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  1. KayinBlack

    KayinBlack Unrepentant Savage

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    Having mixes that I am pretty confident in getting sent out to testers.
     
  2. DeadP1xels

    DeadP1xels Social distancing since 92

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    I think i might be bagging a bargain on ebay assuming nobody of the last bidders do anything to it (lets hope there working today :p)

    I put a maximum bid of 3 x what its at atm the most i want to spend so if i goes past that atleast i tried

    However for the next 3 hours im going to be on edge wondering if im going to win or lose

    EDIT: 1 hour 40 left and mo****er came back trying to launch and attack my defence is just too strong lets hope he was just trying to get a sly one in he went from my £13 to £15,£16,£17,£18,£19 in quick succession now he has'nt bid in 15 minutes so i guess he though **** it or atleast hope

    EDIT 2: Still no bids this is why i always go for "Buy it Now" stuff im writing this just to stop myself increasing the bid or watching it too much

    EDIT3 : Been keeping an eye for 3 hours now 15 minutes left if i lose it now there is a chance i might kill someone ...

    Edit 4: Just increased max bid to the most im willing to spend on it if it was a buy it now i think i should probebly walk away now but i just can't...

    I lost last 10 seconds by a £1.....
     
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  3. SuicideNeil

    SuicideNeil What's a Dremel?

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    There was a big discussion about this^ recently; sod's law you will always lose by a tiny amount, so settle on an absolute maximum you are willing to pay... then add 2p to that amount.

    Losing by a quid kinda sucks but it just means someone wanted it more badly than you, better luck next time.
     
  4. knuck

    knuck Hate your face

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    or they sniped it, which is more likely
     
  5. Unicorn

    Unicorn Uniform November India

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    Auction stealer anyone? It's sneaky and underhanded, but it means that I never lose an important auction!
     
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  6. Teelzebub

    Teelzebub Up yours GOD,Whats best served cold

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    To see a spelling / grammar Nazi misspell the word auction lol

    Sorry about that just had to lol

    Actually I always wait untill the last 20 seconds before bidding :)
     
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  7. DeadP1xels

    DeadP1xels Social distancing since 92

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    It was his first bid aswell which kinda pissed me off even more

    Oh might have been for the best i've found something better :D just hope it does'nt go before i get the money :(
     
  8. Nexxo

    Nexxo * Prefab Sprout – The King of Rock 'n' Roll

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    My wife.
     
  9. Sloth

    Sloth #yolo #swag

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    Bidding on auctions is a lot like playing poker. By putting up the most you want to pay you're essentially reading out your hand at the start of the game and hoping no one else has better cards (aka is willing to pay more). That guy was playing to win, revealed nothing of his intentions and played his hand at the very last moment. He's probably a little pissed at you for bidding so high when you didn't need to, thus forcing him to bid higher!
     
  10. DeadP1xels

    DeadP1xels Social distancing since 92

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    Yeh i usually bid within last 10 minutes or so but if sometimes i think i might forget like i have done on the last 3 bids and check back and it has ended 10 minutes ago i always kick myself

    Nevermind i just got a radius 1000 for £77 bid more but more of a convient device for what i want to be doing
     
  11. Unicorn

    Unicorn Uniform November India

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    Ah, missed it. Well thank you for pointing it out - I'm not perfect either you know, and occasionally when typing things in a hurry I won't proof read a post before submitting it :) I'm just a work in progress ;)
     
  12. [ZiiP] NaloaC

    [ZiiP] NaloaC Multimodder

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    I lost out on a 5870 on Ebay recently, damned automated bidders. As soon as anyone else there made some kind of bid, the auto one raised it 2 quid.

    Went from 130 to 175 in 35 seconds. Gutted, just beyond my budget.
     
  13. oasked

    oasked Stuck in (better) mud

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    What do you want (from her) then ? :clap: :lol:
     
  14. Elton

    Elton Officially a Whisky Nerd

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    Class was cancelled so all I did was have lunch with one of my great and gorgeous friends. Sadly we'll never date, but god it's so much fun hanging out with her.
     
  15. BentAnat

    BentAnat Software Dev

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    The better half seems to be a bit more positive about life lately.
    That, and the fact that my trade name was approved, I am just waiting for the official company registration number. From there on in, I own a marketing company, and the missus owns a fashion shop. All in all, big changes, hopefully gonna make a difference for the better soon.
     
  16. The_Beast

    The_Beast I like wood ಠ_ಠ

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    Super fresh install of Win7 on my previously bloated laptop
     
  17. DeadP1xels

    DeadP1xels Social distancing since 92

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    I go back to college to start my foundation degree tommorow i kinda feel out of my depth but i know the teachers i have and there pretty good theres only two of us doing the foundation degree in this particular subject.

    Also theres alot of super hot girls on foundation degrees :D
     
  18. Gunsmith

    Gunsmith Maximum Win

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    its been rolled up in a tube for around a year, now the master bedroom is 95% painted i figured id finally make the frame for it.

    Winning.

    [​IMG]
     
  19. Picarro

    Picarro What's a Dremel?

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    Cleaned up the bloatware-friends from my facebook profile. Went from 230 to 104 friends. I now feel so much better.

    These 104 are actually people I would say hello to when passing them in the street.
     
  20. mars-bar-man

    mars-bar-man Side bewb.

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    A very good friend that had cancer has just posted this on his FB:

     

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