SAKs / MTs on ebay.co.uk ... get 'em while you can

Neil · **Reply #120 on:** March 10, 2009, 10:47:02 PM

Quote from: Flash on March 10, 2009, 10:34:27 PM

OK so which MOD can put this in Benners sig line

Better...

Ben

Who's a pretty boy then?

Neil

Benner · **Reply #121 on:** March 10, 2009, 11:04:50 PM

Mike you are the only other Mod online so if it gets changed I know where to come.

Mike, Lord of the Spammers! · **Reply #122 on:** March 10, 2009, 11:08:08 PM

Quote from: NKB on March 10, 2009, 10:47:02 PM

Quote from: Flash on March 10, 2009, 10:34:27 PM

OK so which MOD can put this in Benners sig line

Better...

Ben Who's a pretty boy then?

Neil

So, so tempting

DaveK · **Reply #123 on:** March 10, 2009, 11:08:51 PM

Q: What did the 500lb Budgie say ?
A: Here kitty kitty.. !!!

Q: Where does a 500lb Budgie sit ?
A: Anywhere it wants !!

Q: What do you get when you cross a Budgie with a Shark ?
A: A bird that talks your ear off !!

Q:What do you get when you cross a Budgie with a vegetable ?
A: Chick peas !!

Q:How does a girlie Budgie send a letter to her friend ?
A:In a Hen-velope !!

Q:Who tells the best Budgie jokes?
A:Comedi-HENS !!

Q:Why did the Budgie go to the seance ?
A:To get to the other side !!

Q: Why does a Budgie sleep on one leg ?
A: Because if he lifted that leg up too he'd fall over !!

Q: Where does a Budgie go when it loses it's tail ?
A: A Re-tail store !!

Q: What do you give a sick Budgie ?
A: Tweetment !!

Benner · **Reply #124 on:** March 10, 2009, 11:10:39 PM

Damn you Mike!

Mike, Lord of the Spammers! · **Reply #125 on:** March 10, 2009, 11:13:57 PM

Quote from: Benner on March 10, 2009, 11:10:39 PM

Damn you Mike!

What, what did I do this time

MultiMat · **Reply #126 on:** March 11, 2009, 01:32:42 AM

Quote from: NKB on March 10, 2009, 09:05:24 PM

Quote from: Benner on March 10, 2009, 08:57:49 PM
Quote from: NKB on March 10, 2009, 08:56:48 PM
The listings are coming down as we speak I was just bidding on a Wenger Business Tool. It had about five minutes left to run when the listing was pulled

Neil

5 mins!?!?

Oh come on!

I think I said something quite similar

This is what really gets to me. Its items such as this I'll miss, just some bod clearing stuff out of their drawers, tool boxes. How many knives/SAKs/tools will now just get tossed in the bin

Neil

That is the awful potential , that is how I got my Riveted PST . Seller did not know a thing about tools , just thought they could a couple of bucks for it. They got the cash I got deliriously happy & no one got hurt & the tool did not get ditched. What a bunch of punt headed feckers . Any way of finding out who drove this decision or get the CEO of UK Ebay's email & we can send him/her LOTS of emails.

Craig · **Reply #127 on:** March 11, 2009, 08:19:54 PM

Quote from: MultiMat on March 11, 2009, 01:32:42 AM

Quote from: NKB on March 10, 2009, 09:05:24 PM
Quote from: Benner on March 10, 2009, 08:57:49 PM
Quote from: NKB on March 10, 2009, 08:56:48 PM
The listings are coming down as we speak I was just bidding on a Wenger Business Tool. It had about five minutes left to run when the listing was pulled

Neil

5 mins!?!?

Oh come on!

I think I said something quite similar

This is what really gets to me. Its items such as this I'll miss, just some bod clearing stuff out of their drawers, tool boxes. How many knives/SAKs/tools will now just get tossed in the bin

Neil

That is the awful potential , that is how I got my Riveted PST . Seller did not know a thing about tools , just thought they could a couple of bucks for it. They got the cash I got deliriously happy & no one got hurt & the tool did not get ditched. What a bunch of punt headed feckers . Any way of finding out who drove this decision or get the CEO of UK Ebay's email & we can send him/her LOTS of emails.

An awful lot of tools are going to get wasted

Stopping an auction with 5 minutes to go is just petty. Bunch of muppets. I am now going to walk off grumbling and muttering to myself.

AndyTiedye · **Reply #128 on:** March 13, 2009, 06:42:32 AM

Post your favorite UK sellers here:
http://forum.multitool.org/index.php/topic,9848.0.html

The sellers haven't gone away just because ebay is embargoing knives.
The established ones have their own websites.

MultiMat · **Reply #129 on:** March 13, 2009, 08:15:57 AM

Quote from: AndyTiedye on March 13, 2009, 06:42:32 AM

Post your favorite UK sellers here:
http://forum.multitool.org/index.php/topic,9848.0.html

The sellers haven't gone away just because ebay is embargoing knives.
The established ones have their own websites.

That is a cunning plan Andy, there is no issue with the UK guys using Paypal to buy knives is there ?

Neil · **Reply #130 on:** March 13, 2009, 10:26:07 AM

Quote from: MultiMat on March 13, 2009, 08:15:57 AM

Quote from: AndyTiedye on March 13, 2009, 06:42:32 AM
Post your favorite UK sellers here:
http://forum.multitool.org/index.php/topic,9848.0.html

The sellers haven't gone away just because ebay is embargoing knives.
The established ones have their own websites.

That is a cunning plan Andy, there is no issue with the UK guys using Paypal to buy knives is there ?

Technically no. The only issue is that of age verification. eBay had a reasonable set up in that they did an online verification via credit card to ensure the buyers were not minors.

Realistically no thug is going to choose a SAK as a weapon or for that matter bother to buy one online. What is an issue though is sting operations by trading Standards or even the media

Neil

Craig · **Reply #131 on:** March 13, 2009, 08:42:03 PM

Quote from: AndyTiedye on March 13, 2009, 06:42:32 AM

Post your favorite UK sellers here:
http://forum.multitool.org/index.php/topic,9848.0.html

The sellers haven't gone away just because ebay is embargoing knives.
The established ones have their own websites.

Now that is a good idea

DaveK · **Reply #132 on:** March 14, 2009, 03:23:19 PM

UK sellers are still listing Leatherman tools as recently as last night. Example click here.

WTF is going on? In the last 24 hours, I have bought, and successfully completed the transaction in both cases, a Micra and a Squirt S4 form US sellers. At no point have I even seen a message warning me not to do it, asking me to confirm my age or anything. Is it possible that ebay have decided that these aren't "knives"?

Neil · **Reply #133 on:** March 14, 2009, 03:29:17 PM

Quote from: DaveK on March 14, 2009, 03:23:19 PM

UK sellers are still listing Leatherman tools as recently as last night. Example click here.

WTF is going on? In the last 24 hours, I have bought, and successfully completed the transaction in both cases, a Micra and a Squirt S4 form US sellers. At no point have I even seen a message warning me not to do it, asking me to confirm my age or anything. Is it possible that ebay have decided that these aren't "knives"?

Most likely they are not blocking UK buyers from buying US listings. I have noticed almost no SAKs showing on .uk from US sellers but if you log directy into .com they are there. I successfully listed a SAK on .com the other day and will try a couple more this weekend; hopefully they don't get pulled by nanny. The whole situation is a bit of a joke but I guess that's in order as the ban and the cause of it was a farce in the first place

Neil

Gareth · **Reply #134 on:** March 14, 2009, 03:51:00 PM

I'm still unsure as to what I can and can't do. Am I supposed to be able to log on to .com and buy? If I am then it makes a complete farce of what they are doing (even more so I mean). Remember the root cause of this was some researcher buying knives from America that were dubious here. What then is the point in just banning sales in the UK and Ireland?

Neil · **Reply #135 on:** March 14, 2009, 04:34:12 PM

Quote from: Gareth UK on March 14, 2009, 03:51:00 PM

I'm still unsure as to what I can and can't do. Am I supposed to be able to log on to .com and buy? If I am then it makes a complete farce of what they are doing (even more so I mean). Remember the root cause of this was some researcher buying knives from America that were dubious here. What then is the point in just banning sales in the UK and Ireland?

There is no point $:-\$ Its all just a PR stunt, one that acheives nothing except inconveniencing the likes of us

Neil

DaveK · **Reply #136 on:** March 14, 2009, 05:13:08 PM

The point is that ebay UK need to distract attention from the fact that they have no real control over what their site is used for! Remember that the original reason for this "ban" was that they found the knife laws in the respective countries too complicated to understand, so the easiest thing to do was ban the sale of all knives.

I think we can see that so far, they are struggling to even manage that!

I think Neil's got it about right - this is all a PR stunt so that the tabloid reading, watchdog watching public can see that ebay have banned the sale of these evil weapons.

And the licensed importers who have been ripping us off blind for years will profit even more from it, just to rub salt into the wound.

Gareth · **Reply #137 on:** March 14, 2009, 05:37:23 PM

I understand that it has been a publicity stunt from the start, but I can only see it coming back to bit them in the bum if someone spots that it has been done only half baked.

Ah well, that's their concern and I certainly won't be loosing sleep over it.

DaveK · **Reply #138 on:** March 14, 2009, 05:49:08 PM

That's a good point Gareth - because it really might embarrass them even further.

To think that if they had responded to the Watchdog report by saying something like "Ebay are verry sorry, we will be taking action against those selling illegal weapons on our website, and will be reviewing our monitoring procedures", everyone would have been happy! Watchdog would have had their admission and buggered off to film dodgy plumbers and loan sharks as they're best at!

Instead, this

Grant Lamontagne · **Reply #139 on:** March 16, 2009, 12:27:45 AM

I just read this in an auction for something else:

Quote

DUE to new eBay regulations We can no longer offer Sharpened items for sale in The UK or Ireland. So any Buyers that are located in these locations will be refunded and the transaction canceled.

This is not something we decided to do, this is something that was handed down from eBay.co.uk, We do not agree with the new policy, and the blanket Ban covers items that are completely legal in these countries. eBay has decided its easier to Ban all than to police the improper items.

Def

DaveK · **Reply #140 on:** March 16, 2009, 12:44:52 AM

I hope my stuff gets through

I think the Micra's been posted, fingers crossed......

I f*****g hate ebay at the moment - I really do

Mike, Lord of the Spammers! · **Reply #141 on:** March 16, 2009, 07:11:27 AM

I'm not exactly over fond either

DaveK · **Reply #142 on:** March 16, 2009, 10:02:30 AM

Well, thanks to a tip off from Bob, I have just won and paid for something that was right at the top of my want list, pretty much since I started collecting these things.

When I see the despatch mail - I will relax, until then

MultiMat · **Reply #143 on:** March 16, 2009, 12:12:00 PM

Quote from: DaveK on March 16, 2009, 10:02:30 AM

Well, thanks to a tip off from Bob, I have just won and paid for something that was right at the top of my want list, pretty much since I started collecting these things.

When I see the despatch mail - I will relax, until then

Out with it Sir Collecterlot

What it be

DaveK · **Reply #144 on:** March 16, 2009, 12:53:19 PM

Quote from: MultiMat on March 16, 2009, 12:12:00 PM

Quote from: DaveK on March 16, 2009, 10:02:30 AM
Well, thanks to a tip off from Bob, I have just won and paid for something that was right at the top of my want list, pretty much since I started collecting these things.

When I see the despatch mail - I will relax, until then

Out with it Sir Collecterlot
What it be

Oh come on

How many things could really be at the top of my list? Not just near it - at the very, very summit*

* Of tools that were in general production - not the £20,000 ones obviously!

MultiMat · **Reply #145 on:** March 16, 2009, 01:05:43 PM

Is it a LM?
If yes , is it a Juice?

If NO , I have NFI , I can not keep up with your incoming tools let alone the tools you still want

DaveK · **Reply #146 on:** March 16, 2009, 01:13:33 PM

Excellent

Yes it's a Leatherman but no - it ain't a camo Juice, although one of those would be top of the list after this arrives safely

MultiMat · **Reply #147 on:** March 16, 2009, 01:19:23 PM

I just Fu##ing got it , did you out bid me on a PST 'Personal Survival Tool' .

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MEDWX:IT&item=190292285463

DaveK · **Reply #148 on:** March 16, 2009, 01:39:58 PM

Quote from: MultiMat on March 16, 2009, 01:19:23 PM

I just Fu##ing got it , did you out bid me on a PST 'Personal Survival Tool' .
http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MEDWX:IT&item=190292285463

Oops.

Neil · **Reply #149 on:** March 18, 2009, 08:57:12 PM

Just tried to bid on a SAK on ebay.com and got this message...

Quote

Dear Buyer

To prevent the circumvention of the eBay.co.uk and eBay.ie Weapon and Knives policy, it is not possible for you to bid on, or buy this item.

Thank you for your understanding.

eBay Trust & Safety

I'll give them understanding. The bunch of smurfing half brained fools.

smurfs the lot of 'em

Neil

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