What was the last thing you bought on Ebay?

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I won these mics () last night from a fellow in Florida named Silva Santiago.

"I ALSO HAVE A TRUCK LOAD OF CABLES OF ALL KINDS. "MERRY XMAS AND GOD BLESS YOU" CK OUT MY OTHER STUFF CLICK SELLERS OTHER ITEMS. I ANSWER TO THE FATHER,HONESTY IS THE BEST WAY."

I'm so going to get ripped off. I just know it.

― may pang (maypang), Friday, 2 January 2004 19:26 (twenty-one years ago)

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2368090307

― may pang (maypang), Friday, 2 January 2004 19:28 (twenty-one years ago)

nice!

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Friday, 2 January 2004 19:37 (twenty-one years ago)

http://members.xoom.virgilio.it/8millimetri/immagini/agfa%20movex88%201.jpg

Don't know if it works yet.

― @d@ml (nordicskilla), Friday, 2 January 2004 19:38 (twenty-one years ago)

Yo momma

― Leee Smith (Leee), Friday, 2 January 2004 19:40 (twenty-one years ago)

Mista, that's the craziest looking toaster I've ever seen.

― may pang (maypang), Friday, 2 January 2004 19:41 (twenty-one years ago)

Is that what it is? That would explain a lot...

― @d@ml (nordicskilla), Friday, 2 January 2004 19:42 (twenty-one years ago)

I bought the ROTK poster of Sam cradling Frodo, but I haven't gotten it yet.

― Sean (Sean), Friday, 2 January 2004 19:42 (twenty-one years ago)

I also got one of these...still waiting for film to come back from processing to see if it actually works or not.

http://www.mondofoto.com/cameras/Sankyo_XL40s.jpg

― @d@ml (nordicskilla), Friday, 2 January 2004 19:43 (twenty-one years ago)

The instruction manual is a rich source of 1970s pictorial hilarity.

― @d@ml (nordicskilla), Friday, 2 January 2004 19:44 (twenty-one years ago)

yay, I have a sankyo too!

― s1ocki (slutsky), Friday, 2 January 2004 19:45 (twenty-one years ago)

A Mexican wrestling mask!

― Salmon Pink (Salmon Pink), Friday, 2 January 2004 19:45 (twenty-one years ago)

You do, "slocki" (wtf???) ? How does that work out for ya?

― @d@ml (nordicskilla), Friday, 2 January 2004 19:47 (twenty-one years ago)

Just won the Box of Bongwater box set today! Joy!

― Sean Carruthers (SeanC), Friday, 2 January 2004 19:47 (twenty-one years ago)

I ended my buying-vintage-keyboards-off-of-Ebay addiction approximately 2 years ago with the purchase of a Roland JX-3P synth (probably my favorite that I own) and have not bidded on anything since. I'm afraid what will happen once those floodgates are brought back down again.

x-post shit yeah

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Friday, 2 January 2004 19:48 (twenty-one years ago)

it's worked out pretty great! pretty durable-seeming and the footage I've gotten back from it has been pretty good!

ps are you ever on aim any more?

― s1ocki (slutsky), Friday, 2 January 2004 19:49 (twenty-one years ago)

i hate change and only purchase one type of shoes, the black sole Docs that pass for dress shoes. They were just discontinued which freaked me out because having to find a different type of shoe after wearing the same one for four years is more stress and worry than I need. Luckily, all the discontinued ones wound up inthe hands of ebay sellers so I got one pair for less than half price, brand new. Heavenly day!

― anthony kyle monday (akmonday), Friday, 2 January 2004 19:50 (twenty-one years ago)

RE: Sankyo. Just out of curiosity, how much would film + developing cost for one of those things?

― may pang (maypang), Friday, 2 January 2004 19:52 (twenty-one years ago)

film is between $10-$20CAD for 50 feet, development is about $10CAD.

― s1ocki (slutsky), Friday, 2 January 2004 19:52 (twenty-one years ago)

Nice. And how much time does 50 feet give you?

― may pang (maypang), Friday, 2 January 2004 19:53 (twenty-one years ago)

About 2.5/3 minutes.

― @d@ml (nordicskilla), Friday, 2 January 2004 19:54 (twenty-one years ago)

Someone who has the patience to do frames to feet will be able to give you a more accurate answer.

― @d@ml (nordicskilla), Friday, 2 January 2004 19:55 (twenty-one years ago)

2.5-3 minutes, I think? maybe it's 3.5... I always forget.

I can let you know of some good labs if you're interested.

(xp!!)

― s1ocki (slutsky), Friday, 2 January 2004 19:55 (twenty-one years ago)

are you ever on aim any more?

Not often, no. I will check in soon, though! Strangely busy!

http://home.comcast.net/~saellow/Sank.jpg

― @d@ml (nordicskilla), Friday, 2 January 2004 19:56 (twenty-one years ago)

rule #2 is a lie!!

― s1ocki (slutsky), Friday, 2 January 2004 19:57 (twenty-one years ago)

Sorry to drag this off-topic, but don't Kodak do free processing in Canada/US? In the UK, I bought cartridges with processing (there was a pre-paid envelope for that purpose), and then just sent them off. It was cheap (ish), too.

― @d@ml (nordicskilla), Friday, 2 January 2004 19:58 (twenty-one years ago)

that's true, you can buy some kodak film with developing included (they send it to switzerland!) but it's only the colour stuff, kodachrome 40 I think

― s1ocki (slutsky), Friday, 2 January 2004 20:00 (twenty-one years ago)

(that's around $25CAD I think)

― s1ocki (slutsky), Friday, 2 January 2004 20:00 (twenty-one years ago)

Spacemen 3 - Perfect Prescription

― miloauckerman (miloauckerman), Friday, 2 January 2004 20:00 (twenty-one years ago)

Oops, that was next-to-last. I also bought an Olympus OM-4ti that didn't work, so I had to send it back and fight with the seller. Which is when I quit buying stuff from EBay.

― miloauckerman (miloauckerman), Friday, 2 January 2004 20:01 (twenty-one years ago)

I only buy occasionally but here's the last thing I sold:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3575131153&category=1126&rd=1

― David (David), Friday, 2 January 2004 20:16 (twenty-one years ago)

The picture at the top of that is fantastic.

― Sean Carruthers (SeanC), Friday, 2 January 2004 20:22 (twenty-one years ago)

pompeycarper1 is going to be a very happy man.

― @d@ml (nordicskilla), Friday, 2 January 2004 20:24 (twenty-one years ago)

http://i9.ebayimg.com/02/i/00/ec/5b/d9_1.JPG

― Zzz (-_-) zzZ (Wintermute), Friday, 2 January 2004 20:34 (twenty-one years ago)

a man is the bastard LP.

― Ian Johnson (orion), Friday, 2 January 2004 22:51 (twenty-one years ago)

Last thing I bought. A gem.

Last thing I sold. 4 times what I wanted for it. Don't you just love people who get carried away at auctions?

― chris j (chris j), Friday, 2 January 2004 23:16 (twenty-one years ago)

april showers "abandon ship" on 7" and a triffids compilation (that i'm yet to receive)

― the surface noise (electricsound), Friday, 2 January 2004 23:52 (twenty-one years ago)

the Ruins-Hatoba CD

― o. nate (onate), Saturday, 3 January 2004 04:44 (twenty-one years ago)

Congratulations! You are the buyer for "5CDS! Eccentric solo artists - Frank Black!".

― Kim (Kim), Saturday, 3 January 2004 05:21 (twenty-one years ago)

That was like last April though since Me + Ebay = potential financial ruin.

― Kim (Kim), Saturday, 3 January 2004 05:22 (twenty-one years ago)

A big lot of obscure punk 7"s that I'll never listen to.

― Aaron A., Saturday, 3 January 2004 06:07 (twenty-one years ago)

The handbook for a Sulzer Type 4 diesel electric loco and a 1958 BR locomotive identification guide.

― Ed (dali), Saturday, 3 January 2004 12:21 (twenty-one years ago)

well on half.com/Ebay the most recent Sex and the City season

― Orbit (Orbit), Sunday, 4 January 2004 03:52 (twenty-one years ago)

I bought "The Hobbit" for 50p, sent the cheque off at the start of December, and still ain't got the book! I would normally chase it up, but its hardly worth it for 50p.

― Johnney B (Johnney B), Sunday, 4 January 2004 11:02 (twenty-one years ago)

Was going to buy a John Coltrane cassette but the shipping would have been too slow.

― JuliaA (j_bdules), Sunday, 4 January 2004 18:29 (twenty-one years ago)

I just won one of these (a new model, not a 1960's original unfortunately) :

http://www.sjryder.com/!jbassfr.jpg

― udu wudu (udu wudu), Sunday, 4 January 2004 21:03 (twenty-one years ago)

a steely dan box set

― stevie (stevie), Sunday, 4 January 2004 22:54 (twenty-one years ago)

a picture of irene jacob

― bnw (bnw), Sunday, 4 January 2004 23:00 (twenty-one years ago)

I never frickin' win on eBay. I think I've got the timing of the bid all wrong.

― Eric H. (Eric H.), Sunday, 4 January 2004 23:58 (twenty-one years ago)

Limited edition Japanese language Ghost World poster.

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Monday, 5 January 2004 01:07 (twenty-one years ago)

The picture disappeared, but it was a 1962 Seattle World's Fair Official Guide

― Elvis Telecom (Chris Barrus), Monday, 5 January 2004 01:37 (twenty-one years ago)

one month passes...

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2985932204&category=30030&sspagename=STRK%3AMEBDW%3AIT&rd=1

OK, I had the high bid with 32 seconds to go ($1850), got all excited, stopped refreshing to figure out what stuff I was going to cover the costs (ie everything I own except for my scanner and my computer), look back to find out where to send the money and I LOST.

Fuck. Four bids in less than thirty seconds.

― miloauckerman (miloauckerman), Wednesday, 11 February 2004 03:15 (twenty-one years ago)

http://i2.ebayimg.com/02/i/01/4a/f8/10_1.JPG

― dean! (deangulberry), Wednesday, 11 February 2004 03:25 (twenty-one years ago)

a codeine CD for $1!

― Ian Johnson (orion), Wednesday, 11 February 2004 07:27 (twenty-one years ago)

Fuck. Four bids in less than thirty seconds.

You could always take your $1,850 and put it towards this:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2594945249&category=1592

― may pang (maypang), Wednesday, 11 February 2004 07:32 (twenty-one years ago)

A white vintage garter belt with three pairs of deadstock stockings from the 40s. cuban heels, back seams. S-E-X

― Viva La Sam (thatgirl), Wednesday, 11 February 2004 07:37 (twenty-one years ago)

While impressive, the entire Residents discography just isn't doing it for me tonight.

― miloauckerman (miloauckerman), Wednesday, 11 February 2004 07:42 (twenty-one years ago)

cyrus 1 amplifier

http://i7.ebayimg.com/01/i/01/35/b6/2a_1_s.JPG

― Ed (dali), Wednesday, 11 February 2004 07:57 (twenty-one years ago)

Vanity Six LP. I was just DYING to have it! instant gratification 'n' all.

― nathalie (nathalie), Wednesday, 11 February 2004 08:24 (twenty-one years ago)

*cues We Are The Champions*

http://imagehost.vendio.com/bin/imageserver.x/00000000/paulgar/LP1910FruitgumSIMONSA.jpg

― may pang (maypang), Thursday, 12 February 2004 02:45 (twenty-one years ago)

http://i4.ebayimg.com/01/i/01/3a/e1/9a_1.JPG

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3381489713

Seven Samurai* (1954), Stray Dog (1949), Ikiru* (1952), The Bad Sleep Well (1960), Hidden Fortress (1958), Rashomon* (1950), Red Beard (1965), Throne of Blood (1957)

Seen *, haven't seen the others. Hopefully, they won't be hugely inferior to the Criterion versions. But a great price.

― Chris Hill (Chris Hill), Thursday, 12 February 2004 02:57 (twenty-one years ago)

a buttload of cheap CDs

― the surface noise (electricsound), Thursday, 12 February 2004 02:57 (twenty-one years ago)

http://www.csi.uottawa.ca/~debruijn/4107/yashica_124G/front.gif

― David Beckhouse (David Beckhouse), Thursday, 12 February 2004 03:34 (twenty-one years ago)

http://i1.ebayimg.com/02/i/01/39/d0/84_1.JPG

shiny meatloaf iron on

― Pablo Cruise (chaki), Thursday, 12 February 2004 09:56 (twenty-one years ago)

SPARC Station 20 for a tenner, 2Gig SCSI hard drive for 99p

― Ed (dali), Thursday, 12 February 2004 10:09 (twenty-one years ago)

Oh everyone, hint. Use this. It's ace.

― Johnney B (Johnney B), Thursday, 12 February 2004 11:25 (twenty-one years ago)

Whoops. I mean this.

― Johnney B (Johnney B), Thursday, 12 February 2004 11:26 (twenty-one years ago)

Woo!

http://imagehost.vendio.com/bin/imageserver.x/00000000/whizzkid1/.mids/jandek.jpg

― Steve.n. (sjkirk), Thursday, 12 February 2004 16:29 (twenty-one years ago)

I haven't bought anything on eBay in a while... it might have been the Giant Crab Cool It... Helios LP (which I'm probably going to turn around and relist because, while it's good 'n' all, I could use the twenty bucks it cost to buy it).

― jody (Jody Beth Rosen), Thursday, 12 February 2004 16:45 (twenty-one years ago)

http://www.jomox.de/images/XBase1.jpg

― lawrence kansas (lawrence kansas), Thursday, 12 February 2004 16:49 (twenty-one years ago)

A Fender Jazz bass and an Apple G3 laptop, both right about the same time last summer. I re-sold both on ebay for more than I paid after determining that they were not what I really wanted--I used the $ to buy a 1968 Gibson SG bass.

― webcrack (music=crack), Thursday, 12 February 2004 18:34 (twenty-one years ago)

And now I can have it again, for my high bid ($1950).

I hate this - I'm so indecisive, I make a rash (but good) decision, lose out, and now I'm back to having to choose again. I hate making decisions.

― miloauckerman (miloauckerman), Thursday, 12 February 2004 20:03 (twenty-one years ago)

Chris, I bought one of those cheapo Kurosawa DVD's (Stray Dog) and they're basically bootlegs. The subtitles are pretty much nonsensical in an English-as-a-third-or-fourth-language kind of way, and the picture quality isn't really 100% either. See how you get on with them though, but be warned. Same goes for any cheap "direct ship from Hong Kong" arthouse DVD's I guess too.

My last purchases :

Blast Of Silence DVD (copied from a video but good enough quality)
Charley Says DVD (250 UK public information films)

― udu wudu (udu wudu), Thursday, 12 February 2004 23:32 (twenty-one years ago)

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2590540183&ssPageName=ADME:B:EOAB:CA:6

I don't think Ebay + beer go together well for me, but look at how meticulous this guy was with his description. How coud I resist?

― may pang (maypang), Friday, 13 February 2004 07:23 (twenty-one years ago)

four months pass...

I won an original Shield manuscript, an 8cd house set, and a softcover edition of Wisconsin Death Trip!

― AdamL :') (nordicskilla), Tuesday, 15 June 2004 21:15 (twenty-one years ago)

I just bought one of these. Getting it shipped to me is probably going to cost me more than the actual machine did.

― Chris F. (servoret), Wednesday, 16 June 2004 06:43 (twenty-one years ago)

A Care Bear.

― mei (mei), Wednesday, 16 June 2004 06:51 (twenty-one years ago)

I'm about to dump all the shit I got here onto E-Bay...

...but, uh, um, I think it was a Planetary trade paperback.

― Mike Stuchbery, Wednesday, 16 June 2004 07:39 (twenty-one years ago)

Or here, rather!

― Mike Stuchbery, Wednesday, 16 June 2004 07:40 (twenty-one years ago)

the original promo of joy zipper's "american whip".

― the surface noise and the analogue warmth (electricsound), Wednesday, 16 June 2004 07:49 (twenty-one years ago)

The Sopranos series 3 on DVD.

― Markelby (Mark C), Wednesday, 16 June 2004 08:10 (twenty-one years ago)

a San Francisco Warriors t-shirt...

they were this local pro basketball team in the 60s.

here's the logo:

http://www.logoserver.com/basketball/SFWarriors.GIF

― gygax! (gygax!), Wednesday, 16 June 2004 13:16 (twenty-one years ago)

two months pass...

S1 of Six Feet Under, $20 for the "Asia Collector's Edition" instead of $90 for the 'merican
Battle Royale, bootleg of the Starmax Director's Cut, $14

The guy with 6FU had S7 of Buffy for ~$25, but it was PAL.

― miloauckerman (miloauckerman), Monday, 16 August 2004 00:34 (twenty-one years ago)

Buncha records. A collection of 50 opera/classical, and best of all, 20 country records that someone's dad left behind. Charlie Pride, Johnny Cash, 60's pop stuff. I may never listen to all the classical stuff, but I've already been very much enjoying the country.

― Harold Media (kenan), Monday, 16 August 2004 01:25 (twenty-one years ago)

A Nick Cave shirt. bitchin'.
http://i22.ebayimg.com/01/i/02/1e/74/3f_1.JPG

Also, check this auction out..
Palm Beach Co. Gore v Bush Voting Machine

― daria g (daria g), Monday, 16 August 2004 02:46 (twenty-one years ago)

that's the seller in the photo. would that it looked that cool on me.

― daria g (daria g), Monday, 16 August 2004 02:47 (twenty-one years ago)

My favorite cover from the opera collection:

http://giganticmag.com/images/great_baritone.jpg

― Harold Media (kenan), Monday, 16 August 2004 02:49 (twenty-one years ago)

six months pass...

http://i11.ebayimg.com/03/i/03/68/02/90_1_b.JPG

Pretty good! Although I mostly bought it by accident, I kinda didn't expect to win.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=6743498027&ssPageName=ADME:B:EOAB:UK:6

― Gravel Puzzleworth (Gregory Henry), Tuesday, 22 February 2005 19:53 (twenty years ago)

I won my first Ebay auction last week and got a vintage British kit oscilloscope (aka MY BABE MAGNET).

http://i12.ebayimg.com/01/i/03/5f/04/e3_1_b.JPG

http://i21.ebayimg.com/02/i/03/5e/b7/40_1_b.JPG

― Drake Beardo (cprek), Tuesday, 22 February 2005 20:19 (twenty years ago)

http://i11.ebayimg.com/02/i/03/59/8f/be_1_b.JPG

http://i9.ebayimg.com/02/i/03/58/53/03_1_b.JPG

― milozauckerman (miloaukerman), Tuesday, 22 February 2005 20:22 (twenty years ago)

http://i4.ebayimg.com/02/i/03/00/d8/90_1_b.JPG

― Remy (null) (x Jeremy), Tuesday, 22 February 2005 20:24 (twenty years ago)

(it's a hat! $6.00! hot!)

― Remy (not a jimmy in the house) (x Jeremy), Tuesday, 22 February 2005 20:25 (twenty years ago)

formerly owned by Said on Oz?

― milozauckerman (miloaukerman), Tuesday, 22 February 2005 20:26 (twenty years ago)

I bought a working traffic light.

― The Argunaut (sexyDancer), Tuesday, 22 February 2005 20:48 (twenty years ago)

I don't have the link but I bought non-physical merchandise--War Traveller boots for the game Diablo LOD

― Orbit (Orbit), Tuesday, 22 February 2005 20:53 (twenty years ago)

Oh, whoa! Never seen Oz -- now I think I like it.

― Remy (null) (x Jeremy), Tuesday, 22 February 2005 21:01 (twenty years ago)

two years pass...

I think we should be posting our winning bids, too, so any good feelings can quickly be deflated by other people who found the same thing at an estate sale for a quarter.

I just won a 8 LP lot for $5.50 + $6.00 shipping that included:

Bauhaus-1979-1983 (2LP)
XTC- Skylarking
Gene Loves Jezebel- House of Dolls & Discover
Love and Rockets- Earth Sun Moon
Madness-Keep Moving
Devo- Shout
The Jam- In the City

I'll probably only keep the Bauhaus, XTC, Love and Rockets and the Jam, though.

― Z S, Sunday, 11 March 2007 20:09 (eighteen years ago)

Ornette Coleman - Skies of America

― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Sunday, 11 March 2007 20:35 (eighteen years ago)

Castlevania - Portrait of Ruin, which i actually got thru half.com which is kinda close

― kingfish, Sunday, 11 March 2007 20:44 (eighteen years ago)

championship manager 01/02 for my ickle bruvver. about fifteen euro inc p&p

― darraghmac, Sunday, 11 March 2007 21:14 (eighteen years ago)

Television - Adventure

― abanana, Sunday, 11 March 2007 21:16 (eighteen years ago)

C'mon, how much did you pay for them? It's the most interesting part, sometimes.

― Z S, Sunday, 11 March 2007 21:37 (eighteen years ago)

God, it's been ages. One thing I was fond of was a full-page Billboard ad for Dusty Springfield's "I Don't Want to Hear It Anymore."

― If Timi Yuro would be still alive, most other singers could shut up, Sunday, 11 March 2007 21:59 (eighteen years ago)

OK

Television - Adventure $5.68 after s/h

― abanana, Sunday, 11 March 2007 22:11 (eighteen years ago)

http://i6.ebayimg.com/03/i/000/8f/8a/9fdc_1.JPG
clear glass vintage necklace. I don't know how old, it's only a costume piece, but looks well made.

i also got a pair vintage stephane kelian shoes + one pair vintage kelian boots.. and some 40's vintage rayon pieces. i love 40's dresses & tops, they're super flattering and most don't look dated or obviously vintage, somehow.

― daria-g, Sunday, 11 March 2007 23:04 (eighteen years ago)

http://www.oldies.com/i/boxart/large/65/090431653821.jpg

― g®▲Ðұ, Sunday, 11 March 2007 23:06 (eighteen years ago)

http://i18.ebayimg.com/06/i/000/8a/0e/beeb_1.JPG
Result:
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/183/414501897_87b0dfb834.jpg

― Kate, non masonic, Sunday, 11 March 2007 23:44 (eighteen years ago)

Some Clinique eye cream.

― Sara R-C, Monday, 12 March 2007 00:11 (eighteen years ago)

Jansport "Super Break" backpack

― Dan I., Monday, 12 March 2007 00:35 (eighteen years ago)

Last thing I bought on Ebay was a crazy obscure folk 78 not available on any other format (not even mp3!).
Last thing I sold on Ebay was my Macroeconomics textbook from last semester.

― Mr. Snrub, Monday, 12 March 2007 00:53 (eighteen years ago)

A little pouch to attach a Nike Ipod thingie on any tennis shoe.

― milo z, Monday, 12 March 2007 01:25 (eighteen years ago)

a beautiful irish wool cableknit sweater

― elmo argonaut, Monday, 12 March 2007 01:58 (eighteen years ago)

A couple of lenses for the Canon, two years ago.

― Rock Hardy, Monday, 12 March 2007 02:01 (eighteen years ago)

WTF xxxxxxxpost

― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Monday, 12 March 2007 02:04 (eighteen years ago)

Is that directed at me?

I bought a deers head, i took a photo of it. Is that so strange?

― Kate, non masonic, Monday, 12 March 2007 02:12 (eighteen years ago)

a bootleg copy of je t'aime, je t'aime.

fantastic film!

― t0dd swiss, Monday, 12 March 2007 04:28 (eighteen years ago)

I've got one of those sizzix die-cutting machines for card-making and scrapbooking nonsense, so I often buy various dies for it from ebay. Last week I bought a stiletto shoe die, and a little black dress die. I really want a set of alphabet dies, but they're so flipping expensive.

― C J, Tuesday, 13 March 2007 13:21 (eighteen years ago)

'Independent Top 20 vol 9' on 12" - really not sure why.

currently bidding on Deep Dish's old 'Penetrate Deeper' mix CD.

― blueski, Tuesday, 13 March 2007 13:24 (eighteen years ago)

http://www.gameratio.com/boxpics/4634.jpg
for £2.46

and

http://needforspeed.sk/pictures/gameinfo/nfsu2/boxarty/ps2_small.jpg
for £1.50

― onimo, Tuesday, 13 March 2007 13:25 (eighteen years ago)

A couple of 5.1 surround (dualdisc) editions of albums by Nine Inch Nails I didn't buy at the time because I only got my surround setup a couple of weeks ago (The Downward Spiral & Awitha Teetha), bought last Friday, expected in the post this or next week I think.

― StanM, Tuesday, 13 March 2007 14:13 (eighteen years ago)

Yay, package!

Boo, not OK... "With Teeth" is the DualDisc, that's correct, but the other one is the SACD double CD version, which I already have. (this one instead of this one)

Sigh. Now I have to read all that German on the package slip and try to find out if it says something about sending stuff back :-(

― StanM, Tuesday, 13 March 2007 16:07 (eighteen years ago)

http://www.dustygroove.com/images/products/a/acertainrat_earlydefi_101b.jpg

£3.74 inc postage!

― Colonel Poo, Tuesday, 13 March 2007 16:21 (eighteen years ago)

Vanity Six LP. I was just DYING to have it! instant gratification 'n' all.

still the last thing.

― nathalie, Tuesday, 13 March 2007 16:25 (eighteen years ago)

I think it was an Alfred Meakin fruit bowl with deer and autumn leaves on it. It's a pattern that doesn't come up too often, but I've just seen a milk jug, sugar bowl, three plates and a dessert bowl are there. DARN YOU ILX!
This is the plate

― Madchen, Tuesday, 13 March 2007 16:50 (eighteen years ago)

[Removed Illegal Link].

― Madchen, Tuesday, 13 March 2007 16:53 (eighteen years ago)

WHAT WAS WRONG WITH THAT LINK? NOTHING!
Bah. http://i9.ebayimg.com/05/i/000/91/4f/dc02_1.JPG

― Madchen, Tuesday, 13 March 2007 16:54 (eighteen years ago)

What it said was, I was thinking about broadening my Meakin collection to include Parisian stuff like what was in the link.

― Madchen, Tuesday, 13 March 2007 16:54 (eighteen years ago)

two months pass...

http://www.cyclestore.co.uk/images/products/large/7187.jpg

and

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B000002I53.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg
(slowly trying to build a Coltrane arsenal)

― Drooone, Monday, 21 May 2007 05:36 (eighteen years ago)

HDMI cable

― s1ocki, Monday, 21 May 2007 05:40 (eighteen years ago)

i am currently selling a signed photo of bobby orr, somewhat... weirdly.

― s1ocki, Monday, 21 May 2007 05:41 (eighteen years ago)

http://i20.ebayimg.com/07/i/000/9d/03/857f_12.JPG

― S-, Monday, 21 May 2007 06:15 (eighteen years ago)

i have never bought (or sold) anything on ebay!

― mitya, Monday, 21 May 2007 08:21 (eighteen years ago)

I knew Dog Latin wouldn't stay off ILX.

― aldo, Monday, 21 May 2007 08:24 (eighteen years ago)

Oh, an original "Love - Da Capo" LP.

― Mark G, Monday, 21 May 2007 09:06 (eighteen years ago)

three months pass...

I won White Stripes 'White Blood Cells' for £2.50. Advertised as mint condition.

What I received was :

1)A CD of 'Get Behind Me Satan' that is so scratched that it looks as if it has been rubbed with coarse sandpaper for at least 5 days.

2) The artwork for 'White Blood Cells' - torn and creased.

3) The most battered jewel case that I have ever seen. When I opened it it fell into about 10 pieces.

OK, the latter isn't a big deal and could have occurred in the post, but the others are annoying and stupid.

I send a message to the vendor, saying (politely) that I'm disappointed and want either a refund or the right CD, but NOT if it's in the same condition as the one he sent.

His response (cut and pasted directly from his message):

thars terrible,whats going on,iv,e been away for a few days,my daughter was looking after things this end,she wont do again keep the item do as you please with it il,e refund you now and leave excellent feedback very sorry.

Polite, but for some reason makes me irate. And I don't WANT his fucking 'excellent feedback'.

Nevertheless I send another polite response to say thanks, but I'd prefer the right CD if it's in good condition.

His response :

it was actually my daughters,ive asked and she did,nt know it was misplased that is the best i can do im,e very sorry

It's the slightly grovelly tone maybe, or possibly the way that he's passing the buck to his daughter, but either way I'd like to kick him. Except that he'd insist that it was his daughter who should be kicked.

How can anyone (and his daughter) be so fucking stupid as to mess up such a simple transaction?

― Dr.C, Thursday, 23 August 2007 13:20 (eighteen years ago)

All White Stripes CDs look alike.

― onimo, Thursday, 23 August 2007 13:23 (eighteen years ago)

"Was it the one with the red, and the white, and a wee bit of black?"
"Yes!"
"That's the one I sent!"

― onimo, Thursday, 23 August 2007 13:24 (eighteen years ago)

All White Stripes CDs look alike.

-- onimo, Thursday, 23 August 2007 13:23

they all sound the same as well

― Filey Camp, Thursday, 23 August 2007 13:41 (eighteen years ago)

^^ not actually a criticism per se. all good music sounds the same too

― Filey Camp, Thursday, 23 August 2007 13:41 (eighteen years ago)

Belately I've decided that I probably like WS, probably something to do with enjoying the Raconteurs album so much, and you can easily pick up the albums for a couple of quid.

It's not that I care about not getting the CD - it's just the whole thing is so moronic and hapless...

'do as you please with it'

I'd like to ram it up his arse.

― Dr.C, Thursday, 23 August 2007 13:45 (eighteen years ago)

to answer the question

1. 80gb external hard drive
2. james m cain - the postman always rings twice
3. nonesuch explorer: mexico, fiestas of chiapas & oaxaca
4. dashiell hammett - the maltese falcon
5. wooden bead necklace
6. joan didion - slouching towards bethlehem
7. hg wells - kipps

― Filey Camp, Thursday, 23 August 2007 13:46 (eighteen years ago)

http://perpetualkid.cachefly.net/lg/LASR-1000.jpg

― luna, Thursday, 23 August 2007 16:56 (eighteen years ago)

He's giving you your money back and you got a free coaster out of it. So quit whining.

I've been selling a bunch of these little 'Harmony Kingdom' figurines I found - opening them up to check for flaws and re-closing isn't feasible because of the way they're packaged. Four out of sixty or seventy have had chips or small pieces broken off, so I just immediately refund their Paypal fee and tell them to keep the thing. I lose shipping and $.70 to Ebay each time, but since it's basically free money in the first place, I'll survive.

― milo z, Thursday, 23 August 2007 19:20 (eighteen years ago)

All White Stripes CDs look alike.

this isn't true especially considering that the White Blood Cells CD has no text or images on it of any kind and is just plain and pure white. It would be totally unidentifiable if its not in the right case.

― Shakey Mo Collier, Thursday, 23 August 2007 19:22 (eighteen years ago)

ten months pass...

Just bought: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Armchair-Leather-IKEA-POANG_W0QQitemZ190234340082QQ

Ugly as hell, but the seller is 200 yards away and I urgently need a chair to do some thinking in.

Currently selling:
A signed copy of Grey Will Fade by Charlotte Hatherly, which I predict will get a single £1 bid.

― caek, Sunday, 6 July 2008 21:04 (seventeen years ago)

A packet of artichoke seeds, which didn't sprout.

― Rock Hardy, Sunday, 6 July 2008 21:08 (seventeen years ago)

OG jade stone and luv lp

― electricsound, Sunday, 6 July 2008 23:39 (seventeen years ago)

Some ... shutter shades.

― Alba, Monday, 7 July 2008 20:40 (seventeen years ago)

haha you didn't!

― czn, Monday, 7 July 2008 20:44 (seventeen years ago)

They're for a special occasion.

― Alba, Monday, 7 July 2008 20:45 (seventeen years ago)

I also bought a straitjacket.

― Alba, Monday, 7 July 2008 20:45 (seventeen years ago)

The Shearwater album on CD (I already had the vinyl). Hopefully next up will be a Caribou tour CD.

― Scik Mouthy, Monday, 7 July 2008 21:06 (seventeen years ago)

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51Y3H800NAL._SL500_AA280_.jpg

yesterday

― abanana, Monday, 7 July 2008 23:26 (seventeen years ago)

BK:O is solid.

― Allen, Monday, 7 July 2008 23:37 (seventeen years ago)

A top hat.

― Alba, Tuesday, 8 July 2008 14:35 (seventeen years ago)

A promo photograph of Norma Talmadge from 1928:

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3034/2649996020_2312f20858.jpg

― Pashmina, Tuesday, 8 July 2008 14:43 (seventeen years ago)

xpost

what the hell are you dressing up as?

― czn, Tuesday, 8 July 2008 14:45 (seventeen years ago)

i was thinking Thomas Dolby but the top hat threw me

― sunny successor, Tuesday, 8 July 2008 14:53 (seventeen years ago)

A Val Doonican album. Serious answer.

― mike t-diva, Tuesday, 8 July 2008 14:59 (seventeen years ago)

Mike t-diva rocks, but gently.

― Mark G, Tuesday, 8 July 2008 15:03 (seventeen years ago)

I was originally going as a mad man, and was going to wear the straitjacket and a white wig, with the shutter shades as an optional twist.

Then I found out it was Alice in Wonderland-themed, so I bought the topper to turn it into an edgy take on the Mad Hatter. I think the shutter shades might have to go.

― Alba, Tuesday, 8 July 2008 15:44 (seventeen years ago)

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Red-Leather-Straight-Strait-Jacket-with-Hood_W0QQitemZ230268037642QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item230268037642&_trksid=p3286.m63.l1177#ebayphotohosting

― czn, Tuesday, 8 July 2008 15:49 (seventeen years ago)

No.

― Alba, Tuesday, 8 July 2008 15:52 (seventeen years ago)

"superb"

― czn, Tuesday, 8 July 2008 15:55 (seventeen years ago)

LP by a mid-80s British post-punk band called Chorchazade - one of the former members of the band is selling unearthed copies for £5 a pop despite it being minor league collector manna that otherwise goes for several times that (based on a quick look round GEMM etc, this isn't my area normally)

― DJ Mencap, Tuesday, 8 July 2008 15:56 (seventeen years ago)

shutter shades

(god help me)

― czn, Tuesday, 8 July 2008 16:03 (seventeen years ago)

COME ON

― Alba, Tuesday, 8 July 2008 16:12 (seventeen years ago)

(did you get the luminous ones?)

― Alba, Tuesday, 8 July 2008 16:13 (seventeen years ago)

(totally; green)

― czn, Tuesday, 8 July 2008 16:17 (seventeen years ago)

Yes, but do they glow in the dark?

― Alba, Tuesday, 8 July 2008 16:18 (seventeen years ago)

A screen for my laptop, which my son dropped and cracked.

― Billy Dods, Tuesday, 8 July 2008 16:41 (seventeen years ago)

Cathedral Forest of Equilibrium LP. It came from Italy quickly, and in mint condition. AAA+++ great seller. Would work with him again!

― Nate Carson, Wednesday, 9 July 2008 10:50 (seventeen years ago)

I was outbid on a photo of two dudes wearing masks.

― gnarly sceptre, Wednesday, 9 July 2008 12:18 (seventeen years ago)

bootleg kenneth anger dvd

― jabba hands, Wednesday, 9 July 2008 12:48 (seventeen years ago)

or Clinic live poster.

― Mark G, Wednesday, 9 July 2008 14:20 (seventeen years ago)

http://i22.ebayimg.com/02/i/000/fb/83/8500_1.JPG

Sitting in this right now. Very pleased with it for a tenner. V comfy and doesn't smell bad.

― caek, Thursday, 10 July 2008 00:54 (seventeen years ago)

10" tape pickup reel

― danbunny, Thursday, 10 July 2008 11:44 (seventeen years ago)

Sesame Street Yip Yip doll

― The stickman from the hilarious "xkcd" comics, Thursday, 10 July 2008 11:52 (seventeen years ago)

one year passes...

http://i36.tinypic.com/xe06td.jpg

― wilter, Thursday, 8 October 2009 03:00 (sixteen years ago)

groovy!

― lorax & order (electricsound), Thursday, 8 October 2009 03:01 (sixteen years ago)

ha, nice!

― mark cl, Thursday, 8 October 2009 03:01 (sixteen years ago)

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