Public Humiliation
By Andy Morrise. Filed in General |
am always one to rush into things. That is how I recently bought a new laptop on eBay. I know what you are thinking, “We know about your laptop, you talked about it for weeks.” Yes, yes I did. But this is another new laptop, purchased this very day. Here’s the deal. I always look at technology, it’s my thing that I do. I look at this laptop a lot because Julianne has a similar one and I think it’s cool. This one has all the same specs, it’s just a little smaller. Anyway, I haven’t seen one go for under $900 in a long time and this auction still had days left when I first saw it. I always feel that if I am the highest bidder on any eBay item at any given time then I owned it however briefly. The bid was at $700 and I figured, what the heck, I’ll bid $750. I did so, and the price jumped to $740 (if you know how eBay works this will make sense to you). I did this without really reading the item description because I see so many of these things and they are always sold brand new by the same sellers. This time though, it was a different seller and the item was only “like new” having been used for two weeks. I guess two weeks of use depreciates these things by $160 because no one bid on it after me.
So, here’s the deal. I now own two mid-level laptops. My plan is to list them both on KSL.com and just wait until one of them sells. Then I will keep the other. I looked on KSL to see if any of this type of laptop were available for sale. It turns out there was one on there. It has been used for two weeks and it already sold after 8 days. It sold for $895. That would give me a $155 profit. Here’s hoping anyway, but so far I haven’t had the best experience selling on KSL. I guess that’s what I get for being impatient.
I tell you all this to save myself the trouble of explaining when I see you in person.
Wednesday, March 25th 2009 at 2:54 pm |
That is hilarious! I have to say (in the nicest way of course) that you totally had it coming.
When you say it has all the same specs as mine, do you mean ALL the same specs? Because if so, I am totally jealous of the price. I mean, I know you don’t need another laptop and I realize it is (barely) used. But I’m sure you’ll be able to make some money off one of them, and then you can enjoy your “humiliation” all the way to the bank.
Thursday, March 26th 2009 at 8:26 am |
Julianne, I looked it up and the only things that are different between this machine and yours are that yours retails for $200 more, yours has more built-in speakers and yours has a larger screen. Since this one was purchased for company use, it is used (no kidding?) and the seller doesn’t know the fate of the original box or backpack. My guess is the IT guy at his work threw one away and is using the other. As for being able to sell either laptop, I don’t know why I never get people who want to pay cash, everyone wants to trade stuff. We’ll see, patience is always my problem with KSL.com.