couldn't resist

Couldn't resist putting this on. From the same source as the Belgian gems below these magnificent and rare items are on eBay with a starting price of a mere £4.99!!!!! The blurred photo (these idiots all have yet to discover either scanning or modern digital cameras) reveals enough detail to show that these are a) dead common and b) stained with poor perfs.

The seller says he's neither a collector or dealer. That much is obvious! No bids of course!

gems!

I never fail to be amazed by some of the absolute rubbish people try to sell on Ebay. Why do they bother? Nobody is ever going to buy these two monstrosities, hiseously damaged and stained if you can make them out through the blurred photo (rather than scan).

What are they thinking?

99p start on these by the way. No bidders as yet and less than an hour to go. It amazes me that people have the time to waste! Or do they think we were all born yesterday?

eBay hilarity

I've started looking through eBay for sale items again as I'm looking for classy items for stock.

One little side interest is discovering the daftest listings. This gem was today's.

Why anyone would bother scanning and listing tat like this I don't know - perhaps because it's now free to list on eBay if you're an amateur. But even if it's free to post surely there are better ways of wasting one's time?

The funniest bit with this is the blurb - and this is TOTALLY genuine -

quite truly amazing! exhibit quality. line engraved, PERFS - unperforate. 4c.delicate postmarked. amaranth purple.

Yes, EXHIBITION quality!!!!! That delicate postmark, the sheer rarity of this stamp, the neatly scissor cut right hand margin - what philatelic exhibition could afford NOT to display this classic gem?

(Needless to say it remained unsold at a start price of 99p)