guy bought it to get his disabled wife around until their disability car turned up! I told him it didn't drive right and was knackered but he was having none of it and gave me the asking price!
pulling out into the side of it and was banana shaped, I forced a second hand door into the hole just so I could drive it to work until I found a new car but you could get your hand between the door and the cill and it drove a bit funny!I put it up for sale as spares for £250 and a guy bought it to get his disabled wife around until their disability car turned up! I told him it didn't drive right and was knackered but he was having none of it and gave me the asking price!
