# Alcohol and eBay don't mix **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 17, 2003, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alcohol-and-ebay-dont-mix/175844 "2003-05-17T05:14:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![scr4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/59ef9b/32.png) [@scr4](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scr4)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2003, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alcohol-and-ebay-dont-mix/175844/1 "2003-05-17T05:14:07Z")
I woke up this morning to find out that I’m a winning bidder for a road bike. $400 is actually a very good price for a brand new Fuji road bike (and I even got the correct size), but still… Please tell me I’m not the only one who got drunk and spent way too much money online. (Actually it was Yahoo! Auctions. eBay will be mad at me for using it as a generic term, won’t they?) ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2003, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alcohol-and-ebay-dont-mix/175844/2 "2003-05-17T06:27:45Z")
Well if you get plowed again this weekend you can take a chance on the "RARE MENSTRUATING GUMMY-BEAR!!! " ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2003, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alcohol-and-ebay-dont-mix/175844/3 "2003-05-17T06:32:46Z")
PIMF[RARE MENSTRUATING GUMMY-BEAR!!!](http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2928653207&category=1469) ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2003, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alcohol-and-ebay-dont-mix/175844/4 "2003-05-17T13:55:57Z")
I don’t drink – but I’m currently the high bidder on [this](http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3223326611&ssPageName=ADME:B:BN:US:1). What can I say – I was here, at pogo, at eBay, and chatting with two different people last night. It seemed like a good idea at the time. ---
**Author:** ![Doomtrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/0ea827/32.png) [@Doomtrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doomtrain)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2003, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alcohol-and-ebay-dont-mix/175844/5 "2003-05-17T14:38:57Z")
[Life imitates the Onion once again.](http://www.theonion.com/onion3530/ebay_drunk.html) ---
**Author:** ![Marconi\_Schmeese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ea666f/32.png) [@Marconi\_Schmeese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marconi_Schmeese)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2003, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alcohol-and-ebay-dont-mix/175844/6 "2003-05-17T15:19:22Z")
Twickster, that is so fabulously _tacky!_ I love it! ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2003, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alcohol-and-ebay-dont-mix/175844/7 "2003-05-17T15:23:19Z")
**blushes, digs toe in dirt** ---
**Author:** ![benrocks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/d78d45/32.png) [@benrocks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/benrocks)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2003, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alcohol-and-ebay-dont-mix/175844/8 "2003-05-18T01:56:32Z")
so twickster, did ya win ---
**Author:** ![benrocks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/d78d45/32.png) [@benrocks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/benrocks)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2003, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alcohol-and-ebay-dont-mix/175844/9 "2003-05-18T02:12:14Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by benrocks \* > \*\*so twickster, did ya win \*\* nevermind:smack: :smack: :smack: ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2003, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alcohol-and-ebay-dont-mix/175844/10 "2003-05-18T20:06:52Z")
Phew – I was over at the bf’s last night – didn’t realize it was such a squeaker. Dot coulda done me in (um, saved me from myself?) since $15.01 was my maximum bid and I wasn’t here to get giddy. ---
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2003, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alcohol-and-ebay-dont-mix/175844/11 "2003-05-18T20:35:10Z")
**Twickster** , what can I say? The flamingo lamp is so phenomenally ugly, d’ya reckon you could leave it to me in your will? 😃