Here’s a fact to make the internet generation feel old: online auction site eBay is approaching its 20th birthday. In a few short days, the place for selling off your old clothes or a coffee cup once used by Jeremy Corbyn is officially old enough to be considered an adult in Japan or vote in Bahrain, if it were a person, which it is not.
To celebrate twenty years of wheeling, dealing, and things you bought accidentally after bidding for them when slightly drunk, we want to hear about all your eBay triumphs and disasters.
My own eBay tales are pretty dull. I once bought a job-lot of Wimpy badges - apparently still a popular seller’s item - and I’ve been lucky enough to pick up a few second hand bicycles, which have been exactly as described and lovingly handed on by cycling enthusiasts. I had to go to darkest Surrey to pick up a second hand Dawes Galaxy, from a lovely gentleman who had cycled it across Spain and seemed loath to let go of it. My colleague’s friend excitedly ordered some vintage tins for her wedding day preparation - they arrived after the wedding.
And were for dolls’ houses.
We’re sure you can do much, much better than this. We want to see your images of your brilliant / terrible items, and for you to tell us the stories behind them. We’ll stick the best / worst tales together in an article to celebrate this important online anniversary.
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