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Offline Tamiyoman

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Ebay Bargains, what have you found on the cheap?
« on: January 07, 2013, 01:42:24 pm »
Recently been acquiring a few things for a few upcoming trips to the Alps (Driving there), alll bought using an Ebay Sniper (Bidnapper)

Autosocks Brand new in package (Slip them over wheels in Snow for added traction as an alternative to chains), retail £65  (On Ebay for £60 free post) got a set on Auction for £6.54 inc postage  :happy2:

Thule Snowboard/Ski Carrier 739 Xtender (4 Snowboards or 5/6 prs Ski's) with slide out feature for easy loading/unloading) retail £160 (Ebay for £145+) got a brand new set on Auction for £62 with Free postage   :happy2:

Thule Roofrack for my dad's car, Retail £135, got one on auction for £26  :happy2:

4 years back I also bought an incorrectly listed RC Buggy for £53 (Title was spelt wrong, crap picture etc), gave it a 1 hour clean and stuck it back on Ebay 3 weeks later (With good description and lots of pictures), it sold for £412  :happy2:
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Re: Ebay Bargains, what have you found on the cheap?
« Reply #1 on: January 07, 2013, 01:54:16 pm »
I won a full audi S3 (8L) front brake setup including hubs, steering rack, shocks and springs (with a very poor description) for 99p which in total cost me £7 to collect it including fuel.
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Re: Ebay Bargains, what have you found on the cheap?
« Reply #2 on: January 07, 2013, 02:02:48 pm »
Quote from: Jaywoo-GTI on January 07, 2013, 01:54:16 pm
I won a full audi S3 (8L) front brake setup including hubs, steering rack, shocks and springs (with a very poor description) for 99p which in total cost me £7 to collect it including fuel.

Just WOW.  :ashamed:
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Re: Ebay Bargains, what have you found on the cheap?
« Reply #3 on: January 07, 2013, 04:32:02 pm »
Found an old Bently turbo R hub cap on the side of the road one day. Took it home,quick wash & metal polish & it went for just under a hundred quid inc postage!!.
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Re: Ebay Bargains, what have you found on the cheap?
« Reply #4 on: January 07, 2013, 04:35:20 pm »
I dragged a Raleigh Burner out of a skip and got over £200.

Can't think of much I've bought for silly money, have watched a few and kicked myself though.
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Re: Ebay Bargains, what have you found on the cheap?
« Reply #5 on: January 07, 2013, 04:53:06 pm »
^^^^ £200!! Gave mine away (was about 30 years ago though). Would love one now to hang on the wall.

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Bought a Lego Technics set I knew to be worth a fair bit for around £10-£15, bought all the missing parts and manual and sold it on for about £150.
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Re: Ebay Bargains, what have you found on the cheap?
« Reply #6 on: January 07, 2013, 05:19:06 pm »
Saw a mk2 golf local to me so i rang the buyer and asked how much he would want for it to end the auction he then asked me to make an offer so i said £500 he said its a good offer but ill let the auction run i then won it for £300 and he serviced it and fitted a new back box before i collected it :jumpmove:
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Re: Ebay Bargains, what have you found on the cheap?
« Reply #7 on: January 07, 2013, 05:19:47 pm »
Bought a Omega Seamaster , virtually new and hardly worn for £750 .

When it was delivered it was a fake !

Took 2 months to get my money back .
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Re: Ebay Bargains, what have you found on the cheap?
« Reply #8 on: January 07, 2013, 05:25:52 pm »
When i was upgrading my E36 convertible I managed to bag a FULL set of mint M3 black leather interior Vaders (ultra rare) for £200...all because the guy had spelt the title wrong. I've seen full sets of these go for a minimum of £800 in this condition

Also picked up a genuine set of original electric mint M3 mirrors in the right colour in excellent condition for £20  :jumpmove:
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Re: Ebay Bargains, what have you found on the cheap?
« Reply #9 on: January 07, 2013, 10:36:52 pm »
Picked up a set of staggered BBS CH's for a BMW and tyres, with an extra set of nearly new Conti sports (extra set were all 225/40/18) for £400, put the alloys back on ebay that week, sold the following sunday £850!

So not only did i make £450 profit, i get a set of nearly new conti's fitted to my anni for free   :signLOL: :happy2:
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Re: Ebay Bargains, what have you found on the cheap?
« Reply #10 on: January 07, 2013, 10:44:37 pm »
some awesome deals going on there....
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Re: Ebay Bargains, what have you found on the cheap?
« Reply #11 on: January 07, 2013, 11:17:05 pm »
When i designed kitchens for a large DIY retailer, i was in a customers house planning a kitchen, I noticed a radio controlled car on the fridge. Turns out the customer was a debt collector and got this from his work, It was a 1/12th scale Tamiya Porsche 959 from the 80's. I had one as a kid. He built it badly drove it once and crashed it and never used it again for 3 yrs. I offered him £30 for it and took it home. I spent £50 on bits fixing it up and for a laugh put it on ebay for £320 (buy it now) had 2 offers on it then on day 2 it sold. Never did sell the kitchen but made more on the car than the commission on kitchen. Quids in!!
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Re: Ebay Bargains, what have you found on the cheap?
« Reply #12 on: January 08, 2013, 10:27:19 am »
Have said this before on another post, bought an old RC car kit (Sand Scorcher) from a supplier in Lebanon (Was buying £10K of stuff from him at the time) , Paid £35 for it and sold it for over £2000 to a collector (in Germany I think).

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Re: Ebay Bargains, what have you found on the cheap?
« Reply #13 on: January 08, 2013, 10:32:58 am »
I can quite beleive that, unbuilt NIB.
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Re: Ebay Bargains, what have you found on the cheap?
« Reply #14 on: January 08, 2013, 11:46:30 am »
Managed to get a non res cat back milltek and standard cat for the golf for £90 delivered on eBay. Turns out it was from Volkswagen racing who where clearing out all there old parts.
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