E-bay first timers

There’s a really nice lady, friend of my mum’s who I know a little from church. She’s over 60, and recently decided to branch out and join the online revolution. Her son got her a computer, and after casting around a bit, she discovered e-bay. ‘Aha,’ she thought, ‘I can do this!’ and promptly became a demon bidder, ordering videos, clothes and even some scalextric track for her grandchildren.

 

All went well, until the packages started trickling in. So far she has managed to buy:

 

FIVE VIDEOS    – but!

(two in japanese, one playable only in the States,and one featuring some VERY naughty ladies who were clearly NOT, as she had been expecting, working on their upper body strength) 

 

TWO PAIRS OF

TROUSERS        – but!

 (one pair is too short, one would fit an elephant)

 

SEVERAL SECTIONS OF SCALEXTRIC RACING TRACK   – but!

(none of them actually fit together)

 

A lOVELY PAIR OF SHOES JUST THE RIGHT SIZE —-

(For a four year old)

 

 

Not daunted by these mishaps, she made her finest purchase yet – the generous purchase of an embroidered hanging for the church. She looked around for a suitable place, and was torn between the wall above the altar (about 2m sq) , or a broad section of panelling opposite the main door, where everyone could see it. She consulted the vicar, who thought it would be lovely over the altar and was delighted. The package duly arrived and she unveiled it to find it was approx. 7cm x 5cm. Lovely on the wall of Barbie’s First Temple.

 

This magnificent woman laughed so much she dropped the article into her coffee, but nothing daunted, was online again the next morning searching for more bargains. As she said, ‘something’s got to come out ok…….. eventually…’

 

Anyone else have any e-bay disaster stories?