10th November, 2009 - eBay Habit

I am developing an eBay habit.

It started out gently enough. A bit of experimentation really. All the big boys were doing it and it seemed kind of - well - cool. So, I had a look in the loft, and there were one or two bits and bobs that I wasn't using them. And I kind of dipped my toe in the water.

I listed something.

It was a Scalextric set. It was unopened. I think I got it for my 30th birthday (and in spite of my youthful good looks that, alas, wasn't yesterday). I've never used it. So, I thought it might be something that would sell. It seemed safe enough. What harm could one sale do?

So I listed it.

It felt good.

It felt real.

It felt right.

But soon, I found myself checking the bids. Regularly. Several times an hour regularly. Late at night regularly. I felt like Alan Sugar - with my little Scalextric sales empire. "You're fired" I would sometimes yell at my bemused 2 year old as I paced my little office watching the minutes tick away towards the end of the auction.

And oh... The sweet sweet hit when it sold. The endorphin surge. I was hooked. I have been listing ever since.