So, I just got sniped on an eBay auction I was bidding on: Hembeck illo: Avengers Chorus Line.
Now, I bid only as much as I was willing to pay. And while I dug the sketch, and it would have been the first piece of original art I would have ever owned, I really am not going to kill myself now that I have been sniped out of getting it. But it still rankles me.
The D-Bag that outbid me had put his bid in at 7 seconds before the auction ended. SEVEN SECONDS! I mean, who does that? What was he thinking? What is the mindset of an eBay sniper? Does he think he accomplished something? That he established his eBay superiority? Yes, he won the auction and he owns the artwork, but really, Mr. jet_blaq, if you put that bid in an hour earlier, you still would have gotten the piece. At the same price, I'd imagine
I hope whoever covers karma as it relates to sniping returns mr. jet_blaq's sniping back upon him tenfold. Better yet, I hope that the next time he tries to snipe, his computer crashes and permanently dies right before the bid goes on. And it just might happen, because karma is a harsh mistress.
In the meantime, I have contacted Mr. Hembeck himself to see if I can commisson the exact same piece from him directly. Try to snipe me then, Mr. jet_blaq!
(Yes, I am slowly growing into a bitter old man. Thank god I have Jen or else it would be twenty cats and yelling to kids to get off my lawn in my future.)
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