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OT: Dodgy auction         


Author: Simon Finnigan
Date: Oct 7, 2006 10:57

Hi all,
just spotted the following auction on ebay:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=170036280079

Headings are:

Buffalo TERASTATION PRO NAS 1TB TS-1.0TGL/R5 1000GB
FREE P&P

And the posting charges are:

Postage and packaging To Service
FREE United Kingdom Collection in Person
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Re: OT: Dodgy auction         


Author: Paul Bunyan
Date: Oct 7, 2006 11:02

Simon Finnigan wrote:
> Hi all,
> just spotted the following auction on ebay:

[snip]
> The free p&p only comes in if you buy it now

... or if you win the bid then collect in person from London.

Simple answer: dont bid if you dont like the postage :-)

And your post is more suited to uk.people.consumers.ebay where the many
sellers there would give you a much less polite reply than this ;-)

Paul B.
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Re: OT: Dodgy auction         


Author: Palindr☻me
Date: Oct 7, 2006 11:25

Simon Finnigan wrote:
> Hi all,
> just spotted the following auction on ebay:
>
> http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=170036280079
>
> Headings are:
>
> Buffalo TERASTATION PRO NAS 1TB TS-1.0TGL/R5 1000GB
> FREE P&P
>
>
> And the posting charges are:
>
> Postage and packaging To Service
> FREE United Kingdom Collection in Person
> £18.00 United Kingdom Royal Mail Standard Parcels
> 3 to 5 working days
>
> ...
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Re: OT: Dodgy auction         


Author: Simon Finnigan
Date: Oct 7, 2006 13:31

Palindr?me wrote:
> Simon Finnigan wrote:
>> Hi all,
>> just spotted the following auction on ebay:
>>
>> http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=170036280079
>>
>> Headings are:
>>
>> Buffalo TERASTATION PRO NAS 1TB TS-1.0TGL/R5 1000GB
>> FREE P&P
>>
>>
>> And the posting charges are:
>>
>> Postage and packaging To Service
>> FREE United Kingdom Collection in Person
>>
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Re: OT: Dodgy auction         


Author: Simon Finnigan
Date: Oct 7, 2006 13:35

Paul Bunyan wrote:
> Simon Finnigan wrote:
>> Hi all,
>> just spotted the following auction on ebay:
>
> [snip]
>
>> The free p&p only comes in if you buy it now
>
> ... or if you win the bid then collect in person from London.
>
> Simple answer: dont bid if you dont like the postage :-)
>
> And your post is more suited to uk.people.consumers.ebay where the
> many sellers there would give you a much less polite reply than this
> ;-)
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Re: OT: Dodgy auction         


Author: Happy Hippy
Date: Oct 7, 2006 14:02

Simon Finnigan wrote:
> Buffalo TERASTATION PRO NAS 1TB TS-1.0TGL/R5 1000GB
> FREE P&P
> The free p&p only comes in if you buy it now - a bit misleading possibly?
> What does everyone else think?

So if you Buy-It-Now you get free P&P.

So you can get free P&P.

So saying 'Free P&P' in the header is perfectly reasonable.

Amazon offers free shipping on most orders, but only on a low priority
service. I usually pay for the quicker service. They still advertise
free P&P because it is available. Just because there are constraints
doesn't make it invalid.

If that's the worst problem you can find on eBay then you're not looking
hard enough :-D

HH
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Re: OT: Dodgy auction         


Author: Palindr☻me
Date: Oct 7, 2006 14:31

Simon Finnigan wrote:
> Palindr?me wrote:
>
>>Simon Finnigan wrote:
>>
>>>Hi all,
>>>just spotted the following auction on ebay:
>>>
>>>http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=170036280079
>>>
>>>Headings are:
>>>
>>>Buffalo TERASTATION PRO NAS 1TB TS-1.0TGL/R5 1000GB
>>>FREE P&P
>>>
>>>
>>>And the posting charges are:
>>>
>>> Postage and packaging To Service
>>> FREE United Kingdom Collection in Person ...
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Re: OT: Dodgy auction         


Author: Gelf
Date: Oct 7, 2006 15:42

On Sat, 07 Oct 2006 22:02:15 +0100, Happy Hippy
wrote:
>Simon Finnigan wrote:
>
>> Buffalo TERASTATION PRO NAS 1TB TS-1.0TGL/R5 1000GB
>> FREE P&P
>
>> The free p&p only comes in if you buy it now - a bit misleading possibly?
>> What does everyone else think?
>
>So if you Buy-It-Now you get free P&P.
>
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Re: OT: Dodgy auction         


Author: The Wizard
Date: Oct 7, 2006 20:53

Palindr?me wrote:
> Simon Finnigan wrote:
>> Hi all,
>> just spotted the following auction on ebay:
>>
>> http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=170036280079
>>
>> Headings are:
>>
>> Buffalo TERASTATION PRO NAS 1TB TS-1.0TGL/R5 1000GB
>> FREE P&P
>>
>>
>> And the posting charges are:
>>
>> Postage and packaging To Service
>> FREE United Kingdom Collection in Person
>>
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Re: OT: Dodgy auction         


Author: Paul Bunyan
Date: Oct 8, 2006 02:55

Simon Finnigan wrote:
> Paul Bunyan wrote:
>> Simon Finnigan wrote:
>>> Hi all,
>>> just spotted the following auction on ebay:
>> [snip]
>>
>>> The free p&p only comes in if you buy it now
>> ... or if you win the bid then collect in person from London.
>>
>> Simple answer: dont bid if you dont like the postage :-)
>>
>> And your post is more suited to uk.people.consumers.ebay where the
>> many sellers there would give you a much less polite reply than this
>> ;-)
>
> The days when I was bothered about a flame in a newsgroup where a VERY long
> time ago. The earliest post I can find by myself is 2003, which is a bit
> weird, I know I`ve been posting a lot longer than that! Only ever managed
> to upset one person enough to get them to try and track me down - they ...
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