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Back home now (well have been since yesterday afternoon)

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Sorry I didn't realise you had been missing from the forum, have you been somewhere?





:D Glad to see you safely home. Did you get a chance to do any sightseeing? At least you managed to miss some of our rotten weather.

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Welcome home

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I found my perfect winter coat (haven't had one of those for m-a-n-y years :D) .

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thats good hope it keeps you nice and warm

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Thank you. Haha - it's wool and M&S has beaten my Peter Storm and Jack Murphy this time.
I just need the gloves and scarf now. :D

Oh and bag and... ;)

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I have just bought a 19 inch tft monitor from Ebay for £25 on a buy it now auction, picked it as it was only local and it works a treat.

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My bank has finally re-authorised my debit card so I can start buying stuff again. I think a 47" LCD TV is on the cards :)

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I'm very happy for you. When are you getting it?

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is well happy liverpool scored 2 times in under 5mins

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Won £30 at work today. Yay!

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well done. what did u have 2 do?

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eat a £50 note :D

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Ordered it today. Hopefully, it will be here by Friday :)

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what are you getting?

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LG 47LD450 LCD TV + Sony BDPS370 Blu-ray Player :)

Already purchased a Tannoy SFX5.1 speaker package and a Sony STR-DH810 7.1 surround sound amp. :D

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We have people choose a number between 1 and 49.
Whatever the National lottery bonus ball matches the person's number = you win the pot.

Nice start to monday morning.

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Yay! - just booked the flights for next summer's holiday.

Off to North Cyprus last week in July, first week in August - two families and assorted offspring, staying at our friends' villa near Catalkoy.

Some views of the accommodation...

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Booking next year's holiday soon.

Me and Mrs Igni have been together for 10 years so will be celebrating by replaying our honeymoon.

British Columbia - You Gotta Be Here

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Off for this year's holiday in 10 days. Three weeks in Malaysia. The downside is that some bright spark thought it would be a good idea to cycle 650 miles in the hot and humid tropics in 16 days :erm:

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We went there in '84 - my bro-in-law was doing his post-doc at UBC; we toured BC (Summerland is lovely), and camped on Vancouver Island (where we found out that bears do, in fact, defecate in the woods), and had a long weekend in Seattle (it's only a couple of hours drive away).

Enjoy - BC is a lovely place.

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Congratulations :tu:

We have our next holiday booked for late May 2011 - a cruise including stops at Venice (overnight), Split, Kotor (Montenegro), Corfu, Malta (Valletta), Sicily
(Messina), Sorrento (for Capri & Pompeii), Nice (for Monte Carlo & Cannes),
Portofno & Rome (Civitavecchia).

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Lucky people you've got me very jealous, enjoy!:)

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is so excited for Corrie live tonight

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Christmas party tonight and no work tomorrow. Excellent!

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Got all my xmas shopping done, bar my mums pressie as I couldn't get it in any of the shops, so will get that next friday. I also bought myself a new pair of trainers and the Toy Story Boxset on Blu Ray :)

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I really must stop speed reading posts. My first read through had me giggling as I thought you had said that you had bought yourself some Toy Story Boxers. https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/...2010/12/47.gif

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I now have a TV that is far too big for my front room :D

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You'll just have to move house, or build an extension lol! :D:D:D

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Nowt wrong with that:

https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/...2010/12/83.jpg

http://www.disneystore.co.uk/kids-cl.../15811/300017/

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I'm quite looking forward to the cinema experience when I get it set up :D

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Have a good time tonight and watch it with the Jack Daniels. :D

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You will probably have half the tv going out the door when you set it up. :D

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Sit through 3 hours of adverts at the start and get constantly pelted with M&Ms and nachos from the back?

Then you notice a big hole in the seat of your chair where someone's tried to stub out a sneaky cig. To top it off some nightmare family arrives 10 minutes after the start of the film and the usher shines a torch in your face while looking for a spare seat.

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It should just fit on the chimney breast :-)

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Well happy viewing when you get it sorted :D:D

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I got a kerplunk game today and actually managed to beat Peter :)

....and I treat myself to a Rubiks slide - nice, very nice :)

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nice one

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I now have my first full day off work after working 13 12hr days in a row! zzzz

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Well done you. ;)

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Yes but it starts all over again on Monday for 2 weeks. ;) Atleast then i have a week off. :)

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Just sleep all day tomorrow :D:D

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I need to wash the car, it is so dirty i can't see it anymore! ;)

And i've only seen daylight twice this month. lol

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Oh your poor baby how could you let it get so dirty? :D

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Quite right, I mean he has seen daylight twice this month :D

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lol

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Pleased with myself for being brave. I have bought many items from ebay over the years but have never bid for anything as I find loosing difficult in any area of my life. I have bid for 4, I repeat 4 items this morning and my knees are already knocking at the thought of someone winning the items instead of me.

If anyone has the time can they keep their fingers crossed for me for the next 3 days. Pretty please. https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/local/2013/05/7.gif

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If I am looking to bid on something that is not Buy it now, I always put it and similar items on my Watch list and try and wait until the last few minutes and have a second page open with my bid pre entered and as the Auction enters the last 10 seconds I then bid, if I win I win if not I live to bid again.;)

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I am a real woose, I worried for hours last night, read all the guide lines, put the items on a watch list, bookmarked the seller, and then rechecked everything I had done a second and third time.

This morning the checking cycle started again and I decided enough was enough and put bids on all four items. I only really want one item but if I win all four I wont mind at all though John may just ban me from ebay auctions in future when he is swamped with my treasures and has fears for my sanity.

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Do you put a maximum bid as that atleast helps to try and win the auction. Otherwise the next person just bids and is ahead of you.
Good luck in the auction and even if you don't get it, there will always be a next time.

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No one had placed a bid on any of the items since they were listed 4 days ago so I just put a bid in for the amount suggested. Have I messed up already?

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No. It just means that if someone comes along and puts the next bid in then they will be the current higest bidder replacing you.

let's say there is an item at £2. I would put a bid of £5 so when the next person goes to bid £2.50, £3, or £4, you will still be the highest bidder upto the maximum bid you placed. So you might get the item at your original £2 but in case someone bids you have a chance with your maximum bid.
Ofcourse if the bidder goes over your £5 maximum then they are the leading highest bidder.

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I shall keep everything crossed for you and good luck in getting all four. ;):D

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I tend to hold back on the maximum I am willing to pay and make a bid 15/20% under and try to be home when the auction ends and add the final bit with 30 seconds spare. If I am beat then I dont mind ( obviously on low cost items I dont try this)

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That is why I only put them on my Watch list and bid at the end just in case I win them all.;):D

I was recently looking for a 19 inch monitor local to myself and looked for weeks as did not want to pay postage on such an item, then oddly someone put one on for Buy it now for £25 so I swooped and got a monitor worth over £70 for my patience and it is like new.:)

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Ah, so that's how it works. I was worried that I would end up paying more than I needed to. I see now that it works the same way as a normal auction where I can leave a bid with the Auctioneer but he will only use my reserve to take my bids over a competitors.

I shall be delighted if I win all four even if John is muttering about my driving him to bankruptcy. I have even been back on ebay having another search this morning and have found a fifth item in the series which I have bought sohe is now regretting encouraging me.

Now that way seems even more guaranteed to give me heart failure. Thank goodness what I am bidding for doesn't involve hundreds of pounds. I can see I have a lot to learn about this ebay auction lark. Give me a proper auction any day, at least the agony of waiting is a bit reduced and I have the satisfaction of being able to glare at any misguided people who dare to take my items.

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I am quite happy for a change :) ;)

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Here are some simple rules about Ebay http://couponing.about.com/od/online...ns/a/ebay2.htm

http://pages.ebay.co.uk/help/buy/bid-increments.html

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Thanks for the links Masque. :tu:

Somehow I think this first show of ebay auction bravery on my part may also be my last. It all smacks to much of game playing and not something I enjoy. All tooooooo much strategy for this plain soul to cope with I'm afraid.

I was so happy to find the things on ebay after searching for so long. Why can't I just buy the dratted things and be done with it. LOL This is turning into a moan and taking the thread off topic. Sorry folks.

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Remember though that you do not have to just bid on items on Ebay as the are plenty of Buy it Now auctions where you pay the price for the item such phone batteries, phone covers even art products and they are usually cheaper than going to the store.:)

You do artwork for a living and probably use certain brands try searching for them on Ebay and you may be pleasantly surprised.;)

In fact most of my recent purchases have been Buy it Now ones.:)

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:D Everything I have bought over the last few years from ebay have been from Buy it Now sellers and I have bought everything from art supplies to a kitchen sink in the past. It's only the auction items that I have shied away from and I would have continued to do so if the items I have been looking for for several years had been available any other way.:(

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Just enjoy the thrill of the chase then.;)

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I had put "Citylink" in the moans thread but they have been clearing the back log and delivered on a Sunday which was great as I received my order today!

One new Space Invaders carpet has now arrived.

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This one:

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Ebuyer have been trying to take credit for that on Facebook

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The is a few different ones, here is a car for you.

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nice car

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As you can tell, I'm going through a retro Space Invaders phase. :)

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Sticking the tree and decys up, i must be crazy doing them at this time lol.

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Spying on me are we? haha, that literally nearly happened!.[COLOR="Silver"]

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Natalies mum said yes :) *see sig* ;)

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Excellent news, buddy - very happy for you both.

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PM me please I cant read braille :)

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Yep and me too please Dilli!

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We drag the same old tree and deccys out every year. Looking quite sad now, baubles include a couple of these thin glass ones that I bought in Woollies for around 4D many years ago, what's that in new money? But would I part with them.....?:)

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why? ive had mine up since last week

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Gosh that took me sooooo long to work out, I'm really out of practice. :)

Good luck, I'm 100% sure of the outcome but my fingers will be crossed on the night. :)

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don't get it

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...for everyone else. I'm going to propose to Natalie on christmas eve and have alread got the ring :)

The last piece was calling her mum for permission ;)

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that is so sweet asking her mum for permission. how come you doing it Christmas eve most people Will be doing it on Christmas day.

and Congratulations

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Awww. That's excellent news. Congratulations! :)

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I want it to be a private moment and I am going to have my dad over christmas day.

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hope it all goes well. :)

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Nice one Dilli and Good Luck on the day.

http://www.talkwedding.org/pictures/proposal1.jpg

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Oooh! It's all soo exciting :hyper: are you going to get down on one knee?

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I couldn't be more pleased for you both. Tiddle - where's me tissues :D
Love to you Both.
And NO posts from the 23rd until the 26th at least yes? Although we'll all want to know how everything went.

Am so very pleased (})

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I'm so madly in love.

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You are a true gent, dilli - I'm so hoping she accepts your proposal - I'm sure you will keep us in touch :)

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Are you going to propose as well? :erm:

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Agreed - I am so very happy for you and Natalie :)

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Its nice to read about people madly in love, enjoy every second :)

Good luck Dilli, i'll be thinking of you x

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That is great news Dilli.... I'm sure you will make a great couple!
I wish you all the best. :)

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hope she says yes and hope u have a good christmas day

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Treated myself to a Spotify Premium account, love it so far.

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Nice one :tu:

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Very,very,very happy.:D

An unexpected windfall due.:cleader:

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Good for you - just in time for Crimble/New Year....

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so Cart wait for Christmas its the best time

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I am very very happy. A nervous wreck, high on caffeine but very happy.

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I won all 5 of the items I bid on. OK so no one else wanted them, but I was still a nervous wreck by the end.

Thanks deffy for keeping me sane. :D

(Just in case anyone remembers my original post you will notice I bid on an extra item and got that as well.)

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Your more than welcome. Anytime. Just delighted you got what you wanted. Are you gone https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/...2010/12/31.gif now from all the coffee :erm: