Retail Therapy

[Tracy Lee]

This week has been ridiculously stressful. I can always tell by how many internet order confirmation emails are in my inbox. Friday nights seem to lend themselves to sprawling on the couch with my tablet browsing EBay, and buying other stuff I have been eyeballing. Tonight, three bottles of ink from two places, and some of the infamous Night Sky Field Notes. When do you do your best browsing/shopping?

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[jbb]

I've been in therapy buying mode lately. Mine is caused by needing to be around lots of people which, for this introvert, is draining & stressful. (I once transacted a pen sale while repeatedly sneaking away during a dinner party.^*) To keep my guilt in check I keep trying to sell things in my Etsy store.


^* In my defense, it was for an Esterbrook nib in the 3000 series.

[MisterBoll]

Could any of this have to do with the fact that we are in Mercury retrograde?

[earthdawn]

LOL

I tell ya there are days.... like today, where I literally HOPE someone outbids me, like tonight

I was watching a Nakaya and waiting... along with 2 other people. Whew.. I lost

[jbb]

LOL

I tell ya there are days.... like today, where I literally HOPE someone outbids me, like tonight

I was watching a Nakaya and waiting... along with 2 other people. Whew.. I lost

OMG, been there!

[jbb]

Could any of this have to do with the fact that we are in Mercury retrograde?

Anything is possible.

[Tracy Lee]

LOL

I tell ya there are days.... like today, where I literally HOPE someone outbids me, like tonight

I was watching a Nakaya and waiting... along with 2 other people. Whew.. I lost

OMG, been there!

Totally been there, just last week in fact.

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[Moxoftritonytes]

I`m in the lucky position of not having an eBay account. So I cannot bid on there. I`m doing my therapy pen shopping at the brick and mortar stores in the area here. I`m still waiting on the last pen I ordered. It will take one or two more weeks until it is delivered to the shop and I can fetch it and bring it to its`new home, argh! Having to wait is terribly exciting.

[Tracy Lee]

I`m in the lucky position of not having an eBay account. So I cannot bid on there. I`m doing my therapy pen shopping at the brick and mortar stores in the area here. I`m still waiting on the last pen I ordered. It will take one or two more weeks until it is delivered to the shop and I can fetch it and bring it to its`new home, argh! Having to wait is terribly exciting.

What did you order? I really wish there were brick and mortars around me, I would definitely go that route.

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[I like mango pudding]

yup, been there done that. I too wish I was outbid on a couple of items. Just last week I bid on the same thing on two different auctions. I set my max bid on both, hours ahead of closing, only to decide, "hmmmmm, maybe I shouldn't have gotten them". The next day, I open up my ebay account and I won both of them. oh well.

I try to go bricks and mortar, especially for inks.

But the useless non fp items will get you for sure. DealExtreme and Pandawill, BuyinCoins, man, those sites will eat you up alive, I tell ya!!!!

[fncll]

Sorry if sniping annoys anyone, but more than once I've scrambled, with 30 seconds or so left, to get to my account and kill a bid on something I've gotten cold feet about...

[CapeClear]

In the past fortnight my partner and I have accumulated 5 new pairs of shoes. I think the hot weather is making us dotty. I haven't purchased anything staionery related in almost a fortnight which must be some kind of record for me. So close to a Cultpens haul though

[cedargirl]

LOL

I tell ya there are days.... like today, where I literally HOPE someone outbids me, like tonight

I was watching a Nakaya and waiting... along with 2 other people. Whew.. I lost

OMG, been there!

Totally been there, just last week in fact.

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Me too. Scary isn't it.

Also - I recently found myself sneaking down to the post office to pick up some orders - not because there was any problem with me buying them, just because I was embarrassed by the recent quantity!! LOL

Or you get an Ebay win email on something you totally forgot you bid on - it must have been important, hey!

[cedargirl]

yup, been there done that. I too wish I was outbid on a couple of items. Just last week I bid on the same thing on two different auctions. I set my max bid on both, hours ahead of closing, only to decide, "hmmmmm, maybe I shouldn't have gotten them". The next day, I open up my ebay account and I won both of them. oh well.

Yep, that too. Went to my computer to cancel two bids on auctions due to end that evening, only to find I was out by a day and had already won them. Happy sad!

[jbb]

For what it's worth, I think I get the same sort of therapy/happy boost whether I buy something or sell something. When I'm looking for a jolt out of the doldrums I will bid on items ending soon and also list items to sell that might be good bargains so they sell quickly. Both are fun.

[tandaina]

Yeah I'm having a surprisingly complicated and difficult day and retail therapy is SO tempting.

[MisterBoll]

I've been (surprise) looking for a new black pen. Something interesting yet traditional. I've not been able to find anything so this retail therapy that y'all speak of is not happening for me.

On an astrological note - this will be over on the 20th of this month.

[Tracy Lee]

I've been (surprise) looking for a new black pen. Something interesting yet traditional. I've not been able to find anything so this retail therapy that y'all speak of is not happening for me.

On an astrological note - this will be over on the 20th of this month.

Did you see the picture of the Delta Fusion with the black matte finish? I spent some time with it today, really like it. The shape seems very traditional with the gold trim. Matte is not everyone's cup of tea, for sure.

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[MisterBoll]

Did you see the picture of the Delta Fusion with the black matte finish? I spent some time with it today, really like it. The shape seems very traditional with the gold trim. Matte is not everyone's cup of tea, for sure.

I've not seen that. I'll look it up. It might just be what the doctor ordered. Thanks!

[Tracy Lee]

Did you see the picture of the Delta Fusion with the black matte finish? I spent some time with it today, really like it. The shape seems very traditional with the gold trim. Matte is not everyone's cup of tea, for sure.

I've not seen that. I'll look it up. It might just be what the doctor ordered. Thanks!

My picture is in the Delta thread. There is an auction right now that starts at $.99 and only one bid at that amount last I checked. It retails over $300. I have a stub fusion nib and a medium, both just great!

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