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Adventures in eBay-ing
Sep. 20th, 2015 12:47 pmUgh, I'm feeling so frustrated at the moment! Just lost three auctions in a row, each more heartbreaking than the last.
First was the Japanese version of the Sailor Venus figurine that came with snap-on civilian clothes from the 90s. It was pretty much identical to the North American version -- just different packaging -- and I've been trying to get my hands on her FOREVER since I already have all the other Inners plus Tuxedo Mask. And the bidding started out ridiculously cheap, too. Unfortunately, the auction ended while I was baby-sitting at my sister's house and somebody managed to bid over the maximum bid I had set up. I'm not too upset about that, though, because I found another seller who is auctioning off the North American version at a pretty reasonable price which nobody else seems to be interested in at the moment, so fingers crossed!
Next loss was the Petit Chara Tuxedo Kamen. I was SO determined to win him and made certain to be at my computer so I could bid on him right to the last minute...but somebody else bid on him only seconds before the auction ended, giving me no time to put in another bid. Grr! There's another up for sale that I've been watching, but I still don't want to pay $20 for him, so I guess I will just have to be patient and wait for another one to come up for sell.
Then this morning... *sigh* This one was the most terrible loss of all. It was a lot with three Banpresto Girls Memories figurines, Sailor Moon, Mars, and Venus. Again, the bidding started out REALLY cheap, and there was a bit of a bidding war over them. After the previous two losses, I REALLY, REALLY, REALLY wanted to win it, so again I was prepared to bid at the last second...only for the #!%#$^%! Internet to crap out on me at the exact moment I was trying to bid. *throws things around and yells alot* And unlike the other two, there's little chance something like that will come up again. I'm trying to tell myself that I only really wanted them due to what a great deal it was, and that I didn't really NEED them, and that even if I did win them, I wouldn't be happy unless I collected all the other senshi, which would probably cost a lot of money...but it's not helping much.
And to top things off, I still haven't sold any of my own items... I've lowered the prices again on the Petit Chara figurines, so maybe that'll help, but I'm getting less and less optimistic, especially since there are already so many Moons and Mercurys for sale. (EDIT: I finally sold one! *dances* Had to take my bare minimum price, but, eh, whatever. I'm just glad to get some of my money back. And maybe people will be more willing to buy from me now that I have made a sale.)
First was the Japanese version of the Sailor Venus figurine that came with snap-on civilian clothes from the 90s. It was pretty much identical to the North American version -- just different packaging -- and I've been trying to get my hands on her FOREVER since I already have all the other Inners plus Tuxedo Mask. And the bidding started out ridiculously cheap, too. Unfortunately, the auction ended while I was baby-sitting at my sister's house and somebody managed to bid over the maximum bid I had set up. I'm not too upset about that, though, because I found another seller who is auctioning off the North American version at a pretty reasonable price which nobody else seems to be interested in at the moment, so fingers crossed!
Next loss was the Petit Chara Tuxedo Kamen. I was SO determined to win him and made certain to be at my computer so I could bid on him right to the last minute...but somebody else bid on him only seconds before the auction ended, giving me no time to put in another bid. Grr! There's another up for sale that I've been watching, but I still don't want to pay $20 for him, so I guess I will just have to be patient and wait for another one to come up for sell.
Then this morning... *sigh* This one was the most terrible loss of all. It was a lot with three Banpresto Girls Memories figurines, Sailor Moon, Mars, and Venus. Again, the bidding started out REALLY cheap, and there was a bit of a bidding war over them. After the previous two losses, I REALLY, REALLY, REALLY wanted to win it, so again I was prepared to bid at the last second...only for the #!%#$^%! Internet to crap out on me at the exact moment I was trying to bid. *throws things around and yells alot* And unlike the other two, there's little chance something like that will come up again. I'm trying to tell myself that I only really wanted them due to what a great deal it was, and that I didn't really NEED them, and that even if I did win them, I wouldn't be happy unless I collected all the other senshi, which would probably cost a lot of money...but it's not helping much.
And to top things off, I still haven't sold any of my own items... I've lowered the prices again on the Petit Chara figurines, so maybe that'll help, but I'm getting less and less optimistic, especially since there are already so many Moons and Mercurys for sale. (EDIT: I finally sold one! *dances* Had to take my bare minimum price, but, eh, whatever. I'm just glad to get some of my money back. And maybe people will be more willing to buy from me now that I have made a sale.)
