I love eBay. Do you know why I love eBay so much? Two reasons that I can think of..

1. I love looking at all the different items in one place and seeing a range of prices for them. You don't see that in the stores.. do you? If you're shopping at a regular store, you know that when you click on a certain item it's going to be the same price no matter what time of the day or how many times you click on it. eBay is always changing and I thoroughly enjoy that.

2. The second reason and probably my favorite is... I love to swoop in at the last minute and swipe an item that people have been trying to outbid each other on for days, hours, minutes.. whatever. I spot my prey and watch it until there is only about a minute or so left and then I throw down my bid. If someone hasn't put a high enough bid in to have the system automatically bid for them, they scramble to jump back into the lead. There are two reasons why I wait until the end of the auction to make my move.

a. There is no point increasing the amount of the item when there are hours or even days left.

b. Whoever the high bidder is at that point feels relatively comfortable and confident that they will win. They're not really expecting anyone to jump in at that point.

Of course I'll fight for it until the end because I have a strong need to win, but even if I don't.. at least I feel better knowing that I made someone jump out of their seat in a panic and, at the same time, jacked the price way up on them. "Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee."

Yes.. I am a cruel, competitive person when it comes to eBay shopping. You can't knock people down in the stores like that without getting into some kind of trouble.