I was right – there’s no way I’m going to win the lot. Primetime last night bumped it up to a ridiculous $118! I say it’s ridiculous because their impatience is going to cause the winner to rip themselves off. In other words, if they’d just waited till it got closer to the end and didn’t go bidding so much so soon, the winner would be getting it for a lot less than they’re going to come 9 hours from now. The seller, though, is no doubt thrilled with their greedy competitiveness.

There are a couple of small lots I may bid on. One’s ending in about 7 hours.

We decided that if we don’t have 20 feedbacks come the 1st, we’ll pay the $5 fee it’ll cost us to open the store. We want to get started!

Tom said that while he was out burning today he heard lots of voices coming from the front, but couldn’t be sure if it was at the new houses. There are lights on there, but if there’s anyone moved in yet, they’re awfully quiet. I haven’t heard car doors or any new and unfamiliar barks.

Later…

The big lot ended up going for $128. I wanted to win a lot of 10 this morning, but they surprised me by bidding on it in the end and bringing the price up past what I was willing to pay. Or at least what we had money for at this time. As Tom pointed out, a lot of these Barbie fanatics are dealers and it’s their job to sit at the computer all day bidding and selling things. There are also people out there with money to burn that get in the way, too. These are the people who are willing to pay whatever it takes to win.

The things we’re going to start off with in our store will be coins, vintage computer hardware and software, incense, plates, dolls and books.