Right now, I am very pissed! Back in February, I got what I thought was a good deal on a 4/4 violin on eBay. Not knowing any better, I thought I made out well when it arrived. I finally bought a better case for it, as I'm planning on taking lessons starting next week. The new case arrived, and my "violin" is too big. What I was sold as a ( Read more... )

I just scored Covenant's Northern Light for a mere £6.50, with shipping to Seattle! Score.

Whine! So, I got up nice and early, fell right back to sleep because I had turned the alarm off, and over-slept. When I finally did wake up, I realized why my body was telling me I needed more sleep. So I called in sick for work. Besides, that nifty iBook I won on eBay was supposed to arrive today. So I sat bundled-up all day waiting for the ( Read more... )

I've really been fortunate with the auctions I've won over the past several years. Aside from a laptop that worked great when it arrived, only to have to PCMCIA adapter die two weeks later, I've really only had a couple of auctions go bad. The first taught me to watch out for auctions that no matter how attractive the price, have very high ( Read more... )