introducing...
so this is my first post on blogger. already, i've been looking around at some of the other sites on here, and i'm pretty convinced that this site is a bit more intellectually stimulating as xanga, where i have my other blogs (one that is permanently in the state of emo, the other that i only write asinine stuff i observe, mostly on the bus. oog. i'm a winner).
anyhow, i've spent the majority of the weekend sitting in this chair, wasting time. i got a student loan refund, so i found myself wasting away around ebay, looking for a guitar. unfortunately, i'm picky and i'm cheap; it's going to be a long search. i found something i liked that was holding at a really low amount, so i made the mistake of bidding on it - and bidding a lot. there's a lesson to be learned here. had i not done that, the person who was already the high bidder would have been outbid by the person who outbid me, and i would still have remained lurking around trying to figure out the best way to win this thing for a reasonable price. however, i did not adopt that course of action. rather, i put down a huge bid right away to solidify my spot on top of the hill till someone else ousted me (something i figured would only happen in the last hour or so if at all). not the case. it happened about an hour ago. unfortunately, my emotions ran away with me, and i started revenge-bidding so that if i wasn't going to win this guitar, at least the person who was would pay dearly for it. it's a dangerous game of chicken, however. i started bidding higher and higher, gleefully knowing that i was going to push this thing up like crazy (and the seller was going to LOVE me). the only problem is that i blew my load too early. i overshot by a few dollars, and now i'm the high bidder with four hours left. the bid is only $8 less than my maximum, but because i spent a good ten minutes inflating the price of this god-forsaken guitar beyond the range that a normal person would probably want to pay for it. in a way, i just did exactly what every seller on ebay hopes for. i got into a duel with another bidder and we threw our better judgement to the wind trying to make each other pay more for something as revenge for not being able to win it ourselves.
i'm getting long-winded here, aren't i? i guess i'll wrap this up with a moral: stay away from eBay. extra money disappears really fast that way.
anyhow, i've spent the majority of the weekend sitting in this chair, wasting time. i got a student loan refund, so i found myself wasting away around ebay, looking for a guitar. unfortunately, i'm picky and i'm cheap; it's going to be a long search. i found something i liked that was holding at a really low amount, so i made the mistake of bidding on it - and bidding a lot. there's a lesson to be learned here. had i not done that, the person who was already the high bidder would have been outbid by the person who outbid me, and i would still have remained lurking around trying to figure out the best way to win this thing for a reasonable price. however, i did not adopt that course of action. rather, i put down a huge bid right away to solidify my spot on top of the hill till someone else ousted me (something i figured would only happen in the last hour or so if at all). not the case. it happened about an hour ago. unfortunately, my emotions ran away with me, and i started revenge-bidding so that if i wasn't going to win this guitar, at least the person who was would pay dearly for it. it's a dangerous game of chicken, however. i started bidding higher and higher, gleefully knowing that i was going to push this thing up like crazy (and the seller was going to LOVE me). the only problem is that i blew my load too early. i overshot by a few dollars, and now i'm the high bidder with four hours left. the bid is only $8 less than my maximum, but because i spent a good ten minutes inflating the price of this god-forsaken guitar beyond the range that a normal person would probably want to pay for it. in a way, i just did exactly what every seller on ebay hopes for. i got into a duel with another bidder and we threw our better judgement to the wind trying to make each other pay more for something as revenge for not being able to win it ourselves.
i'm getting long-winded here, aren't i? i guess i'll wrap this up with a moral: stay away from eBay. extra money disappears really fast that way.
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