Jon Ison
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| posted on 13/4/10 at 09:05 PM |
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Would you feel guilty ?
If you searched eBay using a misspelling of an item you where looking for, found the said item misspelt listed for 99p with a BIN of £50 waited
dropped a 99p on it and won it ?
Ive found things this way before but at 99p I feel a bit bad about it its worth the £50 BIN, Ive not had a invoice yet nor fired over the payment,
moral dilemma time now I feel sorta bad ?
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austin man
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| posted on 13/4/10 at 09:07 PM |
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someones lack of education can't be your fault send the payment. Its probably nicked anyway lol
Life is like a bowl of fruit, funny how all the weird looking ones are left alone
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Hugh_
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| posted on 13/4/10 at 09:08 PM |
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No, serves them right for not checking their listing...
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tomgregory2000
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| posted on 13/4/10 at 09:08 PM |
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nope, i would be soo happy that it only cost me 99p, it they wanted more they should have started it at a higher price
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Davg
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| posted on 13/4/10 at 09:10 PM |
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Nope! list it for 99p sell it for 99p!
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ReMan
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| posted on 13/4/10 at 09:16 PM |
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2 chances,
They sell it to you, or they find lots of reasons not to which is usually the case 
I've sold things for 99p worth 20x that with the same moral dillema, do I say I've lost it or play the game and sell it
You've done nothing wrong, Ebay has few morals, morons yes, morals no.
Pay and see what happens 
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perksy
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| posted on 13/4/10 at 09:16 PM |
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Nope
Get it bought
If they can't be arsed to check their Ad that's their business 
Hopefully it will arrive...
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gingerprince
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| posted on 13/4/10 at 09:19 PM |
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That's what www.fatfingers.com was designed for!
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balidey
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| posted on 13/4/10 at 09:20 PM |
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I've had a few 99p wins (although not for some time now). Most have honoured it, a couple have squirmed their way out.
I either have a reserve, or start at what the min I want is. Some people fall for the ebay sales pitch of 'try selling for 99p, you get more
bidders'. Yeah, BS
Dutch bears have terrible skin due to their clogged paws
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Paul TigerB6
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| posted on 13/4/10 at 09:22 PM |
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As above - send payment and see what excuse they come up with. If it was genuinely worth £50 and they didnt want to sell for less then they had the
option to pay the extra for a reserve price on the auction. Their lack of speeling ability is not your fault
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UncleFista
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| posted on 13/4/10 at 09:27 PM |
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I always start my auctions at 99p with no reserve (even cars !) and I resign myself to the fact it might actually go for 99p.
Some assume they're gonna make much more so just start it on 99p to save paying the fee for a reserve.
I say hold 'em to it (although there's nothing you can do to force 'em)
Tony Bond / UncleFista
Love is like a snowmobile, speeding across the frozen tundra.
Which suddenly flips, pinning you underneath.
At night the ice-weasels come...
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dazzx10r
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| posted on 13/4/10 at 10:07 PM |
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Like what everyone else says, sod 'em. But what is it that you've won???
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blakep82
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| posted on 13/4/10 at 10:24 PM |
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what sort of misspellings are there for 'skyline'?
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robocog
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| posted on 13/4/10 at 10:49 PM |
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Had similar, only bidder on a Fiesta supersport wheel (may have been put in wrong section)
won for 99p despite me putting my max bid in
I chucked the lads mum £5 when I went to pick it up as he was out when I arrived
Won a few other bits n bobs for 99p
I have never had the bottle to ask for the penny change yet on the occasions I have handed over a quid
Have also had the shoe on the other foot
Laserjet printer I put on that only one guy put a bid on ...went tor 99p despite me spending the last few seconds screaming at my monitor, but oddly I
never heard back from him!!
I did even email him a couple of times to see if he ever going to come and collect but got no reply
Regards
Rob
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bob
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| posted on 13/4/10 at 10:52 PM |
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I won my cct133 release bearing for 99p through bad spelling and badly worded, i typed in ford cluth relese baring on my old dodgy keyboard and the
rest is history.
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thefreak
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| posted on 13/4/10 at 10:57 PM |
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I won some Range Rover Brembo calipers for <£50 a couple of years ago because the seller couldn't spell caliper, put them back on ebay a week
later and got £400 for them, they were brand spanking new!
The winnings paid for a cheap holiday 
[Edited on 13/4/10 by thefreak]
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mad4x4
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| posted on 14/4/10 at 06:27 AM |
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Yes but we now all want to know
WHAT WAS THE ITEM ......?????
do we just let the locostbuilders imagination run riot....
I think i was a _________________
Scot's do it better in Kilts.
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Tipster69
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| posted on 14/4/10 at 06:51 AM |
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I bought an excellent Motorhome "SATALITE" system this way last year. Saved about £250 - - I felt bad about it
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for about 5 seconds
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NigeEss
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| posted on 14/4/10 at 06:59 AM |
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Nope, that is the chance you take when listing for 99p.
As mentioned, if you want more, start higher.
Time is an illusion. Lunchtime doubly so.................Douglas Adams.
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hughpinder
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| posted on 14/4/10 at 08:49 AM |
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I always expect to get the item for 99p if I win with that bid, but its not always been honoured - I've had it the other way too and sold at a
lot less than I expected - its just swings and roundabouts really. The only reason to put in a low start price is to avoid the ebay fees- you take
your choice and take your chance.
Regards
Hugh
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David Jenkins
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| posted on 14/4/10 at 09:03 AM |
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I wanted a complete Mini wiper assembly - motor, wheelboxes, etc - for my car, but they tend to go for silly money on ebay. Then I saw an ad for a
Lucas wiper motor - but the picture showed the whole thing. I put a max bid in for what I was prepared to pay for just the motor - it didn't
even reach that amount, so I got the whole thing for about a quarter of the typical winning price.
I didn't feel at all bad about it as the seller was a professional scrapyard. It was up to him the get the description right, even if hardly
anyone else bid for it!
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40inches
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| posted on 14/4/10 at 10:03 AM |
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It's an auction, as said, start at 99p and that might be what you get for it It's happened to me, and the buyer asked for his change
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Danozeman
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| posted on 14/4/10 at 10:04 AM |
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I wouldnt feel bad. Infact i have done it and didnt feel bad.
If theyr too thick to spell then its there fault.
Dan
Built the purple peril!! Let the modifications begin!!
http://www.eastangliankitcars.co.uk
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