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The Cheek!

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I found a new auxiliary light on ebay for buy it now £199 or make an offer and being a tight yorkshireman I decided to make an offer!

Stuck it as £150 expecting it to get declined then creep up from there

They declined it alright and then edited the advert and put the price up by £16 :shock:

Decided not to bother and I will go elsewhere now!
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Dunno why some even bother to post 'make offer' when they have no intention of coming down on the price.
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sakm wrote: Fri Sep 29, 2023 8:42 pm I found a new auxiliary light on ebay for buy it now £199 or make an offer and being a tight yorkshireman I decided to make an offer!

Stuck it as £150 expecting it to get declined then creep up from there

They declined it alright and then edited the advert and put the price up by £16 :shock:

Decided not to bother and I will go elsewhere now!
'Ear all, see all, say nowt; Eyt all, sup all, pay nowt; And if ivver tha does owt fer nowt,do for thasell

Nowt wrong with being a tight Yorkshireman - any fool can give their money away ;)
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sakm wrote: Fri Sep 29, 2023 8:42 pm I found a new auxiliary light on ebay for buy it now £199 or make an offer and being a tight yorkshireman I decided to make an offer!

Stuck it as £150 expecting it to get declined then creep up from there

They declined it alright and then edited the advert and put the price up by £16 :shock:

Decided not to bother and I will go elsewhere now!
Had the same happen to me. "make an offer" asked the seller what offer they would take and they wouldn't sell the item unless it was £1 under the asking price. Told them where to go. They relisted the item 5 times and each time the postage went up.
Trust me I am a retired Doctor and lecturer at Oxford University of Structural and Mechanical/Electrical engineering.
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I'm also the sort of person that would sooner replace both the lights for the newer nano version and a replacement loom at a total cost of about £450 than now give any money to someone who raises prices like that!
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I’ve come across this many times, even had one person block my any counter offer 🙄, why they add make offer is beyond me!.
I don’t use my dip lights for fear of blowing them and tackling a bulb change and I’m £££ conscious of using the aux lights 🤣
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Panman40 wrote: Sun Oct 01, 2023 7:55 am I’ve come across this many times, even had one person block my any counter offer 🙄, why they add make offer is beyond me!.
I don’t use my dip lights for fear of blowing them and tackling a bulb change and I’m £££ conscious of using the aux lights 🤣
Changed my lights for Cyclops LED's yesterday on my R1250RT. 20 minutes to fit the bulbs and ballast, 5 - 6 hours to remove/fit everything that needed to come off so I could do it.
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Glenn wrote: Sun Oct 01, 2023 8:58 am Changed my lights for Cyclops LED's yesterday on my R1250RT. 20 minutes to fit the bulbs and ballast, 5 - 6 hours to remove/fit everything that needed to come off so I could do it.
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