# Am I the only person in the US who is an EBAY virgin?

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [September 28, 2001, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-person-in-the-us-who-is-an-ebay-virgin/84404 "2001-09-28T23:11:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\
**Post date:** [September 28, 2001, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-person-in-the-us-who-is-an-ebay-virgin/84404/1 "2001-09-28T23:11:41Z")

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I want to buy/bid on something from Ebay, since I am on  
Netscape, I have to use my credit card because Netscape is, well, it doesn’t really have a home, has anyone else done this this way ?

Any hints on bidding?

Great Googly Moogly, I feel like a total moron.

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**Author:** ![Persephone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@Persephone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Persephone)\
**Post date:** [September 28, 2001, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-person-in-the-us-who-is-an-ebay-virgin/84404/2 "2001-09-28T23:14:02Z")

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I myself have never bought anything on eBay. My husband has, but we don’t have credit cards, and I do not know the intricacies of anything.

He got a Barbie for me once, to give to a friend of mine. I let him handle all the details, because I was so clueless.

So no, Shirley, you’re not the only eBay virgin. 😃

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**Author:** ![Nymysys](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f6c823/32.png) [@Nymysys](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nymysys)\
**Post date:** [September 28, 2001, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-person-in-the-us-who-is-an-ebay-virgin/84404/3 "2001-09-28T23:15:47Z")

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You’re even ahead of me. I would assume the URL is [www.ebay.com](http://www.ebay.com), but I don’t know. Never been there, never will.

Hopefully. Unless someone steals the other half of my soul.

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**Author:** ![Cyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a88e4f/32.png) [@Cyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cyn)\
**Post date:** [September 28, 2001, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-person-in-the-us-who-is-an-ebay-virgin/84404/4 "2001-09-28T23:18:04Z")

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Ebay virgin here. Never even peeked at it.  
Ebay, I mean.

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**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\
**Post date:** [September 28, 2001, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-person-in-the-us-who-is-an-ebay-virgin/84404/5 "2001-09-28T23:20:24Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Nymysys \*  
> \*\* Hopefully. Unless someone steals the other half of my soul. \*\*

You talk as if it is like actually buying a overpriced cup of pretentious coffee at Starbucks.

Feh.

Damned to perdition…for buying lego’s for my children.

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**Author:** ![Nymysys](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f6c823/32.png) [@Nymysys](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nymysys)\
**Post date:** [September 28, 2001, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-person-in-the-us-who-is-an-ebay-virgin/84404/6 "2001-09-28T23:42:58Z")

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> [@](#):
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> \*Originally posted by Shirley Ujest \*  
> \*\*Damned to perdition…for buying lego’s for my children. \*\*

LEGOS!

See? You’ve taken the first step already. HELLFIRE!

😃