auction

As I'm typing this, I'm eagerly watching the bid climb higher and higher on Lisa's MacBook that we're selling on ebay. I've never sold anything before, and this is quite exciting to watch it. The anticipation and suspense is great! I have to catch the bus about 5 minutes before the auction ends, and I think that I might injure the old and feeble trying to get on the bus as quickly as possible so I can check it out again.

I remember going to Salem Days and hearing the end of the auction that they do before the pageant. It seemed rather mild and not exciting. Then again, I was always sitting far away and couldn't actually see the bidding going on. This isn't anything like that. I'm riveted.

It's an interesting concept, this auction business. Put a bid down and a final amount, hoping to win the auction by paying more than the "other guy" while still saving money if bought elsewhere. Weird.