The grumpy thread

[vulgalour]

That's never a shiter's house.  Look how new and modern everything is!  Even the dog doesn't look second hand and knackered.

[Bobthebeard]

That's never a shiter's house.  Look how new and modern everything is!  Even the dog doesn't look second hand and knackered.

Ha! Wrong!

Its an ex council house built in 1949. Admit to doing it up a bit and fitting a wood burner though. (Hate gas bills)

Dog is 14 month old rescued Lurcher, so not old, but certainly fits in well on here!

[Conrad D. Conelrad]

Here's a masterclass in inept eBay listings. So you've got something really special - in this case, a genuine Blackpool tram. Not only that, but it's an iconic 'Balloon' tram. The best kind! There aren't many vintage tram buyers out there, so you're going to have to work very hard to find them, or help them find you...

 

 

Not off to a great start. Perhaps all the detail is in the listing itself.

 

ONE REAL TRAM

 

 

 

 

He did at least change the title after someone in the Q&A section told him to. In true eBay style there's also hopeless profiteering as he apparently only paid £1000 for it, although it's going for scrap now after a £2,500 offer was refused. Never mind, I wonder if he's selling anything else?

 

 

ONE REAL TRAIN

[cms206]

Think I've bollocksed the 940. Arses.

[Pillock]

Bollocksed as in it won't start, or bollocksed as in it fell off a cliff, exploded into a ball of fire just like in the films, and was then crushed by an oil tanker. And the remains eaten by a whale.

[cms206]

Bollocksed as in it won't start, or bollocksed as in it fell off a cliff, exploded into a ball of fire just like in the films, and was then crushed by an oil tanker. And the remains eaten by a whale.

Somewhere inbetween; vibration through the whole car between 1700-2200rpm no matter whether it's under load, empty, stationary on pez or on gas. Had a quick squizz under the bonnet and it looks like the biggest of the belt pulleys is trying to make a break for it. Or I could be panicking. In the true spirit of all going splendidly* (from hereon in known as "Doing a Sterling") I'm down to one serviceable car out of seven, though ironically for "Doing a Sterling" the only one that still works is the sodding Rover.

[jakebullet]

One real tram man is listing for a friend. It's unknown if this friend is called Ron.

[ShiteRider]

Hail stones coming down with such force they've burst the Cortinas' rust scabs.

Fuck you nature, fuck you

[Ghosty]

One real tram man is listing for a friend. It's unknown if this friend is called Ron.

Ring him and ask!

[wuvvum]

Anyone know what the deal is with buying an old train and running it on Network Rail's lines?  Not that I can afford to at the moment obv, but when that lotto win comes in I'd love an old DMU like that to roar around the country in.  Maybe with an old car transporter wagon hitched onto the back to drag home whatever tat I'd just bought.  C U L8R VOSA!

[Ghosty]

It's like Hull Trains and Grand Central, you basically pay Network Rail for the privilege, but it has to be rail-worthy, registered on TOPS, etc etc.

[hairnet]

There's only toffee pennies and those long ones left in the Quality Street, Christmas is over. 

please send them here

 

[Station]

Great for pulling out teeth.

[beko1987]

Missus has just called to say her car is smoking from the engine bay and there's oil everywhere, and a few drips on the road. Told her to take it easy coming home tomorrow and I'll have a look. New rocker gasket reserved, omgallvoxallsrshit etc

[skattrd]

I'd get her to check the oil level before driving anywhere mate or it may be more than a rocker gasket you need.

[Conrad D. Conelrad]

please send them here

 

 

Long ones have gone now. 

[Ghosty]

eBay seller I'm buying an iPhone off may have 371 feedback, but it's 90% from buying, and they're seemingly a right div.

 

I send payment on credit card as soon as I win the auction, it comes up unaccepted, and sent to an unregistered (with PayPal) email address, that ends in @hotmail.co.ul.

I realise it's them being a div (they've only sold one other thing since August 2012) and leave it overnight, then I message them and tell them they've mistyped their email address somewhere and I'm sending a PayPal transfer to the corrected email address because I can't re-check out on eBay for whatever reason.

I do this (from my bank account this time) with a message 'iPhone payment' and it tells me 'you have successfully sent a payment to (buyer's name)'.

I then go back to eBay and mark the payment as sent (it unmarked as sent when I cancelled it the first time).

A couple of days have passed so I message the seller to see if they've got the money, they say they haven't.

I've told them to check their PayPal balance, so I'm praying that they actually know how to do that, and/or are paying attention to their emails, that it actually is them I've paid, etc etc.

This is starting to get really, really annoying.

[TimothyClaypole]

Waiting for my ship to come in... I'm getting a bit bored now, it's like getting on the round the houses bus.

 

They wandered past Felixstowe where I expected it before Christmas and went to Rotterdam, fair enough I thought they'll pop over on the way back after, nope they are off to Hamburg now...

[Mr_Bo11ox]

Yo Ghosty, that story sounds like a disaster waiting to happen, are you sure you're not getting scammed?

[Negative Creep]

I had something similar where there seller somehow added 100% again on the invoice as a sellers fee. Ebay only lets you pay all or nothing so I kept trying to explain I can't pay and can he adjust it. Cue a conversation along the lines of

 

"can you pay for the item now"

"as I explained you've sent the wrong amount, can you give me your postal address"

"I've sent you an invoice"

"It's for the wrong amount."

"Ok, can you please pay now"

"If you give me your paypal I can send the money that way"

"You can just pay via ebay."

 

 

Finally I managed to get a postal address so I could go old school and send a cheque

[saucedoctor]

Seven fucking quid, plus another 2 clams for postage, on eBay for the tiniest automotive bulb I have ever seen. £1.20 for the same bulb from a Land Rover dealer.

[chaseracer]

Fleabay is officially now SHIT.

[dugong]

Tried the AS facebook group again.

 

Managed 2 days before a detailing enthusiast blocked me.

Never mind.

[trigger]

I gave up with it after too many crap posts blocking my wall and a AS forum member told me to fuck off and called me a cu*t on there.

[dugong]

I gave up with it after too many crap posts blocking my wall and a AS forum member told me to fuck off and called me a cu*t on there.

Yeah, I think after attempt #670189 that may have done for my swede too, Trig.

[jmsguzzi]

Tried the AS facebook group again.

 

Managed 2 days before a detailing enthusiast blocked me.

Never mind.

 

Maybe in this case it wasn't the "detailing enthusiast" at fault, in fact their was no need for your comments at all*.

 

*i assume you are "Jon Burgess"

[Micrashed]

eGay and Facebuck both are shit = PHACT.

 

Ebay has got the monopoly on being the first port of call for a lot of on line shizzle though and in fairness I have sold a lot of stuff on there that I would have trouble shifting otherwise but is full of utter mongs especially where cars or caravans are concerned. Facebook is similarly so and seems to be mostly pictures of cats or people telling other people to get bent.

 

Possibly why I only have a very small handful of "friends" on there non of whom are work colleagues or people I have casually met in the pub or at a car boot sale.

Oh and I never post pictures of my family (or me) on teh internetz either, but then that is possibly just me and because of my job. In fairness no one forces me to do the internetz.

 

I think my pain killers have finally kicked in  - one of those nights where my shoulder is refusing to let me get any sleep and so Im hoping that the cocktail of 60mgs DF118, 1gm Paracetamol and 600mgs brufen will beat the bastard into submission for a few hours and its just getting that "warm" feeling when the opiates kick in rather than the constant fucking nagging ache ache ache like having someone sit there grinding my bones together constantly.

[beko1987]

I'd get her to check the oil level before driving anywhere mate or it may be more than a rocker gasket you need.

Oil was fine, I think only tiny amounts leak out, straight onto the fannymold which svcares her. Currently having a fag before getting dressed and having a look. Fooking -3 ATM though!

[sporty-shite]

Maybe in this case it wasn't the "detailing enthusiast" at fault, in fact their was no need for your comments at all*.

 

*i assume you are "Jon Burgess"

Really? And you don't think you got insulting?

 

Dugong's a nice guy. Not sure I could say the same about you

 

I assume you are Ben Smith.

[Cavcraft]

Missus has just called to say her car is smoking from the engine bay and there's oil everywhere, and a few drips on the road. Told her to take it easy coming home tomorrow and I'll have a look. New rocker gasket reserved, omgallvoxallsrshit etc

 

Wait 'til you try it on one where the oil pressure switch gives up. It's like an explosion in a lubrication factory that would have made Red Adair run a mile.