eBay mentalism

[the shutdown man]

Hmmmm, maybe the woman selling her dirty underwear and empty condom wrappers realised she had finally crossed the line?

Bids were for a photo of said items, please note, not items themselves (ce n'est pas une cullotte),and the knickers were quite specifically not hers.  But I'm sure she'd throw in the cacks for free.

Shit, I've got a bid to cancel......

[Peter Wolf]

Hmmmm, maybe the woman selling her dirty underwear and empty condom wrappers realised she had finally crossed the line?

Bids were for a photo of said items, please note, not items themselves (ce n'est pas une cullotte),and the knickers were quite specifically not hers.  But I'm sure she'd throw in the cacks for free.

 I wasnt interested in bidding on them as they have been washed !

 Attention seeking woman must have felt like a lottery winner for a short while last night.

[johnnystress]

ah here

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[Dr Feeley Good]

There are still some bargains to be had on ebay! this Carlos Ezquerra Strontium Dog page from prog 92 arrived today......£50 on a buy it now !!!!

[satchmo]

I know they've been around for a while now, and no offense to anyone on the board or owt, but if you get your comics slabbed you are scum.
Glad I got that off my chest

PS Steve you lucky sod that's a beauty!

[the shutdown man]

I want this. Right now!!!!

//http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=6152&viewitem=&item=150301618614

[COMMANDO FORCES]

Who ya gonna call, for that then  

[I, Cosh]

I assumed this guy had inadvertently hit the 1 & 2 at the same time. Until I discovered it was a relisting.

What the Devil?

[Tiplodocus]

What does getting your comics slabbed mean?

And what does pressing 1 and 2 at the same time do?

God I feel out of touch with the modern world.

[Dandontdare]

What does getting your comics slabbed mean?

And what does pressing 1 and 2 at the same time do?

God I feel out of touch with the modern world.

Thank god it isn't just me!

Ebay scares me. The responsibility of despatching items! The fear of not receiving orders! The absolute certainty that I've somehow just given my bank details to some international cartel of identity thieves!I've only had home broadband about 8 months and so much either goes over my head or irrationally annoys me - when did FAIL become a noun? This forum always feels like a safe haven after I've been surfing some of the stranger, darker and more up-to-the-zeitgeist bits of the net.

And i only use my phone for phoning.

[House of Usher]

What does getting your comics slabbed mean?

It's the quite mad practice of taking a comic that's in near mint or else exceptionally good condition for its age and scarcity and having it heat-sealed in a hard plastic envelope, like a brand new action figure, so that it can't be taken out and read without cutting the plastic packaging open. The idea is that it preserves the comic in its exceptional condition. However, as should be obvious to anyone, if you should ever want to inspect or read it you have to cut the darn thing open. That means when you're done with it you have to slab it again in a new hard plastic envelope, which is quite an expensive do. Furthermore, if you buy a slabbed comic that is claimed to be in near mint condition, how are you going to know it's in near mint condition? Why, you'll have to cut it out of its slab, of course! In which case what is the point of slabbing it in the first place?? It's basically an obvious case of someone inventing a service that didn't exist before, because there was no need for it to exist, and then using marketing to persuade people they want that service in order to sell it to people and make money out of it.

[Dandontdare]

like those guys at airports who offer to wrap your suitcases in yards of green clingfilm.

[House of Usher]

like those guys at airports who offer to wrap your suitcases in yards of green clingfilm.

At customs:

"Did you wrap your luggage in green clingfilm yourself, Sir?"

"Erm... no..."

"I see. Please step this way, Sir. I'm afraid we're going to have to ask you some more questions..."

[I, Cosh]

What does getting your comics slabbed mean?

And what does pressing 1 and 2 at the same time do?

God I feel out of touch with the modern world.

Just to clarify. In this particular instance, pressing 1 & 2 at the same time means the starting price for your old Titan Judge Anderson collection comes up as £21.99 instead of £1.99 or £2.99. Surely that's the only explanation?

[Wils]

I assumed this guy had inadvertently hit the 1 & 2 at the same time. Until I discovered it was a relisting.

What the Devil?

More mentalism from the same seller.

The crime isss ssstupidity...