Jeff,
Dont worry, you didnt offend me! Like many have said already...I bid the
most I am willing to pay for something and then forget about it. The only
time I have ever got into a bidding war was for an Elvira Night Brew beer
sign....and it was worth every penny :)
Congrads on getting the FSM!
Bill Boggs
ICQ# 96440831
thumper72@lvcm.com
http://www.lvcm.com/thumper/white_lightning.html
"White Lightning"
2001 CC 2WD Sport+ 4.7 Auto
> I just won a 2001 fsm and unfortunately had to do it this way. I have been
> outbid so many times in the last few seconds that I got pissed about it
and
> decided I would do the same thing. I know it's wrong and I really don't
like
> to do it but there was no bid except this guy for a few days and sure
enough
> when I did my bid the last few seconds the price went up six bucks. I
wasn't
> the only one and if I had not set my max bid high enough I wouldn't have
got
> it. Anyway, bummed I had to do it but I really wanted the fsm. If I
offended
> someone I didn't mean too.
>
> Jeff Durling
> '01 4x2 QC SLT+
>
> Chris Ryan wrote:
>
> > So I bid $64 on that a couple days ago and was pleased to see that no
> > one had out-bid me as of a couple hours before it was to end. I lost
> > track of time and wasn't around at auctions end, and sure enough, some
> > dick came along and out-bid me by $1 just 45 seconds before it ended.
> > Dude's lucky it wasn't a live auction, I would've taken a couple of his
> > teeth for bumpin me without giving me an opportunity to re-bid. Don't
> > people understand the concept of an auction, it's not whose quickest
> > with the keyboard at the end, it's whose willing to pay the most. I
> > would've only gone another five or ten bucks on it, that is if I'd had
> > the opportunity. Hope it wasn't someone on the list, don't mean to
> > offend (well, kinda), I'm just venting.
> >
> > On a brighter note I added a 200W 5ch Alpine amp, and a 10" Rockford
> > Fosgate sub earlier this afternoon. So the day evened itself out.
> >
> > --
> > Chris
> > Portland, OR
> > Black '99 Sport Plus CC 4x4 318 Auto.
> > 3" Rancho Suspension Lift, 32"x11.5" BFG MTs, SnugTop Expo w/Yakima Trac
> > System w/Fairing, Sea Kayak and Bike Mounts, GoRhino Grill/Brush Guard
> > w/2 130W KC Spotlights and Tow Hooks, Westin Nerf Bars, WAAG Tail-light
> > Guards, GTS Blackouts F & R, Mopar PCM, Taylor Pro-Spiro Wires,
> > Autolites, 180 TS, Cold K&N, Flowmaster Split Rear, Mopar Chrome Rear
> > Diff Cover, Line-X, Window Tint, Ventvisors.
>
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