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M J W J

The problems with immediate payment on items that are collection are that I get robbed of 3.4% by paypal and the buyer pays for the item, collects it, then claims they never got the item so get refunded. As I won't have a dispatch note or receipt from a courier I can't prove they got the item. This is why all my collection only items are cash on collection only
Oct 04 2015 10:07 AM

FlyingScot

Ah okay, I don't offer collection, ain't waiting for idiots who never turn up..
Oct 04 2015 02:32 PM

M J W J

I post most stuff but trying to get a set of alloy wheels or a gear box through the slot in a post box is quite difficult.
Oct 04 2015 03:26 PM

FlyingScot

Two separate companies now which I am guessing why it can be done twice
Sep 26 2015 10:56 AM

M J W J

Hopefully paypal will rule the same as ebay then
Sep 26 2015 01:20 PM

M J W J

Myhermes have apparently told the buyer that they lost the parcel and that they have refunded me. Funny that as the e-mail I got from myhermes states they cannot find the parcel and that a decision will be made within 14days as of the 16/09/2015. I've heard nothing from them yet.
Sep 26 2015 04:55 PM

Vinay-RS

Do they work?
Sep 15 2015 02:44 PM

M J W J

The microwave is brand new. I doubt the guy I have to work for would screw me over and if he has then I will promptly be dumping them on his front lawn
Sep 17 2015 07:32 PM

Midas Mk1

I panicked bigtime when mine went in the final weeks of uni, thought it was the socket! :L
Aug 26 2015 11:09 AM

FlyingScot

Must have abused it? My 2008 original still going strong sorry to confound your theory Ben
Aug 27 2015 09:04 PM

M J W J

My mac book is older than 2008. The charger is working but the pins in the connector on the end won't connect up to the laptop.
Aug 29 2015 09:39 PM

Italianjob

Couldnt of got more than a fiver for it.. scraps real low at the moment
Aug 21 2015 09:32 AM

M J W J

£12 for the shell but I paid the farmer who took it round to the scrapyard for me £5.
Aug 21 2015 04:24 PM

Ben_O

I just sent a laptop to dublin using that. It got damaged en-route and now the buyer is having to return it to me. It's going to put me well out of pocket. I wish they would ask sellers before doing shizzle like that
Aug 07 2015 08:09 AM

M J W J

It is annoying that you are automatically opted in and so you have to opt out of it. I sold one item to a guy and spain and didn't have a problem but I now have to sort out postage for 3 items all going to Ireland.
Aug 07 2015 05:47 PM

M J W J

It has minions. Of course
Aug 04 2015 09:15 PM

Vinay-RS

:) Is it just me or does it sound like the minion language is a mixture of french, portuguese, spanish and some english?
Aug 04 2015 09:22 PM

DannyTip

Banana!
Aug 05 2015 11:29 AM

M J W J

Due to the offer made (less than half the asking price), ebay automatically rejected it and it did for the next one as well. It was the third that it I had to respond to manually but after getting such rubbish offers and having 5 people watch the item I rejected it again. I am prepared to wait for a better offer.
Jul 15 2015 12:33 PM

Corey96Williams

Have you tried setting it at an expensive price? Just wait for people to lowball you the right amount of money... Works for me.
Jul 15 2015 12:39 PM

M J W J

No. I'm a penny cheaper than the next one so I appear top of the list when people use the option of "price+P&P lowest first". Normally I will haggle with people and get a price I am happy with or people just click the buy it now but in this instance the initial offer to be honest was kind of insulting. It was listed on a free listing weekend and I have enough people watching it so I am happy to wait.
Jul 15 2015 12:47 PM

Ben_O

why did you strip it? Did you have aftermarket stuff on it?
Jul 04 2015 07:46 PM

M J W J

I did the maths and worked out that I will be just as bad off breaking it and selling it off in spares than if I had claimed for it but at least this way I don't loose 8 years NCB. I also get a donor Z19DTH engine that I can fit into another Vectra, Astra, Saab, Fiat or Alfa if I want. There are plenty of them knocking around with blown engines and that is the one bit of mine that is still in good order.
Jul 04 2015 10:41 PM

Ben_O

is that the fiesta shaped one?
Jun 27 2015 06:54 PM

M J W J

No. You are thinking of the 121. The 323 is its bigger brother. Its slow buts that's probably a good thing at the minute.
Jun 27 2015 08:02 PM

Ben_O

gotcha, i know the one you mean now.
Jun 27 2015 08:17 PM

M J W J

Slid down the road sideways after getting a tank slapper and the back passenger corner hit the bank on the entrance way to a field at a funny angle. Despite the pictures I took looking really bad the roll over was really slow. I had time to brace myself when I realised I was going over and then think, "ahh damm, that's going to be a right off" as it landed on the roof and then "stop, stop, stop" when I realised it was going over onto my side.
Jun 26 2015 08:00 PM

mini stephen

At least ya walked away lad can I be nosy and c the pics
Jun 26 2015 08:27 PM

M J W J

Not yet.
Jun 26 2015 09:14 PM