I recently lost a bid on e-bay which enforced my hatred for e-bay. It's great in theory, it's just that I get very depressed if I lose an auction. I was bidding on an out-of-print board game.
My depression over my e-bay loss, however, has not stopped me from bidding again on a different item. This time I'm bidding on a first-edition of a book that I've been looking for in various places for quite some time. The book is out of print so not always easy to find. I'm the only bidder so far and there are only 9 hours left, so hopefully I'll get it for not much money! The book is in Australia, so I had to do some calculating to figure out how much to make my maximum bid, but it turns out I calculated fairly well (I wanted to stay between $20 and $25 US, so I bid $30 AU, which turns out to be approximately $22.50 US). Every time I see an item in Australia, I think of
I'm going to go and hide on the couch now. I'm exhausted.