> Many people seem to have a hard time 
> understanding how to bid on eBay and Yahoo (I'm 

It can't be not understanding. Ebay is too clear 
about it. A lot of times, I'm sure people get
"caught up in the moment". . . They really want 
the item (whatever it may be) and so they keep 
thinking, "well I was willing to pay $X - I can 
do $2.50 more."  And then it turns into $2.50 
more than that, and then $2.50 more than that. . .
until the person turns into the auction equivilent
of the people I saw last time I went to Atlantic 
City - the dull-faced, zombies who just sat, fed 
the machine, and pulled the handle over and over 
and over again. 0_o  (It was truly scary. 0_o)

I know that I often *don't* put in my max bid 
right away because of these people who come in 
with the intent to bid last second and then keep 
just walking the bid up. Even if the auction ends 
before they hit my max, they can cost me a lot of 
money. (As happened with the Narumon cel I 
recently won on Ebay.)

In terms of cels - I get the feeling that some of 
these people are the same people we see here who 
have to sell some cels right away because of
"oops! I've overspent for the month". Basically, 
it suddenly dawns on them that they can't 
actually afford their bid. But of course, when 
they go to sell the cel - usually not on Ebay 
right away if they got it there - it goes up for 
sale at their inflated bid. When someone tries to 
comment that the cel was *just* bought or isn't 
the price a bit steep, that's when all the 
whining starts about "I'm *only* asking what I 
paid for it".

(Note, I'm not pointing *ANY* fingers whatsoever 
or trying to indicate any particular person in 
any way, but just making what I believe is an 
accurate specualtion of a situation.)

I guess, aside from people who buy cels just to 
throw them up on Ebay or to resell on their site 
(I was ***VERY*** angry to recently see a dealer 
I like very much outbid me on some cels on Yahoo 
Japan only to throw them up on thier site a tiny 
bit later), I'm also annoyed by the eternal
"overspenders". . . Maybe more so because I *DO* 
watch what I spend and I'm careful not to 
overspend myself. (Or if I do, I do it knowing I 
have to "underspend" next month.) It's annoying 
to be outbid on something only to have the high 
bidder turn around and say "oops! I have to sell 
this right away because I overspent! woe-is-me!"  
In that case, NO. Woe-is-*ME*, since I could have 
bought the cel before but now they "only" want 
what they paid for it.

I guess I better hope these two cents are flame-
resistant. ^_~

Many Sharp Smiles,
--Drac