Help! Ebay addiction!

lyniced

Help - please, I think I'm addicted to Ebay! So far I've bought 17 items and sold nearly 30 but I just can't resist a bargain and just keep bidding and bidding. The idea was to get rid of my surplus stuff, but I seem to be replacing it with more stuff. How can I stop myself? My husband thinks its funny, but I eat, drink and dream about Ebay and how I can get my next 'fix'. What am I going to do? I'm going down a slippery slope to rack and ruin. I need to go cold turkey, else I'll end up homeless with just my ebay purchases to keep me warm!!!!!!!!!! Must go......got to check my Ebay account!

Golden_Oldie

Lyniced I think you need to get out more. On a serious note, why don't you find yourself a new hobby which hopefully will take your mind off eBay?

jockettuk

sling the pc out the window that might help

barbie_babe

dont worry i was the same when my husband joined ebay in jan 2004 .it soon wore off .16 months down the line i only check ebay if i am selling .its might be daily for time things are selling for but i dont spend all day on it know like i use to.
get out and buy some bits to sell onebay that will give you a break.

beachbeth

Im the same! I look through Ebay to see what is selling and how much for and then find things that I would like myself! Ive sold more stuff than Ive bought but haven't really made much money. I just love looking at Ebay and seeing how my listings are going!

Bargainbabe_2

I've been eBaying for years now. When I first started I couldn't get enough of it. Then my interest tapered out. Then I got back into it....etc Nowadays. I have fads on it. Buying wise, I've been "99p" purchasing recently which is starting to mount up now, i think its time to back to the real world!

mah_jong

So far I've bought 17 items and sold nearly 30 but I just can't resist a bargain and just keep bidding and bidding.


You are doing a lot better than I did.....I think I had bought about 100 before I sold anything!!!. LOL

Ma..... just checked what I sold......bah humbug!

Ps the novelty wears off....I remember a time where I didn't look for weeks!!!

lyniced

Ah.....so there is hope for me!! Actually I went out last night and din't think about Ebay once. Well maybe just a bit - my husband dragged me along to see Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (a really awful film, in my opinion) - so my mind kept wandering..............'I wonder if I've won that auction' and 'I wonder if I've got anymore bids on such and such'. Mind you I read in a magazine recently about a woman who was so addicted to Ebay, she'd stay up all night bidding, even on stuff she didn't want. I know I'm not that bad -I'm sure the novelty will wear off soon.

angelcake

I used to be a little bit like this but it really does soon wear off! I get really fed up with it now! Only look if it is someones birthday for that extra special comething! Most of the stuff nowadays is rubbish or expensive now! a lot of the sellers are shops anyway!

Catseyez

Golden_Oldie wrote:

Lyniced I think you need to get out more. On a serious note, why don't you find yourself a new hobby which hopefully will take your mind off eBay?

Great idea but if you're going to take up a new hobby you'll be getting the equipment on ebay

I understand the ebay addiction...I joined a week ago and not only am I addiceted to ebay, but this is now the forum I visit before all the others!!

Like you, I joined ebay with the intention of selling at a later date but all I've done is bid, bid, bid!!!

We'll have to change the name of this ebay forum to moneyspendingexpert.com!!

lyniced

You're right - I like to do cross stitch as a hobby - and guess where I get all my stuff from? Yep - Ebay!!!