Daily Twaddle

Whew! eBay is stressful!

I know the tricks though. These sneaky guys try to get in on the item by bidding within the last 30 seconds of the auction. But I was ready!

I found on an item on eBay for Roch’s birthday present (hee-hee, it’s so awesome). The starting bid was set at $60. I set my maximum bid at $73.51. Weird number I know, but I bought a complimentary item for $2.49 and the shipping for the big item is $24.00 and I wanted the total to equal $100 even. Holy crap. Maybe I really do have OCD?

I set my trusty stop-watch from my google home page to match eBay’s official time. The two-minute warning bell rang (which scared the crap out of me) and I clicked over to my item’s page. I refreshed a few times to see if any sneaky-bidders showed up. I thought I was safe because I chose a max-bid high above the starting bid. I didn’t think they would have enough time to outbid me. But someone did! Crap! He bid $75.77 with 34 seconds left!

I had to hurry… I typed $78, clicked the bid-button and waited. Oh shit! I have to click confirm! HURRY! I clicked the confirm with one second left. Oh my God. One second! The auction ended at 16:28:39 and my bid came in at 16:28:38. And, since eBay bids on my behalf up to my maximum bid, I paid $76 instead of my “willing to pay” price of $78.

Oh man, it was so exciting! I can’t wait to get the present! I’m sorry, I can’t tell you what it is yet. But I’ll let you know in June.

You probably don’t know Missy. That’s fine because the point of my post isn’t really about Missy. It’s about her turning 21.

She makes me feel old. A wise square dancing friend told me that I’ll spend my days going to parties for friends who turn 18 and 21. Then I’ll go to all their weddings. Then I’ll go to their baby showers. And last, I’ll go to their funeral.

So, based on which kind of gathering I’m at… I can tell what stage of life I’m in. So, even though I’m at the age where I should be going to baby showers, I’m actually spending my time partying with fresh 21-year olds. That makes me young.

I should stay in college forever. Then I’ll be forever 21.