Ebay -Shill bidding (warning Tahrey type post)
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Tahrey1043
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yeah mate mine too!
actually its a second spare tyre i keep hidden up my jumper in case oil gets spilt on the primary one AGAIN and i have a blowout (13 inches across roughly equals 40 inches around, right?*
(you're free to "evaluate" my chip if you like, but im sure andy would much prefer you bought one hehehe)
*not that im that large any more, was during year 10 at school, dropped thruout y11/6th form/uni to a healthier 34-36 and can still JUST fit those smaller troos. just. simon cowell style.**
** doh, it's the RIM thats 13 inches diameter, not the tyre - more like 22! Fat Bstard territory!
actually its a second spare tyre i keep hidden up my jumper in case oil gets spilt on the primary one AGAIN and i have a blowout (13 inches across roughly equals 40 inches around, right?*
(you're free to "evaluate" my chip if you like, but im sure andy would much prefer you bought one hehehe)
*not that im that large any more, was during year 10 at school, dropped thruout y11/6th form/uni to a healthier 34-36 and can still JUST fit those smaller troos. just. simon cowell style.**
** doh, it's the RIM thats 13 inches diameter, not the tyre - more like 22! Fat Bstard territory!
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Tahrey1043
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CRAP! thats the third time ive made that cockup! (any wonder he ignores me now?) Was trying so hard this time... musn't say alan, must say andy.... WRONG
i can say in my defence that i am distressingly name-blind in every part of life --- i actually forgot the name of one of the guys ive been working with on a daily basis for the last few weeks today for a good few minutes. whilst having to hunt him out and then get his attention to ask something. tricky.
@BC -- gotcha, ok
metz -- if nothing else, i appear to have gained about 4-5mpg. might just be the ECU reset, but i'll have to see how it pans out long term (which a reset should hopefully be absorbed into, unless its a regular thing they need doing?)
i can say in my defence that i am distressingly name-blind in every part of life --- i actually forgot the name of one of the guys ive been working with on a daily basis for the last few weeks today for a good few minutes. whilst having to hunt him out and then get his attention to ask something. tricky.
@BC -- gotcha, ok
metz -- if nothing else, i appear to have gained about 4-5mpg. might just be the ECU reset, but i'll have to see how it pans out long term (which a reset should hopefully be absorbed into, unless its a regular thing they need doing?)
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Hehehe
Good work, bstardchild... I'm an eBay sniper too, but I absolutely HATE shill bids. It's commonplace on eBay though - and I though you needed a credit card to sign up?
Anyway one of my eBay dreams is to report someone like that guy you busted. The other is to find the perfect CD player for my car being sold for a penny because the seller made a type in the title and I was the only person who could find the item! (highly unlikely though)
As for the seller's (late) apology, that's got to be one of the most pathetic pieces of writing I've ever seen - it's right up there with Ukranian and Estonian eBay scam e-mails.
Good work, bstardchild... I'm an eBay sniper too, but I absolutely HATE shill bids. It's commonplace on eBay though - and I though you needed a credit card to sign up?
Anyway one of my eBay dreams is to report someone like that guy you busted. The other is to find the perfect CD player for my car being sold for a penny because the seller made a type in the title and I was the only person who could find the item! (highly unlikely though)
As for the seller's (late) apology, that's got to be one of the most pathetic pieces of writing I've ever seen - it's right up there with Ukranian and Estonian eBay scam e-mails.
i know someone who did that with some ABT alloy wheels. The seller had only put abt in the listing bit, hence very few people had even seen it! My mate then won a set of mint abt alloys for about £40!Babe RuthLess wrote:Hehehe
The other is to find the perfect CD player for my car being sold for a penny because the seller made a type in the title and I was the only person who could find the item! (highly unlikely though)