Tonight I was playing with the iphone, and it has an Ebay app from MoneySavingExpert. You enter your postcode, and the app searches Ebay for items for sale which are collection only, the theory being that you stand more chance of winning with a local collection as potential buyers are fewer.
Anyway, saw a Sky+ HD box with remote control ending in 20 minutes: no bids, so I took the plunge,placed a bid, and won the kit for the princely sum of 99p.
Went and got it all, and the remote control is in good condition, and even came with working batteries: result! But the fun story doesn't end there: as I got out of the car I found £1 on the road, so by my thinking, I made a penny profit. At least, I would have, if I hadn't had an idea - out with the screwdriver, opened up the unwanted Sky box, and out came a 500 GB Seagate hard drive, which people are selling on Ebay for £15-£25.00. Once formatted that's an extra drive to put in the PC.
I'm still bubbling with pleasure - remote control effectively for free, thus saving £23.00, plus the free hard drive as well. Yup, happy with that. The only downer is, there will be someone who will say that the Sky boxes are selling for umpteen bazillion pounds, and that's what I should have done - immediately Ebayed the unit. I don't care though - I got exactly what I wanted and the remains of the Sky box are already in a nearby skip.
