Jed
09-24-2004, 04:04 PM
Ok, imagine to my friend and I's surprise and joy when we see an eBay auction for all episodes of the old toon and Next Mutation on VHS going for $71. I have the means to put VHS onto DVD, so we were going to split the cost and I would make 2 DVD copies of all the tapes, one for each of us.
So me and Paul, my friend, got all worked up and excited, imagine owning all the old toon episodes in one go, not to mention Next Mutation aswell. I waited hours today for the auction's end (not literally watching the screen, I just mean waiting around the house, it ended about 15 minues ago by the way), biding my time till it came to bid. I admit it, I wait till the last second before bidding, so sue me. Now this is nail biting stuff (not really, but it sounds dramatic), our hopes are held up so high I just gotta win this set. We had planned to go as high as about $120, just in case. So, 30 seconds left I refresh the page for the last time to make sure the bid hasn't gone up. I'm watching the screen... all I see is a white page... and then...
...my internet disconnects...
...I was in shock. It takes dial up about 30 seconds to re-connect. I sit there hoping, praying that I'll catch the auction at it's very end... and I don't. The whole set goes for $71. I coulda had it for $72, $36 each. My friend is really disappointed, and this is not the first time my internet's disconnected at an auction's end. This sucks. Anyone wanna loan me some TMNT VHS :wink:
So me and Paul, my friend, got all worked up and excited, imagine owning all the old toon episodes in one go, not to mention Next Mutation aswell. I waited hours today for the auction's end (not literally watching the screen, I just mean waiting around the house, it ended about 15 minues ago by the way), biding my time till it came to bid. I admit it, I wait till the last second before bidding, so sue me. Now this is nail biting stuff (not really, but it sounds dramatic), our hopes are held up so high I just gotta win this set. We had planned to go as high as about $120, just in case. So, 30 seconds left I refresh the page for the last time to make sure the bid hasn't gone up. I'm watching the screen... all I see is a white page... and then...
...my internet disconnects...
...I was in shock. It takes dial up about 30 seconds to re-connect. I sit there hoping, praying that I'll catch the auction at it's very end... and I don't. The whole set goes for $71. I coulda had it for $72, $36 each. My friend is really disappointed, and this is not the first time my internet's disconnected at an auction's end. This sucks. Anyone wanna loan me some TMNT VHS :wink: