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Old Nov 16, 2014, 04:01 PM
Anonymous45023
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Originally Posted by lifetimemeds View Post
...I got on eBay .... I was so into winning auctions, I didn't even pay attention to what I was buying and how much I was spending. Loved sniping at the last second to steal it from another bidder. .. I am a middle-aged female. What was I planning to do with electric trains, legos and sports cards?...
Aaaah, Ebay…Couple of "highlights". There was this dress. Very foofy thing, aqua and yellow. I HAD to have it! Because it was soooo byooootiful! (As in hideous, completely inappropriate, out of character and composed of 2 colors that I not only hate, but look horrible in.) Lifetimemeds, you were probably figuring on those toys for the same event where I would have been dressed as a six year old fairy princess. (But I was in my 40's, almost always wear black, and never foofy.)

Another Ebay classic where was where I HAD to have this cd. I actually got permission at work to use the office computer and be off for a few minutes for this auction(!!!) (Because it simply wouldn't do to just put in a bid before work, I had to snipe!) I won. I'm too embarrassed to say how much I paid. But it gets more embarrassing. I actually wrote to the seller, absolutely gushing over what a thrill it was to win this auction! (And he was surely thrilled as well -- selling it for such an outrageous price!) Which leads to….
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Originally Posted by Darvula View Post
Man, shops must LOVE manic depressives! LOL "Here comes another one now! Put a $1,000 price tag on that old fridge and she'll buy it!"...
Hell, yeah! Ever since I've known what caused my Ebay frenzy, I joke to BF that when he has an item up for auction, I hope he gets a couple of manics duking it out for it!
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Darvula