It must be the friends I keep, but why are they all on the look out for a bargain? After the free bowling ball escapade, another such episode came to light last night.
I'd popped down to see a friend who is due to run the London marathon this weekend (see shameless plug), I'd gone down to give him his sponsorship money and to wish him luck. I was chatting away when his wife said, "has he told you about his latest purchase?". Of course he hadn't, so I had to ask.
It turns out that he'd been trawling ebay for bargains and he came across a piano for 99p ($2) so he bought it.
It then cost him £50 ($100) to hire a trailer to pick it up and £40 in petrol to drive there and back. The downside to this is that it is now sitting in his garage gathering dust. There's no real room in his house for it, neither he nor his wife really play and his kids are far too young to start learning, but it was a bargain.
Personally I don't get ebay, it just seems like people exchanging a load of old junk.
