Autoblography - IMterview
[#2 in a series of ∞]
[Where we talk mostly about Ebay and stuff]
17:16:16 Stuart: If you're going for a PS3 for April 29th
17:16:26 Stuart: this might be a good bet, as it's a misspelled listing
17:16:34 Stuart: [Ebay PS3 Link]
17:16:47 Stuart: and the starting price is 99c.
17:17:04 Stuart: not many people will look for a playstaion.
17:23:52 Stuart: Feel free to offer a fair amount if you like.
17:26:47 Stuart: You didn't see me, roight?
18:29:28 Matt: cheers!
18:30:07 Stuart: no problem!
18:31:30 Matt: bidding at ?51 now
18:32:14 Stuart: that looks fishy
18:32:26 Matt: fishy?
18:32:27 Stuart: three separate bidders with stars in the middles of their names?
18:32:42 Stuart: yeah the automatic bids that came up when you bid
18:32:43 Matt: true
18:32:58 Stuart: I have a love-hate relationship with eBay
18:33:02 Matt: me too
18:35:19 Stuart: I bought Guitar Hero 2 with a guitar for $22.50
18:35:24 Stuart: shipping....$25
18:35:31 Stuart: Which was fair enough, I thought.
18:35:38 Stuart: But it was a big corporate ebay-company
18:35:46 Stuart: with 140,000 feedback
18:35:52 Stuart: 96% reviews.
18:36:11 Stuart: and the 4% consisted entirely (as I saw after I'd paid) of people being upset about the guitar hero packs
18:36:31 Stuart: new guitars, secondhand, heavily-used, scratched discs
18:36:41 Stuart: happened to me too.
18:36:55 Stuart: I am very cautious now
18:37:13 Matt: brutal
18:37:46 Stuart: learning curve.
18:37:53 Matt: totally
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