Guest Blog: My ebay triumphs sit in corners gathering dust

Hi everyone, I’d like to welcome you to our latest Guest Blog, and today the guest blogger is none other than …me…your very own Charlie Bray, le patron of the Indietribe.

You see, as far back as I can remember, I’ve been obsessed by humour and funny books. Whilst I love every minute I spend working on the Indietribe website, I also miss my daily dose of rib-tickling, side-splitting, laugh out loud, coffee-spluttering mirth.

So I’ve set up a second blog, Village Idiot Club, to provide a regular dose of hearty laughter. We can all use a daily chuckle, and I really hope you’ll check my blog out, and even follow it, so that you never miss a giggle. And I promise you there’ll be lots of ‘em.

So please sit back and enjoy my first Village Idiot Club post:

 

 

I’ve got a bit of a problem with ebay. I don’t know what I want until I’ve got it – and when I’ve got it, I find I don’t really want it

Does this ring any bells with anyone out there? Don’t tell me I’m the only idiot on the planet who bids with tunnel-vision,  intent on grinding other bidders into the dust. When the red mist descends it becomes less about procuring the desired item, and more about winning – at all costs!

And some of the costs have been formidable.

I once paid a fortune for a macro lens for my S.L.R. camera, the desire for one being born whilst watching David Attenborough capturing an array of mini-beasts on film. Duly set-up, in more ways than one, I trekked around nearby woods, lugging an old tripod, various reference books, and my newly acquired lens. I spent the day tripping over, dropping my camera and capturing blurry shots of butterflies, caterpillars and slugs.

Ever since, the lens has sat on a shelf staring back at me, defying me to take it out again. Well, no way – stare all you like.

I only have to listen to Motown on the radio, and I’m there, bidding away for a scratched first pressing of a Diana Ross classic. Problem there is that vinyl is not much use without a record player. But then again, I’m sure to be able to bid over the odds for one on ebay.

Given that there are idiots like me prepared to buy anything, it’s hardly surprising that ebay has spawned a plethora of salesmen, offering the most bizarre items for sale. I know some-one who rips celebrity interviews from Sunday supplements and offers them at a starting price of £2.50! Reduces his paper bill nicely.

Did you know you can even buy a jet fighter plane on ebay. You could save a fortune on holiday flights, are unlikely to lose your luggage and you could always buzz a slow-flying, petrol-saving Ryanair plane en route. Mind you, they’d probably charge you a supplement to do that.

Someone should really write a book about idiots and ebay. Oh, hang on, I just did.

Available from Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk

You never know, it might improve your online auction skills.

Talk again soon, Happy Bidding.

I really hope you enjoyed the first post from my new blog. Please pop across now and follow it. It will really help me to make it work and spread a bit of laughter across what can be quite a dismal world. Let’s all LAUGH OUT LOUD AT LIFE!