Ebay mistake purchases... what you got ?

What length is the crank arm, and does anyone know if any Shimano one's fit. I have an Ultegra one thats 175mm long that I replaced with a power meter that I don't need any more.

I think, but couldn't swear on it, that all Shimano cranks from the last ~10+ years are Hollowtech II.

arm on this is a 165mm.... i'm pretty sure just about any will fit as long as HT2 yeah.

I assumed this was going to be another bike 😂

This takes some beating

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2009/may/22/toddler-buys-digger-internet

I've bought a lot of bits over the years mind you that didn't fit because I didn't read the description properly, or turned out to only be half what I needed.

I've got a sink in the shed, new in box, because I didn't do my inch conversion correctly so it won't fit where I wanted it, well not if I want to open the door anyway.

Got a single speed chain that I forgot to remove from my basket. It is for a BMX that I no longer have.

bought a LED floodlight the other day. Apart from I didn't, I bought and LED floodlight stand. without the light.

:-/

Bought a crowbar, but didn’t read the description properly, it’s 5’ long. For a job in the bathroom.

https://www.swinnertoncycles.co.uk/shimano-chainset-spares-fc-r3000-left-hand-crank-arm-165-mm-p66837

Probably more than you paid for the other arm and rings though?

Annoyingly I have a mountain of spare crank arms I would have gladly given you, but none are 165mm because I’m not a 4’2 high child/woman/dwarfism sufferer 🤣🤣🤣🤣

From the other perspective, just 'sold' a bike and received from the 'buyer' "hey dude, forgot I bid on this. I've bought something else so don't need it."

So that's my 80% off selling fee blown, and back on eBay for another 7 days.

Grrrrr...

Well this is topical

Anyone want a brand new Scott scale 925? I have one coming that I probably don’t need

I also have a hangover

I bought a frame last week, which seemed like a bargain, its virtually unused

I have quite a bit of stuff to fit it BUT now I have to buy some forks, a saddle, a stem, a wide range cassette a bottom bracket to replace the stupid DUB one and a new cartridge for an old dropper!

Its kind of a mistake, but a good one

https://flic.kr/p/2oqt9YJ

55mm chainline cranks when I wanted 52m.

In my defense they were advertised as 7100 "boost" and I got confused.

So that’s my 80% off selling fee blown, and back on eBay for another 7 days.

Drop Cs a line, they're often very good about reinstating the offers on a non payment item.

Its kind of a mistake, but a good one

That looks like a good mistake!

@weeksy If it’s any good to you, I’ve just taken that same crankset off of my commuter in 170 flavour

Will probably end up rotting away in a box otherwise

https://ibb.co/tmBSHnf
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Bargain Logitech K380 from Amazon warehouse for £16
with Italian layout 🤦‍♂️

Thought I'd ordered a roll of white electrical tape...I'd ordered a 5cm sample.
Thought it was a bit cheap.

Got 2 v4 brake pads bought in error - I have e4 brakes.
Of course my meticulous first in first out spares box organisation meant I had exceeded the returns period (crc not eBay) by the time I discovered my error.

Got a mahjong set. Which is quite complicated at the best of times, but I fancied learning. It turned up and it was a travel set, where all the tiles are about 2cm tall. I never learned to play.

Speaker stands instead of the speakers. Ended up keeping them and buying the speakers because they were quite nice.

I accidentally bought several hundred quids worth of power rack and accessories (the dangers of browsing eBay late at night).

I even managed to go through the whole PayPal process and paid for the bloody stuff. I have absolutely no recollection of doing any of this so can only assume a well-placed thumb hit a few buttons as I nodded off.

A very apologetic message was sent to the seller the next morning.

I was once stood with a mate in the pub when he suddenly said “oh Bollox…” he’d just accidentally bought a massively jacked-up on steroids Landrover Discovery off road ****er-mobile. Lesson learnt - never browse eBay whilst pissed. To be fair it was a bargain (no doubt because it was so horrendously modified).

Odi grips, seller didn’t mention they didn’t have the locking collars, and they cost nearly as much as the grips!

jimfrandisco
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Thought I’d ordered a roll of white electrical tape…I’d ordered a 5cm sample.
Thought it was a bit cheap.

Who needs a sample of electrical tape?

I once bid £12k on a camera thinking I'd bid 1.2. Won the item easily... and thankfully not too many other bids!