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"Tim Hobbs" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=31348&item=4504350070&rd=1
>
> I think I paid about 30 quid for mine from the club....
>
>
>
> --
>
> Tim Hobbs
>
> '58 Series 2 88" aka "Stig"
> '77 101FC Ambulance aka "Burrt"
> '03 Volvo V70
>
> My Landies? http://www.seriesii.co.uk
> Barcoding? http://www.bartec-systems.com
> Tony Luckwill web archive at http://www.luckwill.com


The thing with ebay is that folks either do not know the prices of items
they are bidding on, they have no self control, they are mindless idiots who
should not be allowed to go out on their own. I have been watching a
computer case which sells for £45 in the shop, it has just sold for £60 plus
p&p! So what can you say??


 
>>
>> I think I paid about 30 quid for mine from the club....
>>
>> Tim Hobbs
>>
>
>The thing with ebay is that folks either do not know the prices of items
>they are bidding on, they have no self control, they are mindless idiots who
>should not be allowed to go out on their own. I have been watching a
>computer case which sells for £45 in the shop, it has just sold for £60 plus
>p&p! So what can you say??
>

I say people are idiots, what is the bloody point in bidding over what
something retails for, if you can be bothered to search for it? If
you're mad enough to pay more than it retails for, then you deserve to
be ripped off.

Alex
 
People are under the false impression that if it is on ebay it is cheap.


WE ALL KNOW THIS IS BULL!!




"Alex" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> >>
> >> I think I paid about 30 quid for mine from the club....
> >>
> >> Tim Hobbs
> >>
> >
> >The thing with ebay is that folks either do not know the prices of items
> >they are bidding on, they have no self control, they are mindless idiots
who
> >should not be allowed to go out on their own. I have been watching a
> >computer case which sells for £45 in the shop, it has just sold for £60
plus
> >p&p! So what can you say??
> >
>
> I say people are idiots, what is the bloody point in bidding over what
> something retails for, if you can be bothered to search for it? If
> you're mad enough to pay more than it retails for, then you deserve to
> be ripped off.
>
> Alex


 
>
>The thing with ebay is that folks either do not know the prices of items
>they are bidding on, they have no self control, they are mindless idiots who
>should not be allowed to go out on their own. I have been watching a
>computer case which sells for £45 in the shop, it has just sold for £60 plus
>p&p! So what can you say??
>

I've no problem with people bidding up to whatever they feel they want
to pay. I sell stuff on ebay myself, and laugh myself silly when
people pay monster sums for stuff bought cheap. Mandy has sold,
amongst other things, second hand toys that she buys at boot sales for
a pound for over twenty, a Harry Potter lunchbox for £12 that cost her
15p from Woolworths sale etc etc.

However, it's a bit different when a vendor opens the auction with a
price so far above normal retail. It's a free market, I grant you,
but it's pure greed to start that particular auction at anything more
than, say, £40.

They don't come much more capitalist than me, but it certainly leaves
me with an impression of Crook Brothers as an outfit.



--

Tim Hobbs

'58 Series 2 88" aka "Stig"
'77 101FC Ambulance aka "Burrt"
'03 Volvo V70

My Landies? http://www.seriesii.co.uk
Barcoding? http://www.bartec-systems.com
Tony Luckwill web archive at http://www.luckwill.com
 
On or around Sun, 21 Nov 2004 10:17:59 +0000, Mr.Nice.
<mr.nice@*nospam*clara.co.uk> enlightened us thusly:

>On Sun, 21 Nov 2004 09:33:31 GMT, "Mark Solesbury"
><[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>People are under the false impression that if it is on ebay it is cheap.
>>
>>
>>WE ALL KNOW THIS IS BULL!!
>
>I have a check on paddocks before bidding.
>
>I have noticed sets of land rover light lenses going for silly money
>they are 65p each from paddocks...
>

ooh, you've reminded me. I was going to look at switching the brake and fog
lights on the disco this morning. Done this to a couple of things, I reckon
it makes sense - make the rear fog lamps into brake lamps and vice versa.
That way, rear fogs are just bright rear lamps, which is what you want, and
brake lights are a separate light which comes on when braking - if you've
got the rear fogs on, especially, brake lights can get overlooked, whereas
another light coming on, equally bright, will get more easily noticed.
Assuming the mutleyplugs come apart, it's just a case of swapping a couple
of pins, if not, it has to be done by cutting and joining wires, which is
less than optimal.


Mind, the other thing I'm contemplating is modifying the rear lamp clusters
to use arrays of LEDS built in behind the lenses :)

 

"Tim Hobbs" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>
> They don't come much more capitalist than me, but it certainly leaves
> me with an impression of Crook Brothers as an outfit.
>
>
>
> --
>
> Tim Hobbs


I'm in the process of buying a Defender and Crook Brothers are on my list of
dealers to visit, is there something I should know? Or, are you talking
about something else?

Regards,
Brom.


 
On Sun, 21 Nov 2004 15:44:26 -0000, "Brom"
<blackwidow(at)REMOVETHISfireflyuk.net> wrote:

>
>"Tim Hobbs" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>news:[email protected]...
>>
>> They don't come much more capitalist than me, but it certainly leaves
>> me with an impression of Crook Brothers as an outfit.
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>>
>> Tim Hobbs
>
>
>I'm in the process of buying a Defender and Crook Brothers are on my list of
>dealers to visit, is there something I should know? Or, are you talking
>about something else?
>
>Regards,
>Brom.
>

All I know about them is from that auction. They are well known in
the Landy world, but I've never had any dealings with them.


--

Tim Hobbs

'58 Series 2 88" aka "Stig"
'77 101FC Ambulance aka "Burrt"
'03 Volvo V70

My Landies? http://www.seriesii.co.uk
Barcoding? http://www.bartec-systems.com
Tony Luckwill web archive at http://www.luckwill.com
 

"Austin Shackles" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> On or around Sun, 21 Nov 2004 10:17:59 +0000, Mr.Nice.
> <mr.nice@*nospam*clara.co.uk> enlightened us thusly:
>
>>On Sun, 21 Nov 2004 09:33:31 GMT, "Mark Solesbury"
>><[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>>People are under the false impression that if it is on ebay it is cheap.
>>>
>>>
>>>WE ALL KNOW THIS IS BULL!!
>>
>>I have a check on paddocks before bidding.
>>
>>I have noticed sets of land rover light lenses going for silly money
>>they are 65p each from paddocks...
>>
>
> ooh, you've reminded me. I was going to look at switching the brake and
> fog
> lights on the disco this morning. Done this to a couple of things, I
> reckon
> it makes sense - make the rear fog lamps into brake lamps and vice versa.
> That way, rear fogs are just bright rear lamps, which is what you want,
> and
> brake lights are a separate light which comes on when braking - if you've
> got the rear fogs on, especially, brake lights can get overlooked, whereas
> another light coming on, equally bright, will get more easily noticed.
> Assuming the mutleyplugs come apart, it's just a case of swapping a couple
> of pins, if not, it has to be done by cutting and joining wires, which is
> less than optimal.
>
Is that legal ??
>
> Mind, the other thing I'm contemplating is modifying the rear lamp
> clusters
> to use arrays of LEDS built in behind the lenses :)
>


 
On or around Mon, 29 Nov 2004 09:48:28 +0000 (UTC), "GerryNutoLR"
<[email protected]> enlightened us thusly:

>Is that legal ??
>>

is what legal? changing the lights, playing with connectors or cutting
wires?

The sierra hatch and sapphire changed half-way through the production to
having what were originally fog lights as brake lights and vice versa, some
cavaliers have them that way as well. So I suspect that it's legal, yeah.

turns out to be easy on the disco rear lamp clusters (for the ones with all
the lights in one cluster, anyway)

 
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