Monday, September 21, 2009

Evils of eBay

Got in a bidding war the other night for some artwork. I got 2 out of 4 pieces done for the yearly seasons (picked up Spring & Summer). These were dome by Delphine L Demers whom I like a lot and have several of her pieces already. I just got stupid since I lost the first two (Autumn & Winter), so I decided to take the other 2 no matter the cost. It was very spiteful of me that I didn't want them to have all of them without a fight.

In the end, I spent what I was planning to on 2 painting instead of 4. I am a fool and a dumb-shit, but that is the evils of eBay. Here is a pic with all 4 pieces, I got the bottom 2.


So have you done anything like this and got caught up in the momentum of the auction?


The reason for this is because I hope that some people do the same thing I did on my auctions that I will be hosting Monday night. I have a bunch of stuff to sell from Trading Cards to Anime DVD's to Figures to Electronics to Jewelry. Pretty much, you can call it a Yard Sale of sorts of all my stuff that I no longer need or want. Besides, I have to pay for the damn things I won the other night - SHIT!.

4 comments:

  1. I no longer really do that. And even when I get into bidding wars, I usually manage to get myself to stop at some point.

    Probably makes the other side cry. But then again, I usually stop 2-3 hours before the bidding ends, and there are almost always some last minute snipers above me anyway :)

    BTW, the blue one is by far the best looking.

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  2. I have a hard time being patient on waiting for the best deal on eBay. I'm getting better though.

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  3. It is very easy in the mist of anger to act rashly. Still you got 2 of what you wanted. Who knows one day you can resell both and get back some $$ you pay off by. I am pretty sure someone wanted to collect the whole series.

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  4. I am teh sniper^^

    I'm the person who usually comes in last second to win the item from the clutchess of a bidder. I will admit that I have done bidding wars out of irritation to mess up the other person even though I knew that I shouldn't be doing that.

    One thing I have done is won two of the same item due to multiple auctions of said item ending in close proximity to one another.

    I haven't done eBay in a very long time. I guess I'm patient enough or very good at hunting because a lot of good deals fall into my lap.

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