Besser, it's frustrating but what can you do ? Tell the Tightarses to piss off and the High Priced Harry's their dreaming. Get a price in your head and ignore the rest.
I often watch something I don't need at the present time, if it's cheap I put in a bid, if it's not I let it go.

I dont know much about ebay, but ive always found that the philosophy of selling/buying in the mini community was 'buy cheap/sell cheap'. nothing wrong with helping another enthusiast.

Which is one of the reasons why someone complained to me the other day about the mini club not knowing the value of things (whinge whinge).

usually there is always haggling to be had in a sale, so most people set the price a little higher, with the expectation that it will drop. Some people set a genuine price and if they're genuine people, youre only mucking them around if you try to drop it.

But there are special cases, and theres nothing wrong with asking ? Im about to leave for O/S for quite a while, and i just want to get my mini on the road before i go and have some fun. Obviously i want most of my money to go towards my travels not my car. But things keep going wrong.

Tell me that isnt a good cause...
help me out :D

What do you need ?

i quite often watch items just so i know what these parts are going for im sure thats no big deal and of corse people want a bargain who wants to pay top dollar

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at the moment the only thing i *really* need is a clutch master cylinder, but it seems no one has one of these, so ill be taking my 150$ down to the shop soon :\.

(i didnt make that post really as a call for help, im pretty much beyond helping now, been to the shop and paid the big $$$)

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Too many cars, and too little time.

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One should never skimp on the zip ties.