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| 750.1 | | KERNEL::COFFEYJ | The Uk CSC Unix Girlie. | Thu Apr 21 1994 15:19 | 3 |
| Apparently there's a sale this weekend somewhere in Basingstoke where
stuff like this is for sale wickedly cheap (not meaning to under cut
anyone just doing everyone else a favour :-)
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| 750.2 | | KERNEL::BINGHAMK | I didn't do it.......Honest!! | Thu Apr 21 1994 16:48 | 4 |
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Any more hints as to its location??
Ken$eagertofindsomethingtodoattheweekend
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| 750.3 | Auction type things | KERNEL::BOWEO | Telepathy means never having to say... | Thu Apr 21 1994 17:04 | 6 |
| Is it one of these bankrupt/surplus stock auctions in a Hotel?
They give the starting prices for stuff in the ads but the prices rise to more
ordinary levels when bidding starts. Especially if your as inept at
bidding as I am I usually out bid myself.
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| 750.4 | | COMICS::PARRY | Trevor Parry | Thu Apr 21 1994 17:26 | 4 |
| Apparently there's an ad in the Gazette and the event is at the Hotel
at the Aldermaston roundabout.
tp
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| 750.5 | don't say I sent you. | KERNEL::COFFEYJ | The Uk CSC Unix Girlie. | Thu Apr 21 1994 17:37 | 10 |
| I didn't remember it being an auction tho...
Sale is the way it's billed I think.
�2 entrance fee... a few loss leaders and lots of other
stuff.....
(Is this where I stitch Jeff by saying it was him who mentioned it
and knows all about it :-)
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| 750.6 | I saw the ad too | WAYOUT::CLARKE | | Fri Apr 22 1994 09:21 | 11 |
| Yes it is at the Hotel on the Aldermaston roundabout.
The small print in the ad also says that due to the low price of the goods
some items will be sold in lots.
I believe that these events are very popular, I drove past the other Hilton
when one was on there and it was big time queues.
If I wanted Sega I'd rather buy from the base noter.
Aston
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| 750.7 | | TASTY::JEFFERY | Children need to learn about X in school | Tue May 03 1994 09:43 | 24 |
| I was intrigued, and went there. It was rubbish!
They herded lots of people in, where this guy told us all that this was a
sale, not an auction. This meant that the goods went to the first person
to ask for them.
I was interested in a reasonable NICAM VCR for less than �50!
He would put lots of goods together like: Sega Megadrive, SNES, Toaster &
Kettle, and say "Who would like this for less than a tenner?". He then
sells it to someone. These goods were supposedly new, although the boxes
looked very tatty.
He did this a couple of times, until he revealed what he really wanted to sell.
This was a collection of goods like: Saucepan set, car radio cassette, Midi
system, watches, and others grouped together for �250. He didn't actually say
it was �250, and a lot of people thought that a TV & Video were included in
the price.
I found the whole thing thoroughly unpleasant, and was disappointed that none
of the items advertised were available.
Mark.
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| 750.8 | | COMICS::PARRY | Trevor Parry | Tue May 03 1994 10:14 | 5 |
| Sounds like a market stall in the hotel. There's a write up in the
Gazette, they won't be going back to that hotel. There was a mention
that it might be investigated if enough people complain about it.
tp
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| 750.9 | | MARVEL::CORNEJ | | Fri May 06 1994 16:53 | 10 |
| Go to several of these. You will be amazed how many times the same few people
buy the same things (ie the bunch of goodies for the tenner). Probably
explains why the boxes are tatty!
If you do try and attend more than a few, they soon notice and use various
forms of insult to keep you out. There used to be several of these in Oxford St.
in London in the late 70s (there - gave my age away!) and it was fun to get
barred - something to do at lunchtimes...
Jc
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| 750.10 | | KERNEL::CORNEJ | | Mon May 23 1994 17:30 | 5 |
| Well, the same story made last weeks Newbury Weekly News. Sames
like the same group touring the area...
Jc
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| 750.11 | | COMICS::FISCHER | Life's a big banana sandwich | Mon May 23 1994 18:17 | 7 |
| Can someone just summarise this then? ie If I see an ad
saying I can get a Sony Nicam TV for �125, is there any
chance of me actually getting it or should I stay at
home?
Ian
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| 750.12 | Stay at home | WAYOUT::CLARKE | | Tue May 24 1994 10:26 | 4 |
| .7 seemed to summarise nicely the whole unpleasant business.
I wonder if the base noter ever did sell his Sega with all the distraction in
this topic.
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