I’d also be getting in touch with the buyer to let them know that you’ve sent the goods and would be grateful for their safe return.
The (hopeful) lack of response from them will work in your favour too in the eyes of Paypal. If they do respond positively, you should get the goods back.

I think the only course you’ve got is to speak with Paypal, explain to them that the Ebay account and Paypal account match up, at which point in the process the buyer contacted you, that you have sent the goods to the address of the buyer and followed all their guidelines as a seller and still you’ve been shafted as you’re out of pocket and goods. Detail all the communications and deal with facts, not opinions. Ask them how it sounds to them.
I had a dodgy buyer through Paypal a while ago, the money was frozen and then returned after a bit of toing and froing. Paypal don’t always find in the buyers favour.

It might also be an expensive lesson.

That sound a bit more in your favour. It now sounds like the buyer had second thoughts, got fed up of waiting and bought from somewhere else.
I wouldn’t worry about the lack of comms or the time delay, they still promised to pay. I would think it highly unlikely that both Ebay and Paypal accounts were hacked.
Try and call Paypal and talk it through with them, just givng them facts and getting them to explain what they think.
They’re not as bad as some peole make out to deal with.

Good luck.

How do the delivery address and the Paypal details match up?

Could you clarify that the buyer actually paid?

Play it cool.
Put in the offer you want and wait.
Tell the agent that if the cash offer falls through, you’ll be ready to proceed.
There’ll be other houses and you need to show the seller this and be prepared to walk away.

The new van is called Farrah because it’s a Mo-Farrah-vano, and it takes us Mo – far – away. My last bike was called Rubix as it was a Cube, my current bikes just use their model names, need to have a think about this!

Whatever you do, please promise that you’ll never buy a Cove.

Nevertheless, the title word is reminiscent of vagina, or vagazzle, which is somewhat unnecessary.

Probably says more about how your mind works than anything.

Can’t wait till the thread disappears entirely

I bet you’re a right little party animal.

Great thread and inspirational to many, including me, as I’m now considering getting a van to convert.
Keep up the good work sazter.

I watched it hiding behind Stoner.

The information was smuggled out in a knockwurst, down the trousers of a cafe owner disguised as a french peasant woman.

Good moaning!

Who’s Godwin Slaw?

What do the few people you know that use them have to say on the matter?
I like this game.

Well ok. If we are playing that game….

I never claimed you did say it.

It’s not impossible to have both.

I didn’t say it was.

To be honest I hadn’t asked anyone to do any work as what I’ve seen has been such a bad starting point that I’m not interested.

I think I’d rather start from a position where I can see the condition of the car, and cosmetic stuff is pretty easy to rectify, rather than look at shiny stuff where I have no idea of how it may have been mistreated. At the end of the day it’s only a car and the most imprtant bit is how it works and not how it looks.
EDIT: Go and have a chat with them, if they refuse to do the work you can then come back and call them @#$%!!!, and I’d be likely to agree with you.

… It’s become very apparent that Nottingham is awash with forecourts full of motors that have clearly just been bought at auction, cleaned and then stuck on a forecourt with an extra 2-3k on them.
EVERYTHING seems to be battered, wheels peeling interior rips or keyed and buffed out so you can still see it etc etc

Isn’t this a cash flow thing? What’s the point of paying up front for repairs that are going to sit on the forecourt for months on end? Chances are that they sub out all this work rather than paying staff. Or are you talking to the dealers and they’re refusing to tart up the motors for you.

Thanks jp-t385 – I may do that after the weekend if that’s ok. Going to have a ‘chat’ with the owners first.

I’d do this.

I’d also wanting to breakdown what they consider to be goodwill. Customers left because of trading hours. What makes you think they’ll come back? The barnd obviously isn’t that strong otherwise the customers would be going out of their way to buy. Anything else?
At the end of the day it’s what you think it’s worth and what you think the business is worth and it’s like any other purchase. The sellers shouldn’t be offended by an offer, it’s business. Get them to justify the figure they’re asking, then make a decision.

Why is it making a loss? And how is this connected to the goodwill?
What is the make up of the goodwill?

Lamborghinis concept looks pretty tidy though

Lambo 4×4? Always had a soft spot for the LM002.

So st mary’s to every one else?

Never new that existed!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_long_place_names

Full name: Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch (58 letters)
Short-forms: Llanfair PG (10 letters), Llanfairpwll (12 letters) or Llanfairpwllgwyngyll (20 letters)
Location: Isle of Anglesey, Wales, United Kingdom
Language: Welsh
Translation: “Saint Mary’s Church in a hollow of white hazel near the swirling whirlpool of the church of Saint Tysilio with a red cave”
Notes: The longest official one-word placename in Europe
I only count 51 letters. :|

same expensive windows imported from Germany,

I don’t see why this is used negatively. The Germans are so much further ahead than the UK in regard to building products, along with many other things, that it’s a no brainer sourcing from there.
Perhaps we should settle for second or third best UK products?
We all know how crap British homes are, don’t we?

I’m off to get a baby on board sign for the car. It should mean less hassle when I park in the parent/child bay at the supermarket. It’s always a pita having to justify why I park there, now I can just point smugly at the sticker.

I think this country probably needs more people like him pushing and fighting for quality rather than accepting the the lower grade crap that we do. A far more beautiful building than your typical housing estate property. A future classic and probably the sort of building that Kevin McCloud was thinking about when devising Grand Design.

Low level of grammar and spelling tells me all I need to know about the education behind these comments, sadly. :(

That’s a future Barcelona Pavilion, Farnsworth or dare I say it, Villa Savoye.
Stunning.

That’s a fair old batchelor pad.
Proportions look good, even though it’s huge, and it does look quite stunning.

Top Gear is dead.
Long live Top Gear.

Doesn’t Hackett have a specific meaning to some of our friends up in Scotland?

Pretty much as everyone says about the trees.
The one thing that would wind me up is that yellow kerb stone. I’d be moving it one or two places to the right in order to have proper access to the drive.

Not been to Camden Town then?
10 Jamestown Road, Camden, London NW1 7BY

I ran an XC90 for 8 yrs from new. Without question, the best family car I’ve ever owned. Superb design with a depth to the engineering that you only appreciate with ownership. Downsides are tyre wear on front nearside tyre (becaeuse it pivots that side on roundabouts – contintental ones wear on the “other” side (nothing to do with tracking) and mpg/engine refinement at idle. There’s also a momentary delay when pulling off (fixed by a Volvo approved software update to engine management). German cars I’ve owned have higher perceived quality when sat in cabin and, whilst undoubtedly well made, are no more reliable in my experience. If you already own an estate, you’ll already know about the legendary front seats – utterly amazing on a long journey, the industrial strength heater/aircon. Every car I’ve owned in the past 10yrs had had xenons but the steerable ones on the XC90 seemed way better (may be more to do with height, because the replacement bulb must be pretty standard). Even the reversing lights lit up a dark driveway very well. In the winter you can operate all the controls wearing gloves and the dashboard is very clear and easy to operate without taking eyes off the road (wish I could say the same about the touchscreen in the new one). You’ll appreciate the height over the estate – great for viewing ahead over the hedgerows on country lanes. The rear seats are reasy easy to tuck away and get out – again v well thought out. The upgraded Danish hifi is brilliant and the integrated child seats, the work of genius. If you get a good independant, the running costs aren’t bad and a mechanic friend of mine loves working on them because you can get at the bits and quality engineering. At 8 yrs old, the paint finish on mine was pristine (it was looked after though, I’ll admit). Admission time – I only bought it initially because I had to seat 6, needed ability to drive up rutted farm track and snow and XC90 ticked the boxes. It was in some ways a reluctant purchase because its predecessor was a German performance car and I hated the whole “boring Volvo” image. It was a revelation. Big fan. Seriously considering the new one. Most owners are full of praise and hang on to them for a long time, which says it all.

8O
You work for Volvo marketing dept, don’t you?

Can’t go wrong with walking trousers.

So far, the XC90 is winning, with the Disco in a close second. Will have a look at the Santa Fe, but it would need to do very well to sway me now…

Third option should be a Shogun or Prado and not a Santa Fe, especially if the point to point is a consideration.

I’d pay £20 to drive around the Coventry ring road, not at rush hour obvs.

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Those Humvees though. :lol:
You’ve convinced me now that the Humvees might not be a good idea. How do I become more like you?
Do I laugh at things I don’t like? Or things I don’t understand? Or both? If someone doesn’t like me laughing at them, are they then allowed to laugh at me?
How does this work?

I’m a bit less keen on the “works in Millets” look.

I read this thread and couldn’t work out where the negativity came from. this is it, isn’t it? Snobbery from the fact that you look down on Millets employees.

I have happily worn my 3/4 Endura Humvees around town without being pilloried.

I would happily wear those trousers around town OP and not give a fig what people thought. I’d be more inclined to wear them knowing what people think of them now. :twisted:

NO.
Charlie Webster has it. Chrissie Hynde needs help and support to understand that she did nothing wrong and not to be lambasted for not fully understanding her position.
http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/charlie-webster/chrissie-hynde_b_8076056.html?utm_hp_ref=uk&ncid=tweetlnkushpmg00000067

Scammers are people too. :(

Don’t forget you should be changing hands at 99.
Or am I thinnking of something else?

Captainsasquatch is an enormous tit.

See what I mean.
Well thought out constructive critisism from Rorschach, well it is compared to the usual level of drivel he comes out with.