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Paul Johnson · Posted: Sun May 31, 2015 8:30 pm Post subject: bargain on ebay

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Gras.....1c53d22442

Shocked

thegers · Joined: 05 Jul 2014 Posts: 137

and the postage is only £4.20 Shocked

There was a guy round the corner from me who years ago had a bit of the wembley pitch from the Scotland game in 1977, mind you that was when Scotland were worth watching.

martino · Posted: Sun May 31, 2015 8:40 pm Post subject:

The seller is probably the Groundsman.
Laughing

Tynie Topics · Joined: 26 Nov 2009 Posts: 3570

I have a bit of Fortuna Dusseldorf's pitch in a pot in my back garden (long story).

I'll sell for £100 Laughing

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Wullie · Joined: 10 Jun 2009 Posts: 3423

Daftest thing I've seen yet. I notice ticket stubs and the free scarves every Arsenal fan had on their seat are fetching a hefty price. This always seems to happen a day or two after every final now . Why not wait six months down the line and pick them up for peanuts ? A good way for fans to recoup some of the mega cost of a ticket tough.

derby1884 · Posted: Sun May 31, 2015 9:38 pm Post subject:

£200 for some grass?

Would it make my Grateful Dead albums sound any better?
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Wullie · Joined: 10 Jun 2009 Posts: 3423

If you want to see utter madness search eBay 2015 F A Cup scarf. Tick Completed listings . Anything from £15 to £120 being paid. Many at the moment with £70 plus bids with newly listed for £15 Bins Laughing

Of course we are serious collectors on the forum and wouldn't dream of such stupidity , but you can have a laugh.... in fact I was in a bedroom bandit mood and was going to buy a scarf , ticket and flag for £20 but it went in a flash. By the time I relisted in a week or so I doubt i'd get £20

SeasideMark · Joined: 24 Oct 2014 Posts: 612

Seems this daft item has been removed now!

Wullie · Joined: 10 Jun 2009 Posts: 3423

I have noticed a trend on eBay after a major final of tickets and flags etc. selling on eBay for very large sums. Maybe many are buying from abroad ? It's seriously worth thinking about hanging outside Wembley after a final and seeing what you can pick up. If I lived near I would definitely have a try . People may laugh but if one discarded ticket can bring £20 ? The changing face of the game ? People no longer throw away stuff but put it on eBay ?

Eck · Joined: 25 Aug 2012 Posts: 2548

I'm hoping Bilel Moshni's right boot appears on ebay, they will have to remove it from Lee Erwin's crevice first though.
Laughing

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sC7n3VOeqwM

bisphamseasider · Joined: 02 Jun 2009 Posts: 2731 Location: Blackpool

Paul Johnson wrote:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Grass-From-FA-Cup-Final-Wembley-2015-/121665365058?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item1c53d22442

Shocked

Absolute joke.

Surely it had to have been a wind up.

Tynie Topics · Joined: 26 Nov 2009 Posts: 3570

Eck wrote:

I'm hoping Bilel Moshni's right boot appears on ebay, they will have to remove it from Lee Erwin's crevice first though.
Laughing

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sC7n3VOeqwM

He's better at punching than Cammy Bell Laughing

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bobholl29 · Joined: 30 Apr 2009 Posts: 103 Location: Stockport

Must be Jack Wilshere selling this.

The language used and comments about the Spurs, have no place on ebay.

Doesn't deserve to sell it

Eck · Joined: 25 Aug 2012 Posts: 2548

Tynie Topics wrote:

Eck wrote:

I'm hoping Bilel Moshni's right boot appears on ebay, they will have to remove it from Lee Erwin's crevice first though.
Laughing

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sC7n3VOeqwM

He's better at punching than Cammy Bell Laughing

I've had that one all day from my soap dodger friends on facebook mate.
Get My Coat

treble99 · Joined: 31 May 2010 Posts: 998 Location: manchester

what am i missing here with grass on offer and scarves actually selling for straddling £100

The dealers and the plenty of bedroom bandits on here who find it ridiculous that these items are selling for these prices need to step back and think "i must be a cunt for not making close to the same profits from people who do't even pretend to be a trader"
Do you guys not understand opportunism and trends and profit
After all do people not sell a nickers worth of 50/50 scarf to a friendly tourist outside the Emirates and Old Trafford and the Bridge etc etc etc for a tenner
Whatever next
You might see a cheap pot mug being sold from behind a garden wall to a mug with a fiver at the Emirates

pompeypete · Forum Moderator Joined: 17 Sep 2009 Posts: 1094

derby1884 wrote:

£200 for some grass?

Would it make my Grateful Dead albums sound any better?

Wrong sort of grass steve.........
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dvsgooner · Joined: 14 Sep 2012 Posts: 61 Location: Norway

Wullie wrote:

Daftest thing I've seen yet. I notice ticket stubs and the free scarves every Arsenal fan had on their seat are fetching a hefty price. This always seems to happen a day or two after every final now . Why not wait six months down the line and pick them up for peanuts ? A good way for fans to recoup some of the mega cost of a ticket tough.

As a collector all of that seemed pretty worthless to me, so I threw it in the bin. Mostly because I consider anything with the post 2002 Arsenal badge rubbish. It never crossed my mind though to sell it on ebay to some desperate fool...

I didn't buy the programme either in fear of damaging it during the match. I bought it last year and it was soaked at the end! I'll try to get it on the cheap one day.

And I doubt any grass is worth something at all without COA. How has that seller 100% rating? He has 1 negative feedback out of 14.
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Paul Johnson · Posted: Mon Jun 01, 2015 6:56 pm Post subject:

bobholl29 wrote:

Must be Jack Wilshere selling this.

The language used and comments about the Spurs, have no place on ebay.

Doesn't deserve to sell it

what?

goonerboy · Joined: 24 Aug 2009 Posts: 1047

Wullie wrote:

I have noticed a trend on eBay after a major final of tickets and flags etc. selling on eBay for very large sums. Maybe many are buying from abroad ? It's seriously worth thinking about hanging outside Wembley after a final and seeing what you can pick up. If I lived near I would definitely have a try . People may laugh but if one discarded ticket can bring £20 ? The changing face of the game ? People no longer throw away stuff but put it on eBay ?

In fact there was a guy on wembley way after the match with a placard asking for match tickets. As you said above the key to success is putting the items up early with short auction time or BIN in order to feed the immediate buying frenzy. After a couple of weeks the prices will be negligible. After the semi I sold 2 tickets within 12 hours for £15-20. After a week they were barely reaching £2-3.

Tynie Topics · Joined: 26 Nov 2009 Posts: 3570

This happens with Scotland away games all the time. Those collectors who do not attend the matches and/or who do not have the contacts to get them, cannot be sure just what sort of supply is going to be coming back so when those who secure programmes at the game immediately list a few on ebay via their mobile on a short auction, they can go for silly prices, same with tickets.

I’ve seen programmes make it to three figures in the week after the game, but after a few months its less than a tenner, Croatia and Serbia being recent examples.

This Arsenal stuff is just tat, but fair play to the bedroom bandits for taking advantage of the market.
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