Er silly me. (And not for the first time as you know)

[JoelSim]

Last night I put a bid in for some Spendor S8e speakers on Fleabay, and I'm currently winning with 9 hours to go.

Silly 1: I don't need new speakers

Silly 2: It won't be an easy conversation with the missus as we are supposed to be saving to move house

Silly 3: The speakers won't fit into the space I have available when they are on their plinths, well one of them won't anyway. And the spikes go into the plinth rather than the base of the speaker.

Hmmm. Anyone want to put a bid in of £1,081 to beat my maximum?

I blame it on the wine!

 

[floyd droid]

Ive got a mobile phone up for auction joel,finishes sunday,all bids welcome mate

 

[Dannysigma]

It's funny - eBay are always going on about protecting bidders but there's no feature that stops you bidding after 2 bottles of wine... Perhaps a USB breathalyser key?

 

[gbhsi1]

..You can always swop them for my neat's??? 🙂

 

[JoelSim]

Dannysigma:It's funny - eBay are always going on about protecting bidders but there's no feature that stops you bidding after 2 bottles of wine... Perhaps a USB breathalyser key?

What a great plan. It seemed like such a good idea at the time

 

[JoelSim]

I don't even think they would fit. On one side I only have a width of 240mm to play with.

 

[John Duncan]

It's a well known fact that people who put a bid in three days before the end of the auction do not win. Though if you actually do want to win something, putting an actual serious bid in - ie how much you actually want to pay - with three days ago is madness - pushes up the price.

 

[idc]

My solution would be to tell the wife that that small child you are holding is a computer genius and that she should never have left the computer on.

 

[Anonymous]

Oooohhh dear. You need lots of space for those lol. As JD said, you probably won't get them anyway. If you do, flog them for more.

 

[Anonymous]

I've never withdrawn an offer myself but I thought ebay had this facility?

You could cite diminished responsibility as the reason.

 

[Dave_]

With 9 hrs left to play i doubt the proper biddings even started yet.

 

[Dannysigma]

I tried to convince my wife that I didn't have a drinking and ebay problem and that I had fully intended to bid on the Paul Reed Smith guitar/old Greek bouzouki/silver teapot that arrived in the post. My cover was blown when a copy of 'Achy Breaky Heart' turned up on the doorstep.

 

[John Duncan]

Dannysigma:I tried to convince my wife that I didn't have a drinking and ebay problem and that I had fully intended to bid on the Paul Reed Smith guitar/old Greek bouzouki/silver teapot that arrived in the post. My cover was blown when a copy of 'Achy Breaky Heart' turned up on the doorstep.

CD Player, Amplifier, loudspeakers, four guitars.....

 

[JoelSim]

Well I am concerned. Just my luck that I will get them and have to travel all the way to Leicester to pick them up.

 

[Anonymous]

You did this before with some amps and didn't get them. Chill.

 

[JoelSim]

igglebert:You did this before with some amps and didn't get them. Chill.

I withdrew those bids so I'm loathe to do it again as it doesn't look good.

I just hope JD is right.

 

[Dannysigma]

JohnDuncan:Dannysigma:I tried to convince my wife that I didn't have a drinking and ebay problem and that I had fully intended to bid on the Paul Reed Smith guitar/old Greek bouzouki/silver teapot that arrived in the post. My cover was blown when a copy of 'Achy Breaky Heart' turned up on the doorstep. CD Player, Amplifier, loudspeakers, four guitars.....

It's actually selling the guitars that has paid for the new stuff...

 

[chebby]

Joel, I have my old Fubar II USB DAC and power supply up there right now.

Drink some more wine tonight please

 

[John Duncan]

chebby:
Joel, I have my old Fubar II USB DAC and power supply up there right now.

Drink some more wine tonight please

This ought to be enough:

 

[Gerrardasnails]

JohnDuncan:chebby:
Joel, I have my old Fubar II USB DAC and power supply up there right now.

Drink some more wine tonight please

This ought to be enough:

Classic!! However, I reckon Joel has ripped out the keys D, A and C just in case!!

 

[Andy H]

Just had a look, at the moment the bidding is up to £1000. Can you not reduce your maximum bid before it is placed/required that way you'll only need 1 maybe 2 bids from someone else????

If you do get them it's going to take some real grovelling with the wife, and more expense shoes, handbag etc.

 

[Ravey Gravey Davy]

How dare you abandon the forum for that long in the first place

 

[John Duncan]

Andy H:Just had a look, at the moment the bidding is up to £1000. Can you not reduce your maximum bid before it is placed/required that way you'll only need 1 maybe 2 bids from someone else????

If you do get them it's going to take some real grovelling with the wife, and more expense shoes, handbag etc.

Nah, if somebody's prepared to pay a grand they'll pay £1082, it'll be fine. Specially on a Friday night (though shame it's not midnight for the post-pub crowd).

 

[chebby]

Good luck Joel.

I'll be rooting for you to win them.

 

[Andy H]

I think he wants them really and is looking for excuses.