back in february (link) i wrote about a figure i
got outbid on while i was on the phone with e. sometimes i’ll catch myself
randomly thinking about it and i’ll kick myself for not bidding higher. it must
have been fate because today, when i logged on ebay, i saw the figure up.
granted it was more expensive than it was when i lost out, i got hella excited.
i screenshotted it and texted e. all day at work i was contemplating on buying
it outright instead of negotiating. i figured i’d give myself until i got home
to think about it. when i got home from work, mom wanted to go to market basket
to pick up a few items. we drove through the rain, got our items, and came
back. we picked up wendy’s before we got home.
as i began to eat, i called e. when i brought up the figure, i went to check on ebay and it was sold! i went into panic mode because i thought “nah not again.” thinking i had nothing to lose, i messaged the seller and asked if the item was for sale. i told him i’d pay $100 over what he was listing it for previously. this worked for him because he got $100 more than original, and it worked for me because i had a coupon worth $100 off. i know it was grimey, but i couldn’t let this slip away from me for the second time. surprisingly, he agreed. it was nice because i negotiated the shipping from $83 to $30 as well. he printed out the shipping label and it updated to shipped on ebay shortly thereafter.
i hope it does ship, and if it doesn’t, that’s karma for my ass.
-ratha, 11:05pm, 4.29.21