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Old 02-16-2012, 04:36 PM
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Of course the flip side to this can be strange, too. I was looking at an LED TV in an auction. They had been going for about $900+ and I put in a bid of $850 and went to bed. I went to the site the next morning expecting to see the "Sorry" email and got the "Congratulations!" one. My dear wife heard me say "Oh ****" and asked what the problem was. I gulped and told her WE won a TV.

Or bid more on an item then you expected to and sweating bullets till someone outbids you... you hope!

My husband put a manual on ebay. You could buy it for $25.00 on Amazon. Two bidders got in a bidding war and it went for over $100.00. We were laughing. You can just picture each one at their computer thinking....

I'll show them!!! That book is MINE!!!
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