Blather, Waffle and Poppycock!

[Orcs]

I can't seem to find the details about how many hours I have wasted invested on this forum.

[Orcs]

Does anyone else start browsing the various figure makers websites and before they know ordered 'just a few' figures, ignoring the fact that they're half way through several other projects?

I am halfway through dozens of projects, i switch betwen them to keep my mo jo up.  So more often than not its adding to one I am doing.

I do try and finish projects, I have almost finished my 20mm Late war Germans - well figures at least. So i am concentrating on them at the moment. painting a few extra crews or LMg team to complete the project.  I then have 6 vehicles to do.

[paulr]

I can't seem to find the details about how many hours I have wasted invested on this forum.

35 days, 12 hours and 12 minutes

It's under stats on your forum profile

[fsn]

A Swedish soldier carries a Sabot ammo round during the Strong Europe Tank Challenge, Grafenwoehr, Germany, June 5, 2018.

[T13A]

If only one of my crew had looked like that I would have stayed in longer......(sigh)...

Cheers Paul

[Raider4]

Big energy price rise tomorrow, so tried to submit meter readings.

Gas gives "502 Proxy error", electrickery a "503 Backend fetch failed".

I suspect half the country is doing the same, and the energy companies have buckled under the strain.

Technology, ain't it sh*twonderful.

[Lord Kermit of Birkenhead]

Big energy price rise tomorrow, so tried to submit meter readings.

Gas gives "502 Proxy error", electrickery a "503 Backend fetch failed".

I suspect half the country is doing the same, and the energy companies have buckled under the strain.

Technology, ain't it sh*twonderful.

That's what BBC news on Radio 4 just said. Get a smart meter

[DecemDave]

That's what BBC news on Radio 4 just said. Get a smart meter

Ah Yes.  Unfortunately Smart meters are installed by not so smart meter installers.  As a result, no-one in our block of flats can have a smart read of their gas meter (too far for the signal apparently) and only those on the south side can have a smart meter read of their electric as the building blocks the others signal!!

Aint life grand!

[toxicpixie]

Big energy price rise tomorrow, so tried to submit meter readings.

Gas gives "502 Proxy error", electrickery a "503 Backend fetch failed".

I suspect half the country is doing the same, and the energy companies have buckled under the strain.

Technology, ain't it sh*twonderful.

Did mine, went thru fine - Octopus seem to be better than most...

Take a photo, email them with it - should get sorted!

[Gwydion]

I usually email my readings, but SSE was bought  by OVO last autumn - guess what? OVO doesn't have an email your reading facility - has to be done through an online account. Haven't got an OVO account. Tried to register - 'mistake in your account details'

No there ****ing isn't!
Emailed the 'help' line - see what happens.

[Raider4]

Leccy now working, through a much simplified web page.

Gas still fubar'd.

[steve_holmes_11]

Those modern sabot rounds look terrifying.
Imagine a half concussed loader lugging one around the inside of a crowded turret.

You can see why the Swedes are so keen on auto-loaders.

[Raider4]

I have a 'plan'* to try and downsize all of the accumulated crap that clutters my home.

This includes most of my miniatures/wargaming stuff. None of it's really worth anything so isn't worth eBay-ing. Seems a shame to just dump it though.

Also, all of my model railway stuff. Some (quite a bit, actually) of this is worth selling, but I'm scared of being shafted on eBay by some cockwomble.

Ebay has changed. I've spent the last three months watching items I have, or very similar, to see what sort of price they'd fetch.

All I see are items listed at a very high initial price, and then they sit there unsold for a month, and are promptly re-listed. E.g. Warmaster Ancients rulebook. No actual "genuine" auctions.

Nothing I've watched - whether wargame or railway related - has actually sold.

Most odd. Don't sellers have to pay a fee to Ebay for a listing, or is that just if it sells?

[DecemDave]

I've sold 9 things on UK ebay recently for a total of just under £100 and it feels better than sending to landfill. Also crap surplus to requirements even including a freebie sprue that came with a well known magazine.  Start with a low price like 99p and just enjoy the few items that manage to attract competitive bidders.   Painted 10mm armies will usually fetch over 50p per figure (cav =2) from what I have seen and been outbid on. 

[Orcs]

The first hundred or so listings are free to private buyers.

Sold several hundred pounds worth last year on Ebay.

Found:-

• Mostly commercial listings.
• Most things on Auction do not get bid up significantly.
• The exception is cheap items that get bid up to the correct value.
• Due to 2 most items seem to be listed at a price vendor will be happy to accept rather than low starting price
• Also if you put stuff at fixed price listing it stays on ebay until sold - much less faffing about. hence 4
• I have done well due to 2 , Got very well painted 10m, SYW stuff for less than bare metal.
• Prices generally seem quite high now. Probably because of 1
• I think some items are being used as money laundering eg Single painted 28mm going for £100's