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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | That is not "Electro/Acoustic...
That is not the designation for a USA Viper...
That is eBay Anonymous.
My name is Arthur... And I am a shop-a-holic!
I would look at Pacemakers when I had one coming in the mail! And put them on my watch list!
I have eleven guitars, and I am shopping for More!
Is there any help for me?
[Just a random thought to get my post-count up? No! This is a serious condition for which there is no known cure. But the condition can be arrested, and then recovery is possible... :p ] |
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Location: Tennessee | Naw, you just do it to irritate sellers who are thrilled that there are 150 people watching their auction ... only to see it end with no bids. :) |
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | Originally posted by stonebobbo:
Naw, you just do it to irritate sellers who are thrilled that there are 150 people watching their auction ... only to see it end with no bids. :) Been there Done that!
If you tell the OFC you are selling something, you get 500 members watching just to see how it goes.
So I don't tell... Nobody wants my Celebrities anyway! :( |
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Location: Slightly northwest of Trader Jim | You should ask Trader Jim, he doesn't go to the meetings, but he knows where they are. :D |
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Location: South of most, North of few | Originally posted by Gway:
You should ask Trader Jim, he doesn't go to the meetings, but he knows where they are. :D THERE IS NO CURE. |
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Location: Budd Lake, NJ | Well, I certainly can't blame it all on eBay; 4 of the 6 O's in my stable right now are a direct result of connections within the club itself. I think it's a much broader-scoped addiction, more like "GAS Anonymous," because the temptation can strike from more than one direction, eBay being only one of many. If I really wanted to resist it in all its nefarious forms, I'd avoid this place like the plague--but I'm not!! :D :D ;)
--Karen |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | 5 OFC guitars vs. 5 from ebay. Lots more bidding on ebay that didn't go anywhere and even more watching. The OFC is more efficient. See a good guitar at a fair price and buy it. |
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Location: Slightly northwest of Trader Jim | I have a great system. Trader Jim buy's them, Brings them around so I can test drive them, get's tired of them, I buy them! What could be sweeter! ;) |
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Location: Simpsonville, SC | I agree with Mark, four of six guitars purchased from OFC members. OMA, maybe you better find an OFC Anon group locally that is affiliated with the eBay Anons.
Maybe I better do that too....after this next one that I want is no longer available... maybe I shouldn't be here at all.....nah!
Signed,
Hopelessly Addicted :confused: |
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | As in the warning I have posted while welcoming Novice O'Cultists;
"When I first visited this site, I had one O (sorta) in the Mail, and needed care-n-feeding advice."
Now I have eight, and some others have come-n-gone.
But this is a Good Thing! Otherwise I would just Waste my money!
    Bye-bye $$$ |
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Location: East Tennessee | Originally posted by Gway:
I have a great system. Trader Jim buy's them, Brings them around so I can test drive them, get's tired of them, I buy them! What could be sweeter! ;) I'm eagerly awaiting his arrival in East Tennessee.
Kinda like waiting for Santa. :D |
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Location: UK | This is how it works for me buying anything , you set an imaginary budget for the money you havnt got , obsessivly look on ebay ( mostly in work time ) , only ever want what is at least a third above the imaginary budget for the money you havnt got anyway , decide on the one thats the most hassal to get ie is pick up only at least 400 miles from where you live and then convince yourself that you deserve and need this new object in your life at what ever the cost emotionally , physically and financially , heck im even crossing the Atlantic to see what Trader Jim has for me not to mention picking up my 1537 from Woz |
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Location: Pacific Northwest Inland Empire | Yeah, that's the ticket! Admit you are powerless over your addiction, and just get on with it!!
Identifying as a Bottomfeeder, however, has its own self-limiting, and protective, characteristics. |
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Where is the nearest EA meeting?