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PostPosted: 21:58 - 29 Oct 2013    Post subject: Why on earth would anybody buy these?? Reply with quote

There's a bloke on eBay flogging a pair of used bike tyres. He says the tread is below the legal limit. Who on earth would pay for them? He says they'd be ideal for 'a stunt bike'. Wouldn't the owner of said bike just go to a local tyre shop and get a pair of theirs for the price of a beer??? I admire his optimism though, but really??
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PostPosted: 22:02 - 29 Oct 2013    Post subject: Reply with quote

Necklacing speed cameras?
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PostPosted: 22:23 - 29 Oct 2013    Post subject: Reply with quote

Nobby the chihuahua wrote:
Necklacing speed cameras?


155/50/13 car tyres are much better and can be stolen from outside tyre centres.



so i hear.
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PostPosted: 22:27 - 29 Oct 2013    Post subject: Re: Why on earth would anybody buy these?? Reply with quote

Free listing day last weekend.
Nothing to lose.
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PostPosted: 22:32 - 29 Oct 2013    Post subject: Re: Why on earth would anybody buy these?? Reply with quote

G wrote:
Free listing day last weekend.
Nothing to lose.


Good call. I should have emptied my shed and stuck that shit on. Of course if anybody on here wants a Arai helmet (tested, slight scuffs to chin guard, visor, side pods damaged!), leathers (ripped, tested, worked well) or a set of now doggy panels let me know...
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PostPosted: 22:36 - 29 Oct 2013    Post subject: Re: Why on earth would anybody buy these?? Reply with quote

The panels will probably go for something, though if they are 'doggy' rather than 'dodgy', even less!
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PostPosted: 00:07 - 30 Oct 2013    Post subject: Reply with quote

Tyre fitting shops have to pay for disposal of tyres so I would expect they would be happy to let you have used tyres that they would otherwise be paying to get rid of. Smile
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PostPosted: 06:36 - 30 Oct 2013    Post subject: Reply with quote

money... old rope!!!

old tyres.... money!!!

maybe?
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PostPosted: 17:52 - 30 Oct 2013    Post subject: Re: Why on earth would anybody buy these?? Reply with quote

Free listing day tomorrow for 10 day auctions if anyone wants to give it a go Smile.
https://www2.ebay.com/aw/uk/201310.shtml#2013-10-30093359
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PostPosted: 18:15 - 30 Oct 2013    Post subject: Re: Why on earth would anybody buy these?? Reply with quote

G wrote:
Free listing day tomorrow for 10 day auctions if anyone wants to give it a go Smile.
https://www2.ebay.com/aw/uk/201310.shtml#2013-10-30093359


Now where did I throw those bald old tyre with the canvas and wires poking out?? They'll be worth ££££££sssss!
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PostPosted: 18:16 - 30 Oct 2013    Post subject: Reply with quote

kiddakidda wrote:
money... old rope!!!

I saw a documentary on TeeVee a while ago (I can't recall the point of the program now, just this one part) - some bloke went along the beach, found some old rope on a beach - listed it on eBay and sold it (he hand delivered it to see why someone bought it, which negated any profit, but made the program slightly more interesting), proving that you really _can_ get money for old rope.
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PostPosted: 18:48 - 30 Oct 2013    Post subject: Reply with quote

i sold a load of old bricks on ebay when the wall in my garden fell down

cost pence to put on as no reserve sold them for twenty quid i think and when they collected they took them all away

was going to have to hire a skip so that would of been 60 quid
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PostPosted: 19:11 - 30 Oct 2013    Post subject: Reply with quote

I want a load of the big catering size tin cans to have a got making rocket stoves and stuff. Gonna go ask a few pasty shops etc if I can buy some for 20p each or something. I don't mind paying a little for what is essentially scrap, as I have a specific use in mind.


Prepare for the apocalypse!!!


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PostPosted: 19:14 - 30 Oct 2013    Post subject: Reply with quote

smegballs wrote:
I want a load of the big catering size tin cans to have a got making rocket stoves and stuff. Gonna go ask a few pasty shops etc if I can buy some for 20p each or something. I don't mind paying a little for what is essentially scrap, as I have a specific use in mind.

I once got a massive can of beans from makro for the sake of having a massive can of beans.

Wasn't too expensive.

Replacing the extractor fan was, however!

Or, couldn't you just use paint tins?
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PostPosted: 19:28 - 30 Oct 2013    Post subject: Reply with quote

I'd buy them to practice putting them on and off the wheel.
we all have to start somewhere preferably cheap
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PostPosted: 20:11 - 30 Oct 2013    Post subject: Reply with quote

Knight wrote:
I'd buy them to practice putting them on and off the wheel.
we all have to start somewhere preferably cheap


Could you just not wait until you wear one down?
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PostPosted: 20:17 - 30 Oct 2013    Post subject: Reply with quote

Or just go to your local place that does tyres and get one for free?
Could give Iain a shout as he's not too far from you.
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