I must admit I hoped not to have to pay £50 for it, but knew that EBay would only make my bid just over the previous highest bid, which was £35.
But what I didn’t know was whether that £35 bid was from someone who had put a max bid of (say) £60, but showed as £35 as the previous highest had been £34. In which case, my bid wouldn’t have won and the guy who has bid £60 would have got it for £51.
Did I overpay at £36? Dunno, it’s fully refurbished and returnable if it doesn’t work, has the original box and instructions, and an extension pipe to make access to kingpins easier.
My fear would have been paying £20 and then finding it didn’t work properly, and then having to find and pay for someone to refurbish it for me. So this one seemed to be a simple solution.
As a complete aside, the seller called me regarding dispatch (like I asked him to) and was a very interesting chap. He used to have a Rover dealership in Gants Hill until the mid 70’s when Rover moved away from their traditional market and introduced the SD1. He reckoned it was a nightmare car with loads of build quality issues and complaints and so he sold up! He’s 76 now and spends his time buying the tools and fittings from small garages that are closing down and refurbishing the tools and selling them on eBay.
