Glad to see that some of you enjoyed that game from Ebaum. How come I can do this game and not a freakin’ Rubix cube? I should be good at it, I’ve taken discrete math!

Ebay has been pissing me off lately; actually, it’s more that ebay “snipers” are pissing me off. If you’re not an ebayer, sniper is a term used for people that wait until the very last moment to outbid you, then laugh at you menacingly from their evil chair in front of their evil monitor. Well, maybe I’m making some assumptions here.

I’ve been trying to buy a wireless keyboard for my Palm m125 for the past week and have been outsniped by 3 people already. I’m one of the law-abiding, ethical (ie: screwed) ebayers that actually put in a reasonable maximum bid, instead of inflating prices by always bidding in the smallest increments possible. Attempt 1: max bid $10 USD. Outsniped by: $0.50 with 5 mins left. Attempt 2: max bid $8 USD. Outsniped by: $0.09 with 10 seconds left.

Attempt 3: max bid $10.50 USD. Outbid by $0.50. This auction is over in less than 3 hours so I will see if it goes any higher, and if it doesn’t, I’ll try to snipe for a change. I’ll be paying over $11 USD, but the keyboard retails at $89.99CAD + taxes anyhow, so I’m getting a deal regardless.

If my sniping switcheroo doesn’t work, there’s always the other auctions this seller churns out after 1 or 2 days. (sigh)