Tag Archives: money-money-money

Christmas Wars

Posted on Monday, 23. December 2019 by hmvh

Why the fuck am I driving anywhere near such a congregation of fools with more money than time management skills — on the last Sunday before Christmas, of all days? Never before have we witnessed such masses descend upon these holy temples of consumerist worship. You may know them as malls or shopping centres; I call it the place where the cinema happens to be. Continue reading →

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reBuy, revisited

Posted on Friday, 27. October 2017 by hmvh

A few days ago I found more stuff to get rid of. I returned to reBuy. Curiosity got the better of me, so I checked the status of a random item I had sent in the last time. Imagine my surprise when I discovered that this specific CD-single appears to be quite “in demand” today. Continue reading →

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The first experience with reBuy

Posted on Sunday, 4. June 2017 by hmvh

reBuy is a German web-based service that allows you to sell your unwanted media and electronic gadgetry — which spares me the hassle of selling and posting near-worthless stuff as individual items and having to deal with end customers. This could be an interesting little experiment. Even if the items were in good condition, I can suffer their loss if the deal goes sour. Let’s do this. Continue reading →

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It’d better not pour…

Posted on Thursday, 31. January 2008 by hmvh

Now with 180,000km on the clock, it’s apparently also pretty normal that the windscreen wipers have given up the ghost. Continue reading →

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The beginning of a season called Summer

Posted on Monday, 21. May 2007 by hmvh

Although summer may not quite officially be upon us, winter never really happened either. In fact, it’s definitely time to revert back to the summer slicks… Continue reading →

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The damn job is finished!

Posted on Sunday, 22. October 2006 by hmvh

Finding space for all the cabling and other shit that tends to emanate from the rear of a head unit can be a mission and a work of art sometimes that makes one wonder who the fuck designs this stuff? Continue reading →

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Gathering parts…

Posted on Sunday, 9. July 2006 by hmvh

On Saturday I spent a good few hours in virtual and in bricks ‘n mortar car-hi and accessory / electronics stores. Lotsa nice toys there… and a few ideas: Grundig (not exactly a shabby brand), for instance, offer a CD/MP3/Tuner … Continue reading →

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First Service

Posted on Friday, 7. July 2006 by hmvh

There are some things I should simply do myself — instead of paying them VW folks for labour and time. Continue reading →

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