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Our new tent arrived today, new to us that is, and it is absolutely stunning. I bought it off ebay and I feel very guilty now as I was the only person to bid and got it for the opening bid of £9.99 plus postage. Well, I feel a bit guilty rather than very guilty cos thats the way of ebay and its happened to me as a seller when I have been very disappointed with price something fetched and I'm sure it will happen again.

Anyway, back to the tent. It is a Lichfield Vermont 5DL frame tent and if anyone has actually camped in this tent I will eat my woolly hat. It is up in our back garden as we speak and it hasnt got a mark on it. It is the current Vermont model in navy blue/grey with red piping and it looks unused. There is a photo in my image gallery if you want to see it. There are also some photos on the link to photobucket, just scroll past the Yale photos

We have been discussing frame tents for a while now as we would like one for our trips to France. The general opinion being that frame tents are cooler and the Lichfield 4 berth is one we were considering buying new for this years trip. I spotted this 5 berth on ebay and decided to take a chance. Am I glad I did because it is absolutely beautiful and if the previous owner is a member of UKCS and is reading this then thankyou once again and I'm sorry that it didnt reach a price you hoped for.

Carol

Congratulations on a fantastic bargain magically.

As you say that's the way e-bay works. If the seller wants to guarantee a better price, they need to put a higher starting price, or a reserve, on.

Great Bargain...well done

Andy

Wow that definately is a bargain - enjoy your new tent.

Thanks all.

 It is a real bargan as you all say. I still cant help feeling sorry for the peeps that sold it but then again, as Peridot pointed out, ebay has ways of avoiding disappointment such as a higher start price or a reserve price. The best thing about this tent is that I am only 4 ft 10 ins and I put it up and took it down by myself. Mind, that could be 'cos I didnt have OH scowling and moaning because there was work to be done lol !!!!  

Quote: Originally posted by minxie on 27/7/2006

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Well done Magically that is an amazing bargain, we're from Wirral too. Was it a local seller?

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No Minxie.

The tent came from Yorkshire and was delivered at 7.05 this morning can you believe. Couldnt believe it myself when the front door bell went.

Dont we both come from a beautiful part of the country.

Carol

Fantastic! We too had a bargain from ebay!  There was a 6 berth frame tent listed, with cooker (twin ring with grill), folding cooker stand which still had price of £39.99 on the box, folding wash basin stand, gas bottle (almost full) regulator, ground sheet, gas lantern, for a buy it now price of £25!!   And it was located only half an hours drive away.

Kept thinking it must all be rubbish but we purchased it cos we needed the cooker and stand, however when OH put the tent upin the garden we were gobsmacked, it was in great condition as were the other items.  Decided to sell the dome and use this amazing bargain for our first trip at the end of August!  The seller even threw in two air beds.

Hi Sprocket

Glad you enjoyed the photos. I love a good nose at other peoples tents too. Sadly we are not that tidy. The photos of the Yale were taken for another UKCS member who was interested in buying a Yale but couldnt get to see one on display so I had a tidy up before I took them. Cant have my mess displayed on UKCS for all to see. 

We do manage to get it all in the car but we have a Citroen Picasso and there are only 2 of us plus dog so we can take out 2 of the back seats and have a huge loading space. Enjoy your trip in August.

Carol

I love the table that rolls up into a bag as it doesnt take much packing but has good space on it you can also store loads underneath it if you are using it as workspace. I think it cost £20 at Millets.

The other table is our eating table and we are not keen so we are getting rid of it. It folds like a suitcase and comes with 2 stools that are stored inside. Its the stools I'm not keen on as I would prefer a table you can pull a chair up to. We are going looking this weekend. I noticed that Woolies are doing a white topped table that has legs that fold into the base and a carrying handle on the side for £9.99. We may go for one of them at that price.

I dont have kids so tidy and organised is easy for us. Throw kids into the mix and I would not be very tidy or organised.

Carol