eBay is evil.
i first heard about eBay like 4 years ago when my brother was bidding on musical equipment for his recording studio. it sounded like a right faff but you do get the goods for cheap. nowadays, eBay’s pretty much the best market for second hand items (i can’t seem to find decent second hand gear at guitar stores nowadays).
i have bought items on eBay (not that many, just a pathetic 4 next to my eBay ID, with no star), all of which was of the buy it now variety.
why did i say eBay was evil? well, a few days ago i tried my luck bidding for an item.
it was a 1993 american (not the current reissue one that’s made in a place south of california) fender blues deluxe 40-watt valve amp. there was only one bidder and it was too good to be true to see that it stayed that way till two days prior to the day bidding ends. my gut feeling was that there were lurkers like myself ready to pounce on it in the final few seconds. despite the fact i knew of that likelihood, i put my bid for the item.
the following two days was hell, i tell you.
questions like “is my maximum bid high enough?” and “will there be many lurkers sniping at the 59th second?” were buzzing around my cranium. i tried to make myself feel better by saying that i could only afford to pay what my maximum bid was. but then i also felt like, “alaah… only ten quid more, bid higher laa!”. scramn it!!!
I never really bidded on ebay before. The most was upping up a pound or two on some book sets and when someone else outbidded me, i threw in the towel and went to amazon’s second hand store. Books or CDs je. I dont really want to be sucked into the dark side like you.
Mintak simpang the day i start searching ebay for computers or beds or wives or whatever else they have up there.
btw, what’s this one? p***tieeeennnnnnnnnggggg. Penat run through my list but no match.
can anyone help anuar here? hahaha 😆
hahaha… nak menang at ebay, kena guna broadband or lease line. 5 secs pun boleh curi lagi. another way is to use one of the many bidding softwares like Bidnapper, Auction Snipper, Snipe etc.
try again….
my broadband is 2.2 mbps. i even tested my refresh speed which is 3 seconds or less. tapi nak type the new bid la sakit unless i am superman.
yup, i used auction sniper la for that failed bid. my mistake (which was difficult to foresee) was my max bid was lower than the winner of the damn amp.
oh well.
Kudo Bro, beli lah full tube amp.
Build sendrik pon menarik jugak. Baru aaa “handwired” @ “Boutique”.
gua tgh pikir nak beli ker nak buat sendrik tube amp…
ini sure influence uncle trick. demmit.
😆
I am trying to sell my old slr on ebay but noone is buying 🙁 — been trying for a year!
Like you anuar, I only buy books and CDs itupun cekik darahlah!
pedal whore! Haha.
I’m tempted to get one too, but I don’t know
how to use it though. Pakai main taming sari ka? Whoaaa.
Juegg-jegejugjugg
That intro part kan?
uncle t got his amp “boutiqued” by himself and the sound came out quite good (lotsa ‘feedback’… tak habis2 tolak gitar ke muncung amp.. lol).
kudo
looks kike you have a bad case of G.A.S
gadget acquiring syndrome. most common in guitarist 😛
test test
record it bro. mau dgr itu bunyi macam mana klua
Sorry this Haloshite is giving me the nuts.
I was saying (tapi the excitement dah kurang because this is actually second time writing it) that my amp was handwired by Paul.. you know what? Fuhgeddaboutit.
But did I tell you guys that Sylvia’s (my amp) input jack patah? Nasib baik Input 2. I think it’s time to send it over to Ceriatone for an overhaul. Tukar tube, rebias, whatever lah. Maybe tukar speakers pakai speakers idola aku (Uncle Trick).
t: Jangan tertipu perkara2 duniawi pedal2 nih!
Fingers –> Guitar –> Amp, remember?
(Walhal aku ada dua of that same EH EM. One got busted, and once you’ve been with a good mistress, good lovin’ takes a whole different meaning, man!)
neon: hihaha chyeahh, bukan idola kau Mawi ke? BWAHAHA.
Yeah kudo told me about that R*v*r* damnit!!
Fingers->guitar->amp? Look we’re no EC man, kena-lah layan marketing hype, i.e pakai Titanium trem block ka, Silver Lace Sensor ka, McHale Natural Add-On Calluses ka…
alee: itu demam feedback sekejap saja, 2 minggu habis-lah. Bila mau procure barang2 utk Dexter-AnnArbor boutique?
t: Mawi? The ex-qari turned rockstar getting it on with a bunch of loose women off the streets of Jalan Pinang? Best marketing hype ever, dude. Next time aku masuk talent show, I’ll use Islam as a marketing strategy. Sorry, but I buy into ‘real’ bad guys. Macam E.C., B.B. and kau lah.
Hahahahaa… sarckastick siout kau about the “Look we’re no EC, man” bit. And is there really such a thing as a ‘natural add-on callus’? Sounds like an oxymoron to me jek?
hahaha. 😆
the neon: oooo. baru aku tau, eh?
WORLD!
faley: kasi email address. wa nak berguru dgn kau hal-hal VST. pasal aku still tak paham!!! 😆
anuarfariz: wei fill in the blanks for me
anuarfariz: p***tieeeennnnnnnnngggggg!!!!!
aik tak keluaq semua
faridzun: uki
faridzun: pukitieng
anuarfariz: pukitieng?
anuarfariz: apa benda tu?
faridzun: sapa mencarut tuh
anuarfariz: kudo
faridzun: extreme puki
anuarfariz: hahahahha
faridzun: itu oldies punya mencarut
faridzun: alamak nampak sangat aku pun oldies
eh eh sapa faridzun tuh.. gila vulgar!! hehe
pandai iJun.