I will turn 30 this summer but right now I know I'm getting old. Why? ebay. That's why.
I feel exhausted. I forbade my dad to bid on ebay himself (I know he will spend all his money there - Hi Dad) so I need to bid for him whenever he sees something he wants. At 20 minues to 7 pm dad calles:
"Do you have your computer on?"
"yepp."
- smalltalk -
4 minutes to go
- smalltalk -
1 minute to go I enter the first bid - yeah we're first
40 seconds - we're first
20 seconds - uhoh someone starts bidding, we're still first
10 seconds - only 50 cents to our bid, I try to raise our bid, dad still talking
"oh, someone bid, is that you?"
hectic me "no, em, wait, no"
auction ended, I'm sure we lost, I could not raise the bid
"you won, cool"
"no, I couldn't raise"
"you won, it's your name there"
"why do you think it's me?" (auctions are anonymous)
"110 stars, that's you"
I press F5, suprise!
"oh, we DID win, strange"
so we won, with only 4 cents tight. Cool, but I'm exhausted and I feel old.
been there ... here's a tip i learned ... open multiple windows or tabs ... go to a new window/tab and place a new bid ... also ... i put the phone down - so i can't be distracted or interrupted - like men watching a ball game - don't bother me until while the ball/bid is in play !
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