Bit of an own goal

[sylus]

So this morning sitting by the pc saw a spesh stumpjumper up for sale on ebay..it had been mentioned on here

my friend is still unsure as to which bike he wants to sell his stump or rock so I felt he was going to keep both.

So impatient I thought I'd take a punt on the stumpjumper on ebay this morning..whilst looking I saw he also had an almost new, good condition diamondback topango 14 inch by the same seller..I thought great..Some kid or lady would like that so as the trip was a 90 miles there and 90 miles back then buy the stump, make a few quid on the diamond back to pay for the diesel and jobs a good un

until I get called out an hour before the auction end..so as traffic had been low on the bids I put a fair price on the stumpy and a silly low on the diamondback

the reason why I was called away lasted longer than I hoped and I arrived back home 15 minutes after the auction end for both bikes

only to find I lost the stumpy by 2 quid and won the diamondback for £12.50

so now I am supposed to take a 180 mile round trip for a £12.50 bike..some days just happen worse than others

 

[CAS]

oh dear!

 

[kaiser]

Local retrobiker to pick up? pay the £12.50 and write it off? hopefully the seller will see sense and give you back your money and relist it.

 

[Harryburgundy]

not the best result ... sorry

 

[sylus]

my own fault..see the funny side of it..'i'll probably contact the seller..pay what I owe and let them do what they want with it...still a lesson every now and again makes me pee my pants and keeps me humble-ish

 

[kaiser]

pay it and offer it to the retrobike masses as a karma pick up?

 

[sylus]

seems a good idea...kaiser

do I offer it in here or in the sales adds ?

 

[kaiser]

sales I guess, put KARMA in capitals, should get you a pint someday anyway

 

[kaiser]

so where is it?

 

[sylus]

it's in Retford nottinghamshire and it was this one

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Diamond-Back-Topa ... 336510f30a

I'll talk to the seller first before I offer it karma incase they were unhappy with the low amount and want to re-run it