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March 22nd, 2007 | Tags: duplo, ebay, lament, osv. | 1 Comment
Tonight, Andrea and I briefly sought some Danish-made stacking block toys for WT after watching him enjoy similar items at a friend’s house. (These particular toys are no longer in production, which complicates matters.) One item — call it “A” — we deemed crucial; a second item — call it “B” — was more of a nice afterthought in the grand blocks-and-block-accessories-for-WT plan. Andrea happened to find an “A” on a well-known online auction site. I noticed that the seller offering “A” was also offering several “B” items in a lot, and that this seller offered to combine multiple orders to save on shipping.
Unbeknownst to Andrea, I (foolishly!) placed bids for both, since they were ENDING SOON MINT NIB A+++ OMG LOL. I thought that the “B” auction was priced a little high, but I assumed, given the activity on each, that I would either:
- Get both items at a relative bargain price, or
- Lose the auction for “B,” but get “A” — the item I was most interested in acquiring, anyway — and grudgingly pay the somewhat-inflated shipping charge.
I suspect that experienced internet consumers already know how this story ends:
