My Day Is Just Getting Worse and Worse

[Baja Margie]

Okay. So I really would like to have a thick chenille 1950's bedspread. Finally, I found the one I really like on eBay. It's bootiful. So I bid on it, like three times. Now someone is bidding heavily against me. I look on her feedback, you can do that, and the last item she bought was a George Bush Campaign Basket . I can't believe this. This beech has the freekin thing up to $50.00, shit, the postage is almost $15.00.

Part of me wants to outbid her, the other part says, this is ridiculous paying that much money....it could go up to $100.00.

Oh to heck with it, I'm going to go take a bath and go to bed.

Another loss to a freekin freeper.

[Maddy McCall]

1. Rule of thumb for Ebay.

Bookmark the item, and don't bid until the last two minutes of the auction.

[soothsayer]

3. U R so right!

it keeps the price down

[teach1st]

2. The bedspread is infested with lice...

..let the Freeper have it.

[Socialist Dem]

4. don't bid against her.

it will only drive up the price. Wait till 30 seconds till the bidding ends, then swoop in and grab it from her!

[lpbk2713]

5. If it's a freeper, you can expect a conspiracy.

You're probably bidding against a friend of the seller and she is just jacking the price up so that you will pay more in the end.

[Hello_Kitty]

6. I'm curious as to what's in a 'George Bush campaign basket'

Hmmm....lets see....

1. Gloves and a ski mask to break into your own campaign office.

2. Pamphlet "Disenfranchise Voters the College Republican Way"

3. Pre-filled out loyalty oath for * rallies.

4. Hooked on Phonics.

5. Inspirational John Ashcroft gospel CD.

6. Special edition George W. Bush Velveeta log.


Those are just a few I could think of. Feel free to add your own suggestions.

[SheWhoMustBeObeyed]

7. You won't get it but bid it up anyway

Make the rightwinger pay more.

And don't worry, there will be another one. There always is on eBay. :)

[SheWhoMustBeObeyed]

8. PS

I Froogled "vintage chenille bedspread" and 50 bucks looks pretty moderate for for them - they go for lots more but there are some for less. Try it - you might find something you like that you don't have to bid on. Good luck!

http://froogle.google.com/froogle?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&safe=off&tab=wf&q=vintage+chenille+bedspread&btnG=Search+Froogle&sa=N

[Baja Margie]

9. Thanks for the link

whoa, those are pricey. I think I'll just wait for another one to come along. I saw one go for almost $200.00, now that's a little rich for me. There's one gal there that sells gorgeous ones, really thick, lots of chenille...you just can't find them in the stores anymore. I'm doing a shabby thing here and it's driving Mike crazy. The whole house. Shabby this, shabby that, I'm shabbied out. Thanks again !