Morning Thread For 2012/08/14 ...

[cd34]

Worked late, got a very early phone call, and decided to just start the day.

Starting to get the urge to take a nap, but, have a bit of stuff I need to get done.

I've been playing on ebay - want to buy some stuff for my bike, but, good grief, there are people bidding items up beyond what you can buy the item new. I put a bid in, had it for probably 4 hours and at the last minute, it was bid to $142.50. You can buy it from a bike shop for $125 shipped.

So, I tried another one, waited until about a minute before the auction ended, put in a reasonable bid - $20 more than the current bid ($75), and it skyrocketed to $113 about a minute before the end.

So, I started to wonder what the reason behind this was. All of the auctions seem legitimate, but, why would you snipe an auction and pay almost retail for something that needed a parts kit or overhaul? Or, why would you pay $20 more than retail + shipping?

I understand the long term account twinking with prepaid cards. Someone sells a bunch of prepaid cards, gets a bunch of ratings, then gets a good rating so they can later scam. Oh well. I'll probably just order the parts online somewhere.

Hope everyone has a good Tuesday - what's left of it.