It’s going to take some effort to beat this for the most optimistic eBay auction of the year! 
Axminster Catalogue
Axminster Catalogue
Most optimistic eBay listing of 2021
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Terry - Somerset
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Don't think of it as a catalogue. It's tool porn!
My 2015 Axminster toilet edition must be worth a fortuneIt’s going to take some effort to beat this for the most optimistic eBay auction of the year!
Axminster Catalogue
gregmcateer
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Gutted.
It's not available any more
It's not available any more
bp122
Expert at Jibber-Jabber
It is now relisted!Gutted.
It's not available any more
JobandKnock
Amateur curmudgeon
WTF? Does it come with any freebies like some blow? I wonder
stuart little
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Me too!!!!!
Doug B
Shy Tot
Well if he does sell it the good lady wife has quite a few catalogues with Chinese garbage in which I'll be listing
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dude has some sales history (some history of sales success). Not with that catalogue, though, but rather with what looks like brochures that people would want to match with something (e.g., the older jaguar brochure that he sold for $100 - one would guess it was to someone with one of the cars. My mother had one of those cars - they're good for everything but driving. If you drive them, they won't last long)
guineafowl21
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they won't start if they sit for a week, either!! At least ours wouldn't. My mother got her first one slightly used (an XJS pre-ford, so v12. I think the transmission came from the 1950s - a 3 speed "powersoak" unit between wheel and engine). The dealer boasted to us that it had a computer in it and if you didn't run it weekly, it would drain the battery.They won’t start if you call them a JAG-wahr
My mother came back (this was around 1990) and boasted that it had a computer in it (i think every car did at that point, whether there was a display or not).
The other magic talent that it had (it was wonderful to cruise around in and purred, I"ll give it that) was it the puff of heat out of the hood was greater than anything else I've ever experienced. So when people would say "what does a V12 look like", you could open it and they'd say "Oh MY GOD ...That's a lot of HEAT!!!"
Yes, yes it is. It does a good job of heating the air before it goes in the engine.
It wasn't that hard to sell used to the next person who thought they wanted to try a used Jag-wire.
(if you think Jag-wahr is bad, imagine everyone when you run across someone who calls it a "Jag-Wire" - unfortunately too common).
Jacob
Pint of bass, porkpie, and packet of crisps please
I always bin my Axi catalogue immediately it arrives. It gives me a little satisfaction somehow. Doesn't take much to please me nowadays!
My uncle had Jags - he was a pretentious tit and always pronounced it Jag wah. But then, he pronounced California Caliphonia.
It's a fairly common thing to list stuff on a cheap listing weekend, then change the ad later and keep the cheap final value fees. I've done it myself when I know something is coming in that I'll want to get straight on ebay.
Jonm
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This is a serious seller of catalogues/brochures, here is his listings
https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/aerialatom/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_ipg=&_from=At the bottom is an Axminster catalogue.
There has to be a reason for listing something which no-one will buy.
It is probably something like he has had a time limited special offer from eBay, something like “maximum £1 selling fees” that they ran until recently. He us expecting something coming in but it has not arrived yet. He puts in the advert for the Axminster catalogue and when the new item arrives he amends the listing to suit. I know of a seller of mostly pillar drills, but other items as well who does this.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/aerialatom/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_ipg=&_from=At the bottom is an Axminster catalogue.
There has to be a reason for listing something which no-one will buy.
It is probably something like he has had a time limited special offer from eBay, something like “maximum £1 selling fees” that they ran until recently. He us expecting something coming in but it has not arrived yet. He puts in the advert for the Axminster catalogue and when the new item arrives he amends the listing to suit. I know of a seller of mostly pillar drills, but other items as well who does this.
The Jaguar V12 was seriously flawed in its cooling water route through the sump, at an engine temperature just above the normal, when you switched off the engine the water would jettison and flood the garage floor.
I drove a V12 on occasion - an absolute pig to drag around corners. Horrible thing.
