Do you ever do this?

Downtown1974 · February 23, 2006 10:59AM

Do you ever get bored and bid on a card on ebay, then 10 minutes later you think, "what the heck was I thinking?". Then you just sit and hope you get outbid. I did this the other night but I ended up winning the card. Sometimes when I dont see anything I like, I get a little trigger happy.

Allen · February 23, 2006 11:04AM

YES haha

Susquehanna · February 23, 2006 11:07AM

I have done that. Thankfully not any big money items.

bri2327 · February 23, 2006 11:14AM

At least 2 or 3 times a week I do it. Same reasons..... boredom, lack of anything I really want or need, so I just end up bidding on stuff I dont need, want, or collect just to scratch the itch.

duner · February 23, 2006 11:14AM

I can do one better.....how many times you wake up on a sunday and dread looking at your my ebay page, b/c you were too drunk to remember if you bid on anything the night before? I've spent some good money on some really crappy cards!

lawnmowerman · February 23, 2006 11:20AM

I never do that anymore. I learned my lesson when I bid $6,000 on a mower about 3 years ago. I could have paid for it on a credit card but it would have made things pretty tight. The worst part was it was in New Jersey and I live in Florida. I actually went as far as getting directions via msn maps but thankfully someone outbid me on the last day

Matt

MuckyMutt · February 23, 2006 11:40AM

So Matt, was that mower slabbed? Was it better than an 8?

lawnmowerman · February 23, 2006 11:45AM

<< <i>So Matt, was that mower slabbed? Was it better than an 8?

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Oh yeah! It wasnt even graded, it was raw! What was I thinking?

Matt

julen23 · February 23, 2006 11:47AM

wild story matt....

is there a limit to # of retracted bids you may have on e-bay anyway?

I have retracted a bid or 10 in my day.

Julen

lawnmowerman · February 23, 2006 11:50AM

Julen, Good point. I never even thought of retracting my bid because it was when I first starting using ebay and just didnt know I could do that. Man, that would have saved me alot of worrying!

Matt

Downtown1974 · February 23, 2006 11:54AM

Matt, $6,000!!!! Holy cow! Im glad it worked out in your favor.
Duner, I try not to go on ebay under the influence otherwise I would have that 51 Bowman Mantle.

However, theres an excuse to get one.

Do you ever do this?

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