ebay

My favorite perfume is this Bath & Body Works scent called Peace. I am running out of it (amazingly enough it's lasted me about three years). The problem is that the scent was discontinued about two years ago (probably a large part of the reason why I tried to make it last as long as possible). So I decided, on a whim to go on ebay and see if there were any sites with my perfume on it. Believe it or not there was a whole page of nothing else but that discontinued perfume. Now I had never bid on anything on ebay before and was unaware of how things work, but being a quick learner I started hopping from site to site until I found what I thought was the best deal. The problem is that I am super competitive and I know that I can't buy this stuff in stores...ever. So...I bid a little more than I probably should have and am hoping that someone outbids me so that I don't end up spending a lot of money (remember I make $100/month).
This part really cracked me up. There was one person who was selling a half-used bottle for $50. And there was another person who was re-bottling (however you spell that) the perfume into smaller bottles and selling each for more than the original was worth in the store! Brilliant people I tell you....brilliant. You know the kicker of this whole thing is that those two people will probably make money. Oh the endless possibilities of the internet to sell crap to idiots with credit cards. I am such an idiot!
I think that the lesson in all of this is who cares if I run out of perfume...it's such a pointless thing anyway. I could have sponsored a child in some third-world country for a month or done something noble and worthwhile with that money. But no...I freak out thinking that somehow I NEED that perfume. What I NEED is something else to occupy my time so that I don't waste time or money on ebay.