Easy Come, Easy Geaux

As I've mentioned before. Me likee the eBay. I have been buying/selling on eBay off and on for nearly 8 years now. In that time I have lovingly swooped in and outbid many of my fellow eBayers, all in the name of good old-fashioned
One of those DVDs was Un Flic starring Alain Delon; one of the hottest things to come outta France since Joan of Arc (pun intended). I love him and I love his movies, particularly those made between the late 50's and early 70's.

Some things on eBay are a real steal. Especially foreign films (at least at the time I won this auction...people may be more savvy now, I dunno), since the majority of Americans consider subtitles "hard work." Sooo, when I saw Dirty Money (AKA Un Flic), starring Alain and Catherine Deneuve, at a more than half the cost that it originally sells for ($30...at the time), I knew I had to grab it! So, I bookmarked it, stalked it and using my surefire method of last-minute bidding (BTW, those "sniping" programs are for pussies), I won it. Mere seconds after winning it, I received this e-mail from some eBayer named frederic882000 24 (frederic882000@yahoo.ca):
LMAO! Roughly translated "Je gage que tu ne parle meme pas français en plus!" means "What's more, I bet you don't even speak French!" Oh Frederic, you're beautiful when you're angry.
DVD you really wanted: $10
Shipping for DVD: $3
Outbidding a sore loser: Priceless
1 Comments:
Terri-
Don't you love it? I know it sounds awful, but it totally made my day! I've done the same thing, when it comes to bidding on items that end at weird times. We're both "old school" eBayers who relish the thrill of the kill, instead of using some buzz-killing sniper program. And you're SO right; that is the name of the game. I mean, c'mon, that's what an auction is all about. If everyone won, there would be no auction.
I second your WAHHHHH and raise you a NYAH! ;D
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