Saved By My Cheapness

[the_gneech]

I sometimes boggle at the amount some people are willing to spend on stuff at eBay. There can be four of a given item up there, and three or four people will bid like crazy on one of them, leaving me to quietly come along and win one of the other three at a bargain price.

But the great thing about eBay, for me, is that I'm cheap. Most things, I want to spend what I want to spend and no more. If I can't get the item for that much, well, I didn't want it that badly anyway.

This week I've been on something of an eBay binge, as noted yesterday in my post about miniatures; but the thing is, I've only spent something like $30 total. On the other hand, of the fifteen or so auctions I've been involved in, I've gotten out-bid on nine of them. But I don't mind. If I wanted to pay full price for something, there's a Game Parlor just up the road that could order it for me. (And a few of these items, I expect they'll be doing just that in a week or two, precisely because I do keep getting out-bid on them.)

But it's a good thing I keep getting out-bid; in fact, I depend on it. If I actually won all these things I bid on, I'd be spending $100+ on gaming stuff offa eBay, which means I'd have to find a home for it all, and lythandra would sigh. ;)

-The Gneech

Comments

[huskyteer.livejournal.com]

I had a nasty shock the other week when I won three items I'd put casual, no-hope-of-winning bids on. One was my iBook, so yay, but I wasn't reckoning on having to shell out for all of them!

[susandeer.livejournal.com]

You're a wise man at a young age! He who heads off The Sigh is a happpy man!

[sirfox.livejournal.com]

those who fear The Sigh should also tremble at the notion of The Stern Look.

[kuddlepup.livejournal.com]

I've bought a bit on eBay of late. Mostly shirts though.

The designer that makes the shirts I like sells themfor $150+ brand new. I'd rather pay $30 or so for them as "gently used". Get the designer look on a budget. ;)

KP

[jim-ghote.livejournal.com]

That is just about how I re-aquired a Casio SK-1 a couple years ago: One auction was fast & furious with bidding, and I managed to score one on another auction for about $60. It may have the slower first-gen ROMs and such, but it still is about SK-1 cheesy goodness.

[mooncat.livejournal.com]

I sometimes boggle at the amount some people are willing to spend on stuff at eBay. There can be four of a given item up there, and three or four people will bid like crazy on one of them, leaving me to quietly come along and win one of the other three at a bargain price.

It's that whole defeating foes, rar attack instinct that people have. They see a bidding war and their competitiveness blossoms. :)

Either that or people are too lazy to search through the auctionlistings and just aim for the first thing they see. ;)

[genecatlow.livejournal.com]

Why not just bid less?

Oh, right. Less fun that way. ^_^