What Are The Odds On This...

[janzman]

...I have just sold an item on Ebay having received 37 bids. The winning bid lives in the same town as me and no more than 3/4 of a mile from my own front door. I think I will deliver the item and save him/her the postage.

[weecalf]

Was it a street sign ?

[boxtops]

Don't know about the odds, but over the years I've sold to 5 or 6 local people - they all come and collect.

[hc4361]

Be wary of delivering it yourself or allowing collection unless it is paid for in cash, especially if it's worth a pound or three.

If you can't provide a tracking number and the buyer claims it was never received he will automatically get a refund from PayPal regardless of your evidence.

[Caran]

We advertised our motorhome nationally in various magazines and websites. We sold it to someone less than a mile away.

[mrs_overall]

I was looking for a specific sewing machine and there were a couple on Ebay. The cost of the postage was horrific and my concern was the item could be damaged in transit. I was about to give up on the idea when up popped a new listing, from a woman who lived less than a mile away.
I went to see it and the lady very kindly spent two hours showing me how it worked. She took a shine to me and reduced the price and said "I know it is going to a good home."
She was selling some additional software to go with it for £300 which I couldn't afford on top of the cost of the machine.
I keep bumping into her in town and we always stop for a chat. Last month she told me the software was still for sale, and I could have it for half price. I snapped her hand off!
(The sewing machine is the Rolls Royce of sewing machines. It cost her £4,500 new and I bought it for £800. Bargain! She was selling it because she was upgrading and I won't tell you the cost of her new machine as you would faint)

[aelmpvw]

... sends mrs_o box of holey socks

[1ozzy]

I have the A??e hanging out of my pants Mrs O.
How much for patching?

[mrs_overall]

Thanks ael. Have they been blessed by the Pope?

Oz, it depends on the number of skid marks...........

[1ozzy]

Mrs O....that's the part that is missing...

(I think I like you:-)

[mrs_overall]

Oz, I am afraid the post of first reserve husband should anything happen to the current Mr O, has gone to The Builder.
You can be second reserve if you like?

I have a poor track record with husbands. The first Mr O died from eating poisonous mushrooms.
The second Mr O died from a blow on the head. (He refused to eat his mushrooms)

[1ozzy]

I shall stand respectfully in line Mrs.O.
Biting my nails nervously.
Good luck "The Builder" and the current Mr. "O", of course

[mrs_overall]

You are now officially 2nd reserve!

(Just in case you don't know, I am an international super model, philanthropist and all round good egg. I have a penchant for yellow Marigold rubber gloves and am one of the worlds experts on seaweeds)

My apologies to the OP for going off subject, but that aelmpvw started it!

[1ozzy]

We obviously have similar interests then.
My apologies to Janzman as well.

Mrs. O made me do it,,,honest to god Guv'.
'Twas 'er fault.

[venator]

Can't imagine what kind of sewing machine you get for £4500?

It has to make tea and sandwiches?

[1ozzy]

And brew a good beer ;-)

[EDDIE51]

I have bought items and found the seller lived 100 yards from me.

[mrs_overall]

venator, it does everything bar the housework.
I can programme it, set it going and then walk away and get on with something else.
It has paid for itself with orders I have received since I bought it (for example I am the supplier of hoodies, sweatshirts etc bearing their logo, to one of the local sailing clubs)

[EDDIE51]

You can search for items on eBay by distance from a specific post code.
5 miles or under is the closest you can specify.