Don't you hate it when...

[spacemonsterviras]

...you don't bid on an auction because you expect it to blow out to a stupidly high amount, and it goes for a stupidly low amount? I missed out on a boxed Crazy Monster this morning - the lucky winner bid only GBP 4.99.

On the other hand, I just won a boxed Entex Stargate for US $19.99. Though the shipping will probably cost twice as much again.
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[Rik]

That's part of why I kind of hate looking at closed auctions that people bid on (but can't stop myself from doing it). I keep thinking 'How did I miss THAT ONE!!!' (See Dan's avatar... )

Oh well, back when I started this I used to scour Ebay on an hourly basis practically (kind of a perk of my job back then, I could surf the 'net while working quite easily). I'm lucky to get, thorough search in once a day now, and even then I usually don't hit the international parts of Ebay like I used to...

Oh well...

[Linda]

Tell me about it. When I first started collecting (2003) I would keep a list of times under my alarm clock. 2:15am, 4:00am, 5:30am etc. I would wake up, bid on the auction, and set my clock for the next one. I even set up a separate id for my friends to use when I was unable to get to a computer. Once I even outbid myself using that alternate ID.

After breaking my ebay addiction I have no regrets. I have a wonderful collection and my friends only tease me a little bit. I ended up with some great buys, learned important foreign words like "Spiel" and "jeu electronique", but I don't have time to do that type of leg work anymore.
I think it was ebay adrenaline keeping me going. Forget that.

I guess I'll just have to pay the premium when other collectors find them and resell them at sky high prices.

Linda

[Rik]

Wow, that sounds like my life when I started back in 2001... I remember setting my alarm for all hours of the night and having 3 browsers open: One to refresh the auction every 5 seconds, one with my 'high' bid just waiting on the 'confirm bid' button, and then occasionally a 'ridiculously high bid' in the 3rd just in case I got outbid with 10 seconds left in the auction and I wasn't going to let it go without a fight! (Thank god for the automatic bidding websites/programs! You still can't make that last minute 'even higher' bid, but in the long run that's probably saved me a lot of money that I need... )

I even outbid myself on something a while back when I used to use 2 Ebay IDs... (I think that cost me like $150 or something... )

Learning spiel, jeu and LSIゲーム (LSI Game in Japanese if that's not showing up on everyone's computer).

I almost get more tips on Ebay auctions from fellow collectors (when they don't want the game in question) than I find myself these days... (Thanks everyone!)

I'm glad to hear I'm not the only who has lived a life of handheld games and Ebay (and is on a first-name basis with the postal carrier...).

[spacemonsterviras]