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E Bay are simply paranoid about Sellers showing contact details in their adverts......they think that it will potentially cut E Bay out of future sales ! That's why Private Sellers show their phone number in a photo. Strangely, Dealers clearly show their contact details - showing that E Bay obviously suffers from 'Elbow and arse disease !

Continual 'breaking' of their rules can lead to Sellers being barred from E Bay in the future, but if you are an infrequent Seller this probably won't bother you.

I have just bought some Furniture on E Bay and the amount of 'faffing about' was a real pain as I'm using a Courier to collect......all Couriers want/ need an E Mail address - so they can send advance warning about the collection AND the delivery dates, and they need a Mobile number so they can send advance warnings about the time slot they propose for collection and delivery. Having to send numerous messages on E Bay to the Seller to ascertain this info and 'skirting round the E Bay rules' is just a PITA and probably one of the biggest self inflicted examples of an organisation pis*ing off it's Customers !

I have 'reluctantly' just posted a couple of bike parts for sale on E Bay........just waiting now to get a raft of 'stoopid' questions from the people who can't read, can't work simple things out for themselves, and can't be ar*ed to read the advert properly. Thankfully, most decent E Bayers don't fall into these categories - and they make up for those who do.

Check out Facebook Marketplace and E Bay for second hand sheds....there are always plenty for sale.....they just want them dismantling and shifting sharpish as they have building plans afoot. Of course you have to dismantle them and transport them but with a couple of mates, and a Saturday or Sunday, you can save a lot of dosh. You can always cut them into manageable sections for transport and speed of dismantling (a Corded or Cordless Circular Saw is just the job) and you can strengthen the whole assembly again when you install it later.

S/H Sectional Concrete Garages are cheap as chips because they are a swine to transport and/ or they have Asbestos Roofs.......but if you have suitable transport and they are near your location, they are worth considering. I have a 20' X 10' Sectional - it was here when I bought this house (it has an asbestos Roof but its in good condition) and its just the job for me.

My only foray into Steel Sheds was many years ago and doing it on my own was a nightmare in December....and when it was finally assembled my blo*dy, ef*ing Dog would never go in it ! My TA Landrover hardtop was a pain in the rain as it was like somebody drumming on the outside of the roof and on one Exercise in Germany we had a 'carpet' of flies made their home on the inside of the hardtop ! Once bit, twice shy !

Lastly....buy the biggest you can fit on your plot - as you'll fill it quickly and wish you had a bigger one (as the Actress said to the Bishop) !

Funnily enough my car was parked outside a Commercial Garage last week having an engine management fault sorted when a lickle old dear reversed into it.

I haven't had an Insurance claim in many, many years but I have lost count of the numerous nonsensical E Mails and Texts from both mine AND her Insurance Company Agents.........one suggesting my car might be a 'total loss' because of it's age (2007), without actually seeing the minor dent she inflicted, and when I asked her Agent for a 'Local Repairer' he arranged for a Garage which is 10 miles away and which is really difficult to get to using Public Transport. Do Schools no longer teach Geography ? After another long protracted bout of tooing and froing' they said I could use a 'Local Repairer' - of which there are many within walking distance of my home ! Their kind offer of a Hire Car was great but I don't need one and don't see any sense in bumping up the total cost of the claim - even if the Agents are keen to do so !

All this costs MONEY. The Agents for my Insurer and the Agents for her Insurer seem to home in on milking the system for all it is worth which is why our Premiums are so expensive......it pis*es me off no end when somebody says they are working for the XYZ Insurance Company when they are actually employed by another Company - whose sole objective is to screw somebody else out of as much dosh as they can get ! Rant over !

Mmmm....my Neighbour has just got a swanky BMW EV. It cost about £60 or £70K - i know cos I looked it up as I'm a nosey tw*t (but I think he's Leased it). He also bought a swanky Eldis Casita Caravan the week after (another £32K cos I'm a nosey tw*t). The Caravan was parked on our Road the other Saturday until it diskapeared......off to a Secure Storage Facility nearby. 

I eventually caught up with him and asked him about his plans for the Caravan. He said that he'd realised that he'd dropped a major bollox ! He travelled over (from Blackpool) to Durham to collect the Caravan (as that was the only Dealer who had the exact model he wanted in stock).

From Durham, he drove back home but had to stop at Tebay Services on the Southbound M6 to charge his swanky BMW EV. Roger so far.

At Tebay Services, he had to wait for an hour as there were three other EV's waiting to be charged. In the meantime he had to uncouple his Caravan as he couldn't connect to the EV Charging Point with the Caravan attached. Eventually he charged his swanky EV which took two hours to ensure he could make it home (about 75 miles).....then he had to couple the Caravan up once again before he could continue his journey.

He eventually arrived home and tried to move the Caravan onto his drive........he'd worked out the dimensions and all should have been fine....only he couldn't get the Caravan up the slight incline of his drive - without it grounding at one end or the other. Eventually, he gave up and parked the Caravan on the road....outriggers at both ends deployed - it was 01:30 in the morning and he'd really had enough by then !

He said that he couldn't really envisage taking the Caravan more than 100 miles from Blackpool in future, as he can't be sure of getting home again !

His Wife has a Leased Seat SUV which they are going to change in a few months for a Ford Kuga Diesel......and the first job will be to fit a Towbar so that they can travel further afield with their £32K Caravan and their two lovely kids (and the Dog).

Now my Neighbour is a really smart Guy who earns a good living running his own Computer Consultancy, but given the dilemma that he's experienced over his swanky EV, I wonder how many other less smart people will be drawn into this whole EV debacle and wish they'd thought things trough in a bit more detail before they jumped in to the whole EV nightmare ?

Ref: 'Lots of Heinkel Tourists seen around London in 1940 I believe Ted. They even left presents'.

As my dear old Mum and Dad could vouch for......she was on the Searchlights in the ATS during the Liverpool Blitz and he was an Auxiliary Fireman, also based in Edghill, Liverpool during the Blitz. I often reminded my Scouse pals in my TA Regiment (based in Scouseland) that my Folks had staunchly defended their City....and they were free to buy me a pint in acknowledgement of my Mum and Dad's courage.

I never did get a pint though !

I have a 2007 Honda CB600F with 1450 miles on the clock....is that Time Warp condition.....or just 'Low Mileage' ?

My next door neighbour has a Kingday Intelligent Technology 'E Rider' Electric Scooter which has been sitting unused in his garden for a year or so.

It's nothing to do with me, but it might be of interest to Forum Members as he only wants about £400 for it. I would think the Battery will be U/S as it's been sitting for so long....I have no idea what a new one costs, what fitting a replacement entails, or even if they are available.  The rear shocks are rusty, and some of the other bits need a good clean up, but I doubt if it's seen much mileage in its short life.....so it might make a good shopping runaround or a first bike for a Teenager.

The Registration mark is PO67FSZ if you want to check it out with DVLA. I can't see what the mileage is or how powerful the Battery is, so you will have to make your own enquiries.....please remember I have nothing to do with this sale, I'm just passing it on to Forum Members as my neighbour is a decent bloke.

I live in Lytham St Annes in case anyone wants to view it.....message me if you do.