Chris Perkins

I know who that is. I saw one of the older editions go for £111 the other week.

Actually, I put the message board up so that I can try as often as possible to sell stuff to it's members! But seriously (although that does happen) I did also put this board up to serve as a reference point for interested parties, and it's also handy because if people ask questions in here it usually means I get one less email! Knowledge is the key, as Mr Kuhli says. And, I would never pay as much as 50p for a Churchill Crown. I'd wince if I had to pay (25p) face value!

Kuhli says (sorry Kuhli I moved this while you were posting): Simple motto of coin collectors: Buy the book before you buy the coin! If you do not take the time to research the material, and know what you are getting, then caveat emptor.

No, sod it, name and shame, but as long as you outline your negative experience first. If it's the truth then people can make up their own mind. If anyone lies and someone makes a complaint, then I'll remove the offending post and have words with the person that posted it. I don't mind about complaints, just don't write anything libelous!

Actually now you mention it Chris I used to have a spate of (sometimes daily!) emails from some Dr or another based in Nigeria, but they seem to have stopped now. Anyone else notice? Yes I had a few of those too. Usually wanting something and wanting to use Western Union or something. They do seem to have reduced though, you're right.

Yes, it's very good. But I think it should be in denomination order, not alphabetical.

I think you probably mean 2300 cc, or 2.3l ! I very much doubt a 2.3cc motorcycle could propel all that tubandpud! (Love Triumphs though, the bikes too. If I had a bike it would have to be a Triumph to go with the cars)

Or Nigeria!

Ok, feel free to name any ebay id's that you would rather not deal with again. Please ensure that anyone doing so also explains the trading situation and transaction details so that viewers of this area can make up their own minds. I don't want it to turn into a slanging match between eBayers, it should just be honest accounts of experiences and I see no reason why ID's should not be mentioned (certainly no personal details please).

I save BU German ones from change, it's logical to do so isn't it. I've noticed that the 2002 coins seemed to appear again brand new in 2003, which would imply they had an un-used stockpile or struck that date again. In Germany there are also different mint letters. I just take the BU (MS63+) ones and I'm not looking for date sets. The girlfriend collects all the foreign ones from change, unless she already has them.

Isn't this an exact copy of a previous equally dodgy message? loop7uhand5 anyone considering your offer would need your address, phone number, an email address that is not from a free provider, ebay id and all information you can give to verify your identity. Unless loop7uhand5 can post verifiable info, don't anyone think about it!

If I'd known you could have taken a couple of my books for him. He wanted to see them and I'm not sure if he has yet.

You never did join my affiliate/accessory scheme did you? (posting in one area is sufficient)

Thankyou.

I remember in the South East it was very well promoted in every pub window. It means people go and buy Guinness even if most people aren't Irish. Although it seems everyone has Irish in them. Those Irish certainly knew how to spread themselves around the world.

There's a business idea: Mormon Wife Slabbing. Send a wife off, get her graded and encased in plastic. The higher the grade, the better wives you can swap for. For an MS70 you should be able to swap for at least 10x VF35's! Or, you could take an attractive looking raw wife, send them off to be graded, and if they come back less than AU58, simply pay for plastic surgery break them out, and re submit them. I can just imagine the slabbed wife trade on eBay would bring their servers to a standstill.

That's because you spelt 'colour' the American way. No, not really, it's because there is a size limit so people don't go posting whoping great 1mb jpg's and using my precious bandwith.

By the way, I found out a month or so later that I'd got done twice on the originally mentioned journey from Kent to Chemnitz! This time though, two policemen turned up on my door (in Germany) because I gave them the UK address hoping it would put them off! It didn't. This one was EUR250.00 and 3 German points! The good thing is that German points will never affect me because I have a UK licence, and the DVLA don't get to know about them, so the points were rather pointless. I wondered then about what fun it would be to collect points from as many European countries as possible.

I read 1984 the other month. Well, it's certainly a clever futuristic look at what could have happened if Communism had taken over the world. Well written, as you would expect, and I enjoyed it. I will say though, that the way it ended was disappointing. In the end Winston was found out and almost tortured to death until he towed 'the party' line, which he eventually did and so did his girlfriend. It would have been great if they could have found the rebels and changed the world, but I suppose some books have to have a non hollywood ending or they'd all be the same!

I'll take the credit for that compliment. But in a BBC style, you patrons really do make it what it is! (S-J, did you find my bit about being possessed by the devil on at least 3 occassions yet? Actually I should have listed that as a pastime too)

That's a good point actually. When people tell others about their hobbies, they mention nice things: Natural history, swimming, football, old cars, going for walks and all that kind of rubbish. People rarely have the guts to say what they're really into: Cross dressing, strip clubs, older women, younger men, being the only gay in the village and such like! We should all join up with annonymous ID's, that could be fun! Mind you, there are of course young people in here. (and 2 or 3 of those things in the second paragraph I want no part of)

Feel free to bid then!

ooops. thanks.

I've got some jolly nice stuff on eBay: http://search.ebay.co.uk/_W0QQfgtpZ1QQfrpp...ssZchrisperkins

You've gone and ruined it now, with your concept and in depth grasp of trainspotting!! Young Miss S-J will be back here, take one look at that, and start to think once again, along the lines of her first insticts! (S-J, he's not with me. I don't know who he is, he just wandered in one day.)