Beware Of Bidz.com

Online auction sites are a great place to find great deals on closeout items, overstocked items, and general merchandise, but one needs to be wary of the pitfalls of utilizing such outlets. A site I regularly watch and occasionally buy from is Bidz.com. You have to be extremely careful that you are not bidding on junk or cheap Chinese knockoff items. If your watch has a hand-written sticker on it saying [Made Swiss] then it is safe to assume it is probably not and you've just had it shoved up your ass. Be sure to do your research so you don't get caught up in the last minute macho bidding war frenzy and pay way too much. Auction sites are filled with retards who know the value of nothing. You also need to be wary of the overpriced shipping charges and the massive 15% re-stocking fee for returned merchandise. I have purchased a few really nice watches and jewelry from this site but have also been saddled with some garbage. Pay little attention to their estimated retail figures, as they are grossly overinflated and items with these designations tend to attract more bidders. At the moment they are offering free shipping on the purchase of five items so take advanatge of this, but becareful not to just buy something to fulfill the merchandise requirement, because that is just stupid. Know what you want ahead of time. I also like to do my bidding at "off" hours, when many people are at work or are asleep. Stay up all night and skip work. It is the only way. You also can take advantage of their offers when you are outbid. They offer the same item to you at the bid that beat you if you have actually clicked into the actual auction page for that item. I like to bid low, allow others to outbid me, and then wait to see if they make an offer, therefore keeping the price lower. If they don't make an offer then fuck them. It is easy to get addicted to these type of sites so do plenty of looking and little actual buying until you have narrowed down what really interests you. I am enjoying wearing my "expensive" watches to poker games that I bought for thirty bucks. I am breaking out a new one to go out to dinner tonight so we'll see if it gets any compliments? If it doesn't then I know my acquiantances have no class.

Now for something completely different, tody I joined my alma mater's alumni reunion planning committee and attended my first meeting. It was actually a pleasant experience and I was suprised at how many of the ladies in attendance I actually "knew." Hehe. More on that another time. I basically was only looking for support from the university on acquiring contact information for planning summer get together events for those I knew in school but it appears they really need the help, and this will certainly look good on a resume. Self-serving interests are perfectly legitimate reasons to volunteer one's time. Also if I ever plan to run for public office I will need something substantial to counteract the numerous skeletons in my preverbial closet.