Burning a hole in my pocket

I have a $15 gift code and $20 sitting in my paypal account.  What do I need/want from ebay?

Snowboard for the hubster

After his successful lesson and subsequent trips down the mountain, we decided to buy the hubster a snowboard to learn on instead of renting.  Buying his is a lot more time consuming and lot harder than mine was.  First of all, it's going to cost more.  I spent $160ish getting my board and bindings.  So far every auction I've watched has ended in the $200+ range, some as high as $335 (not including shipping!).  The closest we've come is losing an auction last night.  My high bid was $170 and it sold for $187.50.  That's not including the $40 shipping.  Hopefully, my cousin has more luck on craigslist.

Success!!!!111!!!1

I won the auction for some snowboarding pants.  Now I can return the ones I bought and save $20!  I'm pretty sure these pants I bought are much better than the ones I bought at Sports Authority.  In other news, my cousin was able to buy me a snowboard.  So take that stupid ebay and esnipe.  I don't need you for a snowboard!

He really went above and beyond to help me out.  I think he likes introducing new people to the sport and we're family!  So a big shout out to Cousin Andrew!

From the sounds of it, it's a pretty decent one.  Now to find some bindings and mittens, and I'm pretty much set!  So freaking excited!

Ebay Fail

So I'm not sure I'm ready to write this post.  I lost my auction last night and I was pretty upset/disappointed/devastated.  If I could produce tears, I would have cried.  I was being a real baby and even the hubster said I was acting like a princess.  I don't even know what that means, but I was acting like a retard.  I don't even know why... sorta.  I got caught up in the auction and desperately wanted to win.  I know, mistake number one.  I used esnipe as my cousin suggested, but it never put my bid in and what stings worse was that my maximum bid would have won my auction!  So I sent off an email to figure out why the hell it didn't work.

So I'm trying to find another suitable board.  My cousin has been providing a lot of help and advice which is greatly appreciated.  Knowing me, I'd pick the prettiest board with a brand name and call it day.  I'd probably pay way too much for it too.  So he sent me a few auctions to keep an eye out on.  I'm giving esnipe another try, but I hope it doesn't let me down.  I don't want to be disappointed again.

Ebay

I'm trying to buy a used snowboard to learn on for this season.  Craigslist isn't really working out since I live in Columbus.  I don't want to drop the money for a new one either, so I turned to ebay.  It's such a mindfuck though.  I love and hate it.  I love that I could potentially get everything I need for super cheap and its addicting to search for what I want or maybe I'm confusing it with my obsessive nature.  When I figure out something I want, it's all I think about - non-stop.

Bids start out super low and you're like "Yes, I'll save money", but then it creeps higher and I get a sad face.  Currently, I'm trying to win a snowboard and bindings.  On the advice of my cousin, I'm using esnipe.  My first time using it and bids for you at the last second.  I randomly (like 5 times a day) check out the auction and to my dismay, I clicked on the auction today, the price went from $48 to $103.  It's still below my max, but it makes me sad.  But what if it goes above my max bid?!?!?  Do I fall into the trap and raise it?  Knowing me, that's a very probably outcome.  Maybe I should just stop looking and check my email Sunday night to see if I won or not.

I'm also trying to bid on a pair of snowboard pants.  I don't think I'll be too sad if I lose those since I bought a pair today in case I don't win.  If I do win, I can just return the ones I bought.

Here's to hoping I win.