Give people like me a chance.

Soooooo. I participated in a bid for an iPod Nano 16GB. Cheap of me? Yes. But who cares, i dont spend money like as if i had a lot of it. Not that i do, anyway.

Im still considering whether i should stop bidding or not. AND YES AS IM TYPING THIS THE BUDDING IS STILL ON HAHHAHAHA. 1.5mins left before closure...so, i have my reasons to continue or not

CONTINUE BIDDING
I get an ipod, of course...
Its brand new

Lol okay at the very last second, it jump up to 14minutes before closure. I shall explain further later.

-cont
Its something is optimised for music. I dont really care for video.
It wouls be my first time winning something from a bid.
My very first apple product bought with my own money.
Cuz i dont shop often.

STOP BIDDING
i miiiiiight be getting an iPod Touch. 32GB for $150. Its second hand. But its not confirmed yet.
I've bought second hand stuff before and im cool with it. Its called saving money.
Im gettibg tired.
Online bidding is STRESSFUL.
Because of super kiasu (imo) people who set their autobidders
ON and never leave lobang for people like me.

And this is where i explain what autobidding is.
Its really simple. You set the autobid ON, and the computer bids FOR YOU at the last few moments. How often does it bid? Well, as long as it is within your set constraints. So its like a conversation:
ME: OI COMPUTER.
PC:  yes?
ME: within this price range ah (input price range), help me bid hor. If that bugger bid also right, you bid one more time. And keep doing that until the system tells you to stop. Boleh?
PC: yes.

Sounds normal? Yes? Thats because you havent heard the full story.

Bidding requires tokens, which can only be gotten by purchasing them from the website. NOT FACEBOOK TOKENS AH. so you buy the tokens on the website. Each bid consumes a token. Autobids use a token per bid. So theres been a few people who use autobidding on this sale. They set their autobid range sooooo wide, that whenever the bid is closing, the computer helps them to bid. Thata exactly the problem. With a wide range of constraints (meaning that as long as the price of the item is within your quoted range, your autobidder will bid for you), their autobidder bids like as if theres no tomorrow.

With so many bids, a lot of tokens will be consumed in the process. And if you recall, tokens can only be purchased. So i was wondering, if they can spend so much money on tokens, why not buy the product itself? And give other consumers (such as myself, among the many others) to win something from the bidding?

I dont know, i just find it kind of selfish. Bidding is risky business. And its stressful too. For me, at least.

So yeah. In case you didnt know, i DID buy tokens, after much deliberation. I bought 25 for $18.75. My heart sank when i pressed the "Confirm purchase" button. And it continued to sink every time i clicked on the "BID" button.

No i didnt use up all the 25 tokens. I used like 6 of them. If you do thr nath, each token is 75¢. Multiply that by 6, i've spent $4.50 while bidding.

To cut the whole story short, im on my bed now writing this post. I stopped bidding.

And my heart sank once again when i closed the bidding window.

Goodnight, and Happy Valentine's Day to me, and you.