My eBay Obsession

I am going to write about eBay. I am obsessed with eBay. Well at least I used to be. I have an eBay account and have had it for a little over a year. Since then, I have been selling and buying several things on eBay. I think the total number of items that I have sold and bought on eBay is about twenty. That is nothing compared to some of the other eBay members. Some of them have made hundreds of thousands of transactions. I might get like that someday, (maybe in about fifty years)! EBay can easily get you addicted to it. You can find so many cheap items on it. I have found shoes on eBay for much cheaper than the retail price of them are. I have also found several other items on eBay that are a lot cheaper than they would be in a store (even Wal-Mart). Many people think that you can only get used items off of eBay. This is very untrue. A good percentage of the things on eBay (probably about half) are new. EBay has almost anything you can think of buying on it. Even things that can not be shipped are sold on eBay. An example of this is a tractor. I am pretty sure that I have seen tractors of some sort being sold on eBay, (not that I was looking for one). I am a big saver. I am probably the cheapest person that I have ever seen. I think I get it from my father. My dad is very cheap. However, I am pretty sure that I am much cheaper than he is. I remember back in grade school when my parents used to give me lunch money, I would save it. I would go without eating lunch just to have more money. I also used to “hustle” a lot. During the early years of me being in grade school, my mom would pack me a lunch a lot of the time. I would sell my lunch to other children. Now, I have a job at Old Navy, cut hair, and (most of the time) go without eating, until I get home, to save money. I have gotten a little looser with my money now days. A big chunk of my “looseness” can be credited to eBay. After growing up a little more and having to pay for more and more things in my life, I have gotten looser with my money and eBay has only made it worse. My looseness (I am sure) is nothing compared to most other people’s definition of being loose with money. My looseness with my money is probably still tighter than most people are with their money. Once you find a good deal on eBay, you (well I do) think of something else that you might need or want and think that you can get a good deal on eBay. Then, you end up buying another item, and the cycle keeps on going on and on. That is how the trap is. I have sold some items (two) on eBay and made a profit, but it does not outweigh the amount of money that I have spent on eBay. I still do need to sell a lot more of my stuff on eBay, mainly video games and video game systems. Now, I have gotten a lot better with saving money and not spending as much on eBay.