February 02, 2004
Numb hands...

Yeah, I spent a little too much time outside just now, since the people were here doing work on our garage doors. Finally, the botched installation that was done back in mid-November is fixed now, and it looks a lot better.

I did win that Gunbird 2, but ended up with my max bid pushed up way higher than it should have been. I bid a little too early and someone tried to outbid me twice, bumping the price up an extra $10. To add further insult, the other auction for Gunbird 2 closed at, well, $10 less. Maybe I should have just waited.

I also lost 3rd Strike, twice. Both times I bid, eBay reported the auction had ended - but the 2nd time, I could have sworn I had another 10 seconds... I would have had it too most likely - no other snipers were on it, so the only thing in my way was the leader's max bid, which of course I'll never know. Found and watching 3 more auctions, and hopefully I can bring it in for less money. Too bad one of those auctions ends during the time I'm supposed to be commuting for class. Maybe I'll bid on it from the computer lab =P

While I was waiting for the garage door people to come this morning, I finally made some headway through the gargantuan piles of manga that have been accumulating. Made it through Hanadan 3, need 4th volume now... also made it through the two volumes of Alice 19th that are currently out. I Googled for it trying to figure out how many volumes it was and if it was still running, but before I found that information (it concluded at 7 volumes in Japan last April), I found two sites with one accusing the other of stealing their entire layout, and even forcing the other site to take their layout down from all the flames generated. Is nothing safe from stupid pointless drama? >.>

Didn't do very much worth commenting on, as usual... I've been home pretty much every day, thanks in part to all this snow that's still here. I was going to go out yesterday to Dave's, but I got up later than usual and didn't feel like driving all the way out there just to spend 20 minutes watching the Super Bowl (which I don't care about one bit).

Now, I need to defrost a little more...

Posted at 03:17 PM
Comments:

Auctioning sounds like a game of takeaway. xD

Posted by shiene at February 2, 2004 10:11 PM

Yes, eBay users can be such damn bastards... unfortunately the only way to beat sniper tactics is to snipe as well...

Posted by ketsugi at February 3, 2004 04:20 AM

Sniping has become so common now that I tend to recommend that people snipe very close to end of auction and/or place a high max bid to counter sniping. Sniping is, however, the best way to win an auction for the least amount of money - bid wars can only serve to raise the cost. My next chance at 3rd Strike is still more than a day and a half away...

Posted by StarCreator at February 4, 2004 06:17 AM
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