subject: On-line Auctions Can Cost A Fortune Or A Penny [print this page] On-line auctions are won and lost by the invisible. No one knows what you are bidding on or even what your name is or what State you live in. All anonymous, all in the privacy of your own office or home. You can buy anything through on-line auctions. The final missing plate from your grandmothers china collection. Any type of collectable imaginable. Famous documents, your favorite pair of jeans long after they have been sold in department stores. You can win guitars played by famous people, cars driven by famous people or even soda cans drank out of by famous people.
Not only can you buy anything imaginable you can sell anything. A couple of the more famous cases are; the lady who sold her forehead to the highest bidder and a man who sold his soul. The lady was a single mother trying to support her son. She put her forehead on auction for $10,000 to have any advertisement tattooed on her forehead. The casino that won the auction got the most out of any advertising money they had ever spent. She, and her famous forehead, was on every day time talk show around. Ten thousand dollars isn't much for a permanent moving billboard with so much notoriety. And the man who sold his soul? Who bought it and what will he do with it? A question worth pondering.
The dependance of on-line bidding, the buying of useless or unnecessary things simply for the thrill can be detrimental and costly. Certainly one that can cause marital and family discord. Any addiction can be ruinous if not controlled. Set yourself limits, time and money. Your life is worth more than an on-line acquisition.
I found a partial solution today while I was on-line; penny auctions. The stuff I saw was ridiculously cheap. I am not really sure how they work, I need to do a little more investigation but that sounds like a less expensive way to gather the stuff and get the thrill. Horse race minus the horse, rabbit and wager!
