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Stunning Canal Barge Ware Gypsy Art Hand Painted Bucket


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It could have been me......

 

It looks almost the perfect size to keep my supply of cheap Indian Viagra in.

 

 

I always thought it was going to be you and you were just trying to ridicule to keep the price down, next time we pass through I expect to see proudly displayed

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:D Greenie for Miss. Fontayne's first post to go with the other three.

I'm always slightly uncomfortable when people take the pee out of other's handcrafting, however bad it might be.

At the end of the day, people here took the pee and sent ludicrous messages to a seller who was totally unaware that they were being taken the mickey out of and had no way of knowing, like most non-boaters, whether what they were selling was desirable or valuable or not. Frankly some of the shite that sells as art these days for millions of pounds is enough to make anyone doubt when tat is tat... Ebay is full of people's hand crafts that are often of a truly appalling quality, but art, and beauty, are subjective and in the eye of the beholder.

 

I'm glad you got a good price for it, and I think you deserved to after fielding the mickey taking that went on here.

If people think it's a joke piece (and to be fair, I also thought it was pretty funny, but I wouldn't have started sending you piss taking ebay messages or posting back here about how far you could be pushed) then no matter; it bumped the value of what you were selling and so everyone is happy, innit.

 

Anyone who thinks that your initial post here was in bad spirits or that you deserve to have bids retracted due to your 'attitude' should really look at their own actions and attitude and how they conducted themselves over the item too.

 

It's Ebay; it's a free market. People can take the piss if they want to, but they shouldn't be surprised when they get called out on their actions as a result of it!

I agree, however, I am of the opinion, if Miss Fontayne really is Harley, that he knew that he was selling a piece of shite from the beginning. He says it was worth £4, yet put it up at £6, and with the quote "stunning piece, looks superb".

Also, for washing hands? I'd love to have him explain how it was supposed to work. However, if it does have a genuine provenance, then I'd like to know that too.

Who bought it? - I really do hope it's a forum member, I'd love to see it in pride of place on the cabin of some really shiny historic boat at some rally.

 

PS, not me either.

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The paint did remarkably well in the circumstances then, now its true use is fully explained - "a purely decorative hand washing bucket", it seems.

 

And surely worth far more, therefore, than the mere £21 it currently stands at!.......

 

Bloody hell Alan,

 

Well spotted. How long is it now since you retired from the Bar?

 

Your work with the Crown Prosecution Service will be sorely missed. :cheers:

 

It could have been me......

 

It looks almost the perfect size to keep my supply of cheap Indian Viagra in.

 

Ah, Indian Viagra!

 

Perfect for stopping you from rolling out of bed on those rocky, windy nights. :wacko:

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It's Ebay; it's a free market. People can take the piss if they want to, but they shouldn't be surprised when they get called out on their actions as a result of it!

 

To be fair Starcoaster, if it's taking the pee that we're talking about, then look who started it.

 

The opening description says it all; "Stunning Piece, Looks Superb". Does the trades description act extend to EBay? Then following the pseudo post on here from Ella, with its contradictory description of the item spotted by Alan Fincher QC, the seller merits a bit of harmless rib tickling.

 

Anyone offended by such behaviour needs to get out more often, this type of thing is purely harmless fun that happens in the workplace, on the Internet social sites and in fact everywhere where normal people interact. That's life!

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To be fair Starcoaster, if it's taking the pee that we're talking about, then look who started it.

 

The opening description says it all; "Stunning Piece, Looks Superb". Does the trades description act extend to EBay? Then following the pseudo post on here from Ella, with its contradictory description of the item spotted by Alan Fincher QC, the seller merits a bit of harmless rib tickling.

 

Anyone offended by such behaviour needs to get out more often, this type of thing is purely harmless fun that happens in the workplace, on the Internet social sites and in fact everywhere where normal people interact. That's life!

 

 

I agree you set your self up with that description. Although its amazng what you learn as we now know that Alan likes the potentially explosive mix of viagra with a good curry ...............or did I misread his pst.

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I love eBay!

 

As someone who used to make a very respectable living as a "Purveyor of Utilitarian Artifacts & Ephemera" (Yes really - that is what my letterheads stated!) I can put my hand on my heart and say that I have sold some stuff for some serious money that I personally considered to be complete trash. I can say with an equal amount of conviction that a good many of the things I cherish in my own home are what others would describe as trash (and some people have told me to my face their thoughts). It is what makes the world go around and it is what makes people so interesting. We have all seen things sell for a hell of a lot more than they are worth and fair play to anyone who can rake the profit in that way. The world is full of delightfully eccentric people and I aspire to be one of them (but fail miserably most of the time)

 

If a forum such as this had provided any of the items I was selling with such a fantastic springboard into profit as this thread did I would have been rubbing my hands with glee. Yes we all had a bit of fun and far from it being at anyone's expense it was for profit so everyone wins. I do not feel my personal conduct has fallen short in any way I need to apologise for. Any comments I have made have been joining in the fun of the thread and in doing so it has provided the seller with a platform to allow a decent profit on their rusty bucket. Indeed it seems if "Ella" is really the seller then they have taken the whole thing in the humour that it was intended so why does he feel the need to critisice those very people?

 

I never really minded who bid on my items on eBay, so long as they could afford to pay me. I suspect I could have attached all sorts of labels to some of them if I had chosen to do so. The fact of the matter is that those bidders are customers and I would never have dreamt of calling them names or ridiculing them publicly. It is, in my mind, biting the hand that feeds you.

 

Maybe I was mistaken and Ella is not Harley? I don't know! I am prone to blonde moments but when I posted I genuinely thought it was and if a seller starts calling those who are helping them make a profit geeks and suggesting they live in a bubble and are not normal then that is just plain rude in my book. If it was not Harley then I am sorry. Obviously my comments did no harm to the auction though so no harm was done.

 

It is a forum - a place where people love to disagree!

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I love eBay!

 

As someone who used to make a very respectable living as a "Purveyor of Utilitarian Artifacts & Ephemera" (Yes really - that is what my letterheads stated!) I can put my hand on my heart and say that I have sold some stuff for some serious money that I personally considered to be complete trash. I can say with an equal amount of conviction that a good many of the things I cherish in my own home are what others would describe as trash.

 

Hmmmm,

 

I seem to remember Dave bemoaning the fact that he had nowhere to store his Superman comics that day on the towpath, whilst you were engrossed in a long and meaningful conversation with our Paddy (the dog). :rolleyes:

 

ETA ....Your final sentence in that post summed the situation up nicely. Perspective sounds about right.

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Hmmmm,

 

I seem to remember Dave bemoaning the fact that he had nowhere to store his Superman comics that day on the towpath, whilst you were engrossed in a long and meaningful conversation with our Paddy (the dog). :rolleyes:

 

ETA ....Your final sentence in that post summed the situation up nicely. Perspective sounds about right.

 

 

Of course there is nowhere to store his Superman comics - they fetched some good money on eBay as did his collecton of WW2 model aircraft.

 

Paddy understands me :wub:

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Of course there is nowhere to store his Superman comics - they fetched some good money on eBay as did his collecton of WW2 model aircraft.

 

Paddy understands me :wub:

 

 

Surprised Dave hasn't been put up yet , must be the cups of tea in the mornng

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