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Familiar Feeling Anyone?

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You know when you've got no money but you see a record you really want on Ebay and you just can't bear not to have a snipe on it, even though you know you haven't a chance of winning it?

I've got that feeling at the moment big time, six records, I expect them to go for between 60 and 100 quid each, I've bid £26.88 on each :lol:

well you never know...

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  • Amsterdam Russ
    Amsterdam Russ

    I've now upped all my snipes to £26.91

  • Pete S
    Pete S

    Do you know what, someone, who will remain nameless, offered to bid on that record above for me until I could afford it. How f*cking nice is that? (Not that I can really accept like, but

  • Pete S
    Pete S

    Just as a p.s. to this topic, I didn't win the copy above as it went for £90 or £100. I bid on another copy of the same record last night and won it for £21

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Chuck enough muck at the wall and something will eventually stick!

I do always Pete, but being a poor farm worker, I can't afford nothing :(

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You know I collect ska and reggae right, I only have about 400 or so singles (sold 3 massive collections) but I would honestly estimate that at least 60% of those were won for bids of a maximum £13.88 or less. (Not sure why I always put .88 on the end).

Guaranteed way to win em is to bid a grand, 99% of the time it'll go for nowhere near that, but you're just about guaranteed to win, and it pisses the hell out of the other bidders :lol: :lol: :lol:

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Guaranteed way to win em is to bid a grand, 99% of the time it'll go for nowhere near that, but you're just about guaranteed to win, and it pisses the hell out of the other bidders :lol: :lol: :lol:

That's fine if you've actually got a grand, what if you've only got £30?

Guaranteed way to win em is to bid a grand, 99% of the time it'll go for nowhere near that, but you're just about guaranteed to win, and it pisses the hell out of the other bidders :lol: :lol: :lol:

Unless two bidders have the same strategy, then it all ends in tears.

I've done that and ended up winning 3 things at once, all of which I thought I had no chance of getting with my ridiculously low bids, had to go borrow the money of my mum!

Well? How did you get on? Or has the auction not finished yet?

Lost three, won two!

Thought there were 6, and although my maths isn't great, 3+2 = 5 right?

:wink:

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Thought there were 6, and although my maths isn't great, 3+2 = 5 right?

:wink:

Was totally pointless bidding on the 6th, went for £38.89, knew I couldn't afford that

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Do you know what, someone, who will remain nameless, offered to bid on that record above for me until I could afford it.

How f*cking nice is that?

(Not that I can really accept like, but what a gesture!)

You know I collect ska and reggae right, I only have about 400 or so singles

at least 60% of those were won for bids of a maximum £13.88 or less. (Not sure why I always put .88 on the end).

So Pete, was it you that just won ...........

LLANS THELWELL & CELESTIALS - CHOO-CHOO SKA ~ LONELY NIGHT - ISLAND, 262 - 1966

Sale price: £19.88

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Did you manage to get it in the end Pete?

No I didn't Carl, it went for more than I would have paid for it anyway, despite someone very kindly offering to cover my bid for me.

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No I didn't Carl, it went for more than I would have paid for it anyway, despite someone very kindly offering to cover my bid for me.

Just as a p.s. to this topic, I didn't win the copy above as it went for £90 or £100.

I bid on another copy of the same record last night and won it for £21 :lol:

Just as a p.s. to this topic, I didn't win the copy above as it went for £90 or £100.

I bid on another copy of the same record last night and won it for £21 :lol:

Good on you.

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