Eli and Mykee are gone camping with her parents. V was supposed to come down so we could join them. Hot as it is it would have still been fun. But, sigh, she's stuck in St. Joe tending her youngest daughter's broken heart.
So, I'm stuck here alone thinking what about MY heart!?!
Na, I get it and it's all good. She has her priorities in line. Most mothers would do the same, and I don't think I'd want to be with the type that would forsake her own to hang out with me.
Being stuck here alone and bored, my mind wandering and not being able to get into a proper OS mood, I stumbled across this online auction site that's sometimes advertised on my yahoo mail inbox. The bargains are too good to be true? Of course, but like I said I was bored.
I signed up (you did what? Idiot!). Needless to say I didn't read the terms of service. Does anyone read that lawyer babble? I probably WILL in the future, because it turns out signing involves buying 50 "chances to bid" at $.60 per each.
What to do? I jumped in feet first, and almost immediately "won" a $25 "you choose it" gift card for nine cents. Shipping and handling included it's $2.08, plus of course the 60 cents per bid. I think I had to bid twice. My choices of cards were overstock.com, Wally mart, or Target. I chose the latter, slightly intoxicated by my "victory," realizing soon afterwards that I don't want to go to Target. I have to go to Target now? Damnet!
Since then (yesterday afternoon), I've spent quite a bit of time watching and studying these auctions.
What a business model!
This morning a $50 Shell gas card went for $12.83. People with handles such as "ibid2win" etc. were locked in a virtual blood battle over this card. I saw several avatars bid 50 times or more... 50 bids equals thirty bucks, so why bother was my thought! Each bid raises the sale price by ONE CENT, so do the math. $12.83 equals 1283 bids. Multiplied by 60 cents comes to $769.80!
My hat is off to you QuiBids! You just made $719.80 selling a $50 gift card! Astounding. Worst part is the individual that ended up winning, the 1283rd bidder, bid one time only, the very last bid. That lucky whoever they were gets his next tank of gas for 75% off, but a whole bunch of people lost $30, or more for the chance of same.
The camera below, a Canon 18mp DSLR w/ lens kit apparently has a retail value of $943.95. It recently sold for $86.73, meaning, once again, 8673 bids.
Math? $5203.80! Someone got a great bargain. No doubt of that, but at the huge expense of others... the eh, losers.
I think I've seen enough. At this point I'm practically even. Still have quite a few "bid options" left, and I think I'll save them 'til sometime when I wake up in the middle of the night.. when hopefully most of these rabid auction enthusiast are sleeping.
Sunday is way too brutal.
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Hell, she loaned her phone to her other daughter for the weekend, so (apparently) has no way to call me or I might have gone up there to commiserate or what not. She could have saved me from this fate. You want the tar-jay card?
Candace.. I'm up! Luckily I'm the type that can walk away from the table. Gotta know when to hold 'em, know when to fold 'em.
I promise.
put it up in the backyard,
and camp out!
why not?!
you are alone & can do anything!
put it up in the backyard,
and camp out!
why not?!
you are alone & can do anything!
put it up in the backyard,
and camp out!
why not?!
you are alone & can do anything!
hahahaha....
I happen to have a certain bridge in Brooklyn that I can let you have cheap.........
(*snerkle, snerkle.....!*)
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alas I was the only one bidding...
I remember many years ago acting as shill for a couple who had a second-hand business and held occasional auctions. I was supposed to obey the auctioneer's hand signals...but I kept getting carried away and bidding on old washing machines and such...which the couple were stuck with. (At least I avoid taking home my ill-advised objects of bidding...) (objects of ill-advised bidding...)
I'm just glad V has other things to do once in a while so that we can see your smiling face here. It's so weird to go on OS and see nothing new from the trigger dude.