What did you discover on ebay that you'd like to buy, and is totally not related to what you........

FBi7 · 11 Mar 2021 at 18:37

[Sorry for the long thread title folks.]

........you were looking for?

I was looking at rare (allegedly) 50p coins and this came up:

Ebay linky.

I'm up there with most of you, probably, that the rainbow-esque colours thing isn't my thing. However, what manly man could pass such an opportunity? Matching Hex and Torx!

So, as per the thread title, what have you been looking for on ebay (or other online sites) and ended up coming away with?

Slàinte,

FB..

FBi7 · 11 Mar 2021 at 19:43

Oh my.

The first four respondents' replies appear to have been deleted by the mods. I wonder what was so bad about their posts replying to this, the most light-hearted of subjects.

FBi7 · 11 Mar 2021 at 20:33

adolf hamster said:
*checks posts*

it's theophany, you don't want to know....

I don't need to know. I used to regularly drive through the western suburbs of Bromsgrove during my commute to work. They're all Bell Ends there

FBi7 · 11 Mar 2021 at 21:23

JRS said:
Years ago I was looking for a t-shirt...and ended up buying an Oldsmobile Custom Cruiser (big ol' American car from the '80s).

This is exactly the kind of thing I'm interested to hear about. Looking for one thing, end up buying something totally different.

Got pics?

FBi7 · 11 Mar 2021 at 23:10

JRS said:
God, it was more than a decade ago now. I'd have to go on a hunt. But imagine this...

...with sunburnt paint, flaking wood-effect trim and mismatched wheel covers. Wonderful car*, but back then I wasn't nearly good enough of a mechanic to keep on top of everything that needed doing. Add in finances (not having enough!) and a minor breakdown in the brain department, I had to offload it.

* - the carb had gigantic vacuum secondaries on it, so when you floored it you could hear all the air from the postcode you were in disappearing into the intake. Wasn't overly powerful (170BHP tops) but had all the torque.

That's pretty effin epic! Proper American Station Wagon. Hope you're feeling better these days though.

Thanks for sharing,

FB..