The Great £5 eBay Challenge.

Mimi · **Joined:** 27th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 26066

EDIT: OK, this is happening. Please can anyone who wants to take part please PM me their address by midday on Monday 3rd September, and I'll assign partners that afternoon.

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I was wondering if there would be any interest in taking part in what I would call ‘The Great £5 eBay Challenge’?
Here’s my idea. There’s a bit of a lull between summer and the cottage in October, followed by Christmas, and I wondered if folks wanted to do something inexpensive and fun?

My idea is that we have a challenge where anyone who decides to take part would be given another participating forumite to find and send a gift to from eBay for the grand sum of up to £5. There is no great ‘exploring what your partner might like’ to worry about – we all kind of know each other here, and something fun, inexpensive and interesting will suffice.
It will be a quick challenge, with the gift needing to be bought and paid for one week after the names go out. Obviously you can have the seller send directly to the recipient, so there should be no worries about additional time/cost needed to go to the Post Office.

FAQ ( Guessed at – as if any questions have been asked)

Will it be like a secret Santa? Not really, mostly because the partners won’t be a secret (for ease of a quick and easy to organise activity, so we can chase any lost packages up).

Does the £5 include shipping? I’m leaving this totally up to the discretion of the buyer. The point is, nobody should feel obliged to spend more than £5.

What if I don’t win the thing I am bidding on? If you want to use auctions to bid on an item that’s fine, though I guess a lot of people will use Buy It Now items. What I will say is that you should have a couple of BIN options in case the thing you are bidding for falls through/goes above expected price.
OK, just gauging interest. I thought it would be a fun little thing to do to raise a smile at BEEX.

Mimi · **Joined:** 27th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 26066

Oh, and I was thinking if folks were interested I would organise the names next Monday to be purchased by the following Monday. Really looking for something quick and fun.

Trooper · **Joined:** 4th Mar, 2010 **Posts:** 22391

<searches for the biggest thing you can possibly buy for a fiver>

I'm in.

Goddess Jasmine · **Posted:** Thu Aug 30, 2012 13:45

I'll play, but remember to always check with the seller, some will only send to the PayPal address.

myp · **Posted:** Thu Aug 30, 2012 13:45

I am happy to donate £5 to a charity of my mark's choosing.

Mr Russell · **Joined:** 6th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 12334

I'm in.

Zardoz · **Posted:** Thu Aug 30, 2012 13:55

The Last Salmon Man wrote:

I am happy to donate £5 to a charity of my mark's choosing.

What if you don't get Mark?

Mimi · **Joined:** 27th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 26066

Ok, there's already enough people to make it at least worth doing, so please anyone who wants to take part, could you PM me your address by midday on Monday 3rd September, and I'll sort out partners that afternoon.

Cheers

Goddess Jasmine · **Posted:** Thu Aug 30, 2012 14:10

Does it have to be eBay? Can we use play/Etsy/amazon, etc..?

Mimi · **Joined:** 27th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 26066

You want to use Amazon for an eBay challenge?

I don't have a problem with it, but I wanted something distinct from Secret Santa. Any string feelings on this from anyone else?

myp · **Posted:** Thu Aug 30, 2012 14:16

Mimi wrote:

Any string feelings on this from anyone else?

Should go on the parcel.

Trooper · **Joined:** 4th Mar, 2010 **Posts:** 22391

I'm more of a rope man myself.

Trooper · **Joined:** 4th Mar, 2010 **Posts:** 22391

Ebay challenge should only be for ebay purchases I say.

Mimi · **Joined:** 27th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 26066

Trooper wrote:

Ebay challenge should only be for ebay purchases I say.

I think this keeps it simple.

Alberto · **Joined:** 28th Jan, 2011 **Posts:** 1198

Mimi wrote:

Trooper wrote:

Ebay challenge should only be for ebay purchases I say.

I think this keeps it simple.

Mimi organising it keeps it simple.

Malc · **Posted:** Thu Aug 30, 2012 15:42

I don't like using ebay

Malc

Mimi · **Joined:** 27th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 26066

Malc wrote:

I don't like using ebay

Malc

Maybe The Great eBay Challenge is not for you, then? Unless you want to make an exception for this, of course.

Malc · **Posted:** Thu Aug 30, 2012 18:37

I want to be involved, I've used ebay 3 times, and got "stung" twice, so don't really want to use it again

Malc

Trooper · **Joined:** 4th Mar, 2010 **Posts:** 22391

Malc wrote:

I want to be involved, I've used ebay 3 times, and got "stung" twice, so don't really want to use it again

Malc

You should have tried to buy this
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/120971802895

Mimi · **Joined:** 27th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 26066

I know I have a few folk's addresses already from other things, but even if I already have your address, if you want to take part please can you re-send me your address a) in case I have lost it (likely) and b) because it gives me a definitive 'in' from you (for this reason I have even got Mr Russell to send me his address, so that I don't forget to count him in hen organising partners.

Cheers, m'dears.

Mimi · **Joined:** 27th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 26066

Alberto wrote:

Mimi wrote:

Trooper wrote:

Ebay challenge should only be for ebay purchases I say.

I think this keeps it simple.

Mimi organising it keeps it simple.

Join, Alberto. Fun times are to be had.

Mr Russell · **Joined:** 6th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 12334

Mimi wrote:

hen organising partners.

Mimi · **Joined:** 27th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 26066

Addresses by Monday, lovely folks.

Mimi · **Joined:** 27th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 26066

I'm going to sort this out after I have cooked and eaten tea, so anyone who hasn't yet emailed me their address and wants to join, do so now, please, and I'll get that done after we have finished eating :kiss:

Trooper · **Joined:** 4th Mar, 2010 **Posts:** 22391

<cough>

Mimi · **Joined:** 27th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 26066

Just a reminder that these should be paid for in the next day or two, folks

Trooper · **Joined:** 4th Mar, 2010 **Posts:** 22391

Ummmm.... what?

Shouldn't I have had a person that i'm buying for or something?

Mimi · **Joined:** 27th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 26066

You are special.

Shall PM you now x

Grim... · **Posted:** Tue Sep 11, 2012 23:31

Mine is coming from lands afar, so I'm not sure when it will turn up.

It's ordered, though!

Mr Russell · **Joined:** 6th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 12334

Mine should be in the postal system!

TheVision · **Posted:** Wed Sep 12, 2012 9:22

Mine has been posted... to me. The seller forgot that I wanted a different address on there.

Trooper · **Joined:** 4th Mar, 2010 **Posts:** 22391

Due to the unique way in which The Great £5 eBay Challenge is funded, one random person will be receiving 2 gifts.
Who will it be, I wonder? And what amazing gifts will they receive?

Mr Russell · **Joined:** 6th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 12334

TheVision wrote:

Mine has been posted... to me. The seller forgot that I wanted a different address on there.

Sterling work, mystery eBay seller!

Goddess Jasmine · **Posted:** Wed Sep 12, 2012 13:05

I appear to have a package. I have no idea how to get into said package.

Mimi · **Joined:** 27th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 26066

Trooper wrote:

Due to the unique way in which The Great £5 eBay Challenge is funded, one random person will be receiving 2 gifts.
Who will it be, I wonder? And what amazing gifts will they receive?

that was a particularly genius part of my master plan...

Goddess Jasmine · **Posted:** Wed Sep 12, 2012 17:15

I received a purple rubber package. There was no middle bit to tear open and it seemed to be heat sealed at both ends.

Goddess Jasmine · **Posted:** Wed Sep 12, 2012 17:20

I convinced myself it would be okay to snip it open at one end, and found some blue tissue paper inside.

Goddess Jasmine · **Posted:** Wed Sep 12, 2012 17:22

Magnets! (they seem to be football and kitchen themed).

Thank you whoever my non-Santa is.

Mr Russell · **Joined:** 6th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 12334

Now you can argue with Joan's using the fridge

Mimi · **Joined:** 27th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 26066

MrRussell sent you mouthwash? A bit harsh...

Goddess Jasmine · **Posted:** Wed Sep 12, 2012 17:50

Mr Russell wrote:

Now you can argue with Joan's using the fridge

I'd just hit him with it.

Goddess Jasmine · **Posted:** Wed Sep 12, 2012 17:51

Mimi wrote:

MrRussell sent you mouthwash? A bit harsh...

Heh, it was the first thing I could see of the right size to obscure my address. Got them everywhere while my mouth heals. :-(

myp · **Posted:** Wed Sep 12, 2012 18:02

You twee bastard.

Mimi · **Joined:** 27th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 26066

Goddess Jasmine wrote:

Mr Russell wrote:

Now you can argue with Joan's using the fridge

I'd just hit him with it.

what, with the fridge?!

Goddess Jasmine · **Posted:** Wed Sep 12, 2012 19:59

Joans · **Joined:** 31st Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 8655

TheVision · **Posted:** Wed Sep 12, 2012 21:43

I got four tubs of Play-Doh. After making the obligatory cock and balls, I made this. Step aside Nick Park.

Thank you secret eBay buyer. :kiss:

Goddess Jasmine · **Posted:** Wed Sep 12, 2012 21:53

Dimrill · **Posted:** Sun Sep 16, 2012 20:18

Ah, that's Anne Robinson from the last Watchdog, I believe.

Zardoz · **Posted:** Sun Sep 16, 2012 20:45

MaliA with a 'tache.

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The Great £5 eBay Challenge.
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