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Re: eBay midlands group

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From: kraftee
Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2005 21:46
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Dawn wrote:
> Shaun O'Keefe wrote:
>> Why not join our midlands eBay group :-)
>
> Is it just me, or does anyone else think that eBay is just an online
> jumble sale? Not that I have anything against jumble sales - I can
> often be found rummaging about in charity shops - but it seems to me
> that there are a lot of people who are happy to use eBay, but
> wouldn't be seen dead at Oxfam. Its the same thing, isn't it? You're
> buying someone else's cast-offs? So why is buying from eBay alright,
> while buying from a charity shop is something that only old ladies
> who smell of lavender and mint imperials do?

You forgot the permeating smell of incontinence pads, partial hidden by the 
smell of Dove which hasn't been rinsed off properly......... 
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