I've absolutely no idea how CEX is still in business
then again, I'd no idea why anyone ever buys anything off eBay. Until it finally occured to me that the world is full of total idiot retards.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 28 Aug 2013, 15:02, 5 replies, latest was 12 years ago)

OK Maybe I am an idiot but if I shop around and I find the thing I want is cheapest on Ebay, I buy it on Ebay.

( Peej, Wed 28 Aug 2013, 15:04, Reply)

I'm being unnecessarily generalistic.
I've just never found anything that's enough cheaper on eBay to even vaguely justify the risk of buying it off "some geezer you don't know" rather than "a shop"

It particularly amuses me how often something second hand on eBay is more expensive than new somewhere else.

It really amused my how someone paid £150 for my 3 year old iPhone 4. FFS you can buy a new one for £180.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 28 Aug 2013, 15:07, Reply)

I bought a YouView box for like £60, they're £300 new OR you can get them free if you sign up to TalkTalk or BT Internet..... which I didn't want to do.
And my Pebble watch was £99 instead of £180ish.
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Wed 28 Aug 2013, 15:22, Reply)

so your point is
you paid £60 for something it's possible to get for free, and you paid £90 for something that no-one in their right mind would pay full RRP for?

I'm convinced.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 28 Aug 2013, 15:24, Reply)

He would have paid a lot more than £60 to Talk Talk or BT

( Peej, Wed 28 Aug 2013, 15:28, Reply)

well, no, he'd get internet for it was well.
which I assume he needs? In any case, no-one in their right mind pays £300 for something like that.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 28 Aug 2013, 15:30, Reply)

Not if he already has it and is under contract etc

( Peej, Wed 28 Aug 2013, 15:35, Reply)

OK, let me put it another way.
if it is for sale for £60 on eBay, it's worth £60. And you'll be able to buy it for £60 somewhere else. That's how the world works.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 28 Aug 2013, 15:36, Reply)

Somewhere else? Bit vague though isn't it.
He could trawl the web for hours and find one for £60 on some site he doesn't know or check the big online stores and see if its cheaper on ebay.
( Peej, Wed 28 Aug 2013, 15:47, Reply)

Why not ebay?
Is Amazon OK? I use Amazon occasionally.
(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Wed 28 Aug 2013, 15:08, Reply)

I'm being facetious.
I've just never found anything I've wanted cheaper on there. Usually second hand on eBay is more expensive than new elsewhere, IME.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 28 Aug 2013, 15:10, Reply)

If you're buying a lot of stuff that's otherwise difficult to get hold of
like, say, a whole bunch of interior parts and optional factory extras for a 23 year old car, eBay's really useful.

This is intended as an exception to your post, rather than evidence to the contrary.
( Kroney, Wed 28 Aug 2013, 15:10, Reply)

fucking hell
sweeping generalisations just aren't fun any more.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 28 Aug 2013, 15:11, Reply)

Easy, tiger.

( Kroney, Wed 28 Aug 2013, 15:11, Reply)

I'd love a Tiger
but the Alpine is more common so less overpriced.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 28 Aug 2013, 15:15, Reply)

I still remember my dad's Sunbeam Rapier

( hartley hare Just some prick who thinks it doesn't apply to him, Wed 28 Aug 2013, 15:18, Reply)

Still?
Wow.
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Wed 28 Aug 2013, 15:24, Reply)

Yeah all them spliffs I don't smoke anymore hasn't affected my memory one bit

( hartley hare Just some prick who thinks it doesn't apply to him, Wed 28 Aug 2013, 15:27, Reply)

Still?
Wow.
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Wed 28 Aug 2013, 15:30, Reply)

Wait didn't we have this conversation?
once.....errrrmmmm, sometime ago
( hartley hare Just some prick who thinks it doesn't apply to him, Wed 28 Aug 2013, 15:33, Reply)

The Sunbeam Tiger was the first Bond car. This may have affected its value.
Having said that, being a Bond car's done fuck all for the Renault 11.
( Kroney, Wed 28 Aug 2013, 15:18, Reply)

Nah, it's just much rarer
I think that's why. Plus it's faster.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 28 Aug 2013, 15:19, Reply)

*Sunbeam Alpine

(Himjim died a little more inside on, Wed 28 Aug 2013, 15:41, Reply)

Why don't you just die you judgmental prick!

(PsychoChomp, Wed 28 Aug 2013, 15:12, Reply)

I will, eventually.
statistically, it'll most likely be before you, too. I hope that will make you happy.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 28 Aug 2013, 15:14, Reply)

I don't know, Chompy is a smoker and is also likely to be quite depressed at the moment.

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Wed 28 Aug 2013, 15:18, Reply)

Don't forget overweight
( hartley hare Just some prick who thinks it doesn't apply to him, Wed 28 Aug 2013, 15:21, Reply)

Wow, who would have thought
Is it fully up and running yet? MOT?
( hartley hare Just some prick who thinks it doesn't apply to him, Wed 28 Aug 2013, 15:12, Reply)

Yep, purring like a kitten.
The women in my life think it's awesome. Except for my mum, who thinks it's a shitbox and a terrible mistake.

Mums, eh?
( Kroney, Wed 28 Aug 2013, 15:15, Reply)

Swipes your mum???????

( hartley hare Just some prick who thinks it doesn't apply to him, Wed 28 Aug 2013, 15:16, Reply)

Fuck off do I have a smelly ranga as a mum.
Do me a favour.
( Kroney, Wed 28 Aug 2013, 15:17, Reply)

Woah my mistake, I was about to say you must have got your legs and arse from your dads side

( hartley hare Just some prick who thinks it doesn't apply to him, Wed 28 Aug 2013, 15:22, Reply)

Is this the Golf? What colour?

( MEATSNAKE Richard Hammond, Wed 28 Aug 2013, 15:18, Reply)

Schwartzblau in German
Black-blue in English and really, really dark blue in reality.
( Kroney, Wed 28 Aug 2013, 15:19, Reply)

I am aware of this colouration. Sounds nice.

( MEATSNAKE Richard Hammond, Wed 28 Aug 2013, 15:21, Reply)

The MkII is my favourite

(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Wed 28 Aug 2013, 15:23, Reply)

That is because it is the best.

( Kroney, Wed 28 Aug 2013, 15:25, Reply)

TRUFAX

( MEATSNAKE Richard Hammond, Wed 28 Aug 2013, 15:28, Reply)

*shakeshead*
Dr are you a girl?
( hartley hare Just some prick who thinks it doesn't apply to him, Wed 28 Aug 2013, 15:19, Reply)

I like Golfs, I don't like them in horrible colours.
DEAL WITH IT
( MEATSNAKE Richard Hammond, Wed 28 Aug 2013, 15:20, Reply)

real men have bare metal cars.

( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 28 Aug 2013, 15:20, Reply)

Like this?
img.photobucket.com/albums/v283/greenboy500/IMGP1594.jpg
( MEATSNAKE Richard Hammond, Wed 28 Aug 2013, 15:21, Reply)

that appears to be a white golf
painted with "burnt umber" watercolour paint.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 28 Aug 2013, 15:22, Reply)

No. It's just proper rust.

( MEATSNAKE Richard Hammond, Wed 28 Aug 2013, 15:23, Reply)

whatever it is, it's painted on.

( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 28 Aug 2013, 15:26, Reply)

TISNOT

( MEATSNAKE Richard Hammond, Wed 28 Aug 2013, 15:27, Reply)

it has really obvious areas of white paint. Ironically, around the areas that would typically actually rust on a golf that age
how is it done if it's not painted on?
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 28 Aug 2013, 15:29, Reply)

Bearing in mind I read about it over 10 years ago, the paint was stripped, and they soaked the bare metal with saltwater.

( MEATSNAKE Richard Hammond, Wed 28 Aug 2013, 15:33, Reply)

OK. If you say so.
it really does look like there's white paint underneath though. Unless they did a half-arsed job of stripping the paint, of course
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 28 Aug 2013, 15:34, Reply)

That may well not be the exact same car I'm thinking of, but you get the effect innit.
I ain't studied that pic as closely as you have Sherlock.
( MEATSNAKE Richard Hammond, Wed 28 Aug 2013, 15:36, Reply)

totes, man.
Edit - of course I've studied it closely. It takes a while for me to reach climax, you know.

Well, your mum certainly knows.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 28 Aug 2013, 15:36, Reply)

You cheeky scamp!

( MEATSNAKE Richard Hammond, Wed 28 Aug 2013, 15:45, Reply)

Very, very occasionally, rat look can look quite good.
This is not one of those times.
( Kroney, Wed 28 Aug 2013, 15:23, Reply)

I know. It's horrible. I just remember reading about it in a VW magazine.

( MEATSNAKE Richard Hammond, Wed 28 Aug 2013, 15:24, Reply)

I saw a camouflage coloured one this morning. Rank, I say.
(Phudbree oh man, the Doric Yorick, Wed 28 Aug 2013, 15:22, Reply)

Something something GRRRRRRRRRrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.

( hartley hare Just some prick who thinks it doesn't apply to him, Wed 28 Aug 2013, 15:12, Reply)

I don't use ebay or Amazon, as I don't use the internet.
Just go to Comet or Woolworths.
( MEATSNAKE Richard Hammond, Wed 28 Aug 2013, 15:15, Reply)

Next time you're in Comet can you get me some pick and mix?

( hartley hare Just some prick who thinks it doesn't apply to him, Wed 28 Aug 2013, 15:15, Reply)

Cola bottles and jelly snakes en route brother.

( MEATSNAKE Richard Hammond, Wed 28 Aug 2013, 15:17, Reply)

FANKS
ohhh them gummy teeth things can GTFO
( hartley hare Just some prick who thinks it doesn't apply to him, Wed 28 Aug 2013, 15:19, Reply)

Foam Bananas are a necessity. The boys in Comet are on it.

( MEATSNAKE Richard Hammond, Wed 28 Aug 2013, 15:19, Reply)

\o/
Don't forget the Fruit Salads
( hartley hare Just some prick who thinks it doesn't apply to him, Wed 28 Aug 2013, 15:23, Reply)

NO BLACKJACKS
Keep engerlish sweets 4 engerlish
( MEATSNAKE Richard Hammond, Wed 28 Aug 2013, 15:25, Reply)