A recent intake of funds and an increased score of laziness has lead me to an addiction to eBay. Two of my flatmates - your food editor in tow - have me hooked. So far I have purchased: A scrabble necklace, a leather peter pan collar, hair clips, two rings, two eyebrow pencils and eyebrow gel. None of which I was desperately needing, just desperately wanting. So what is it that gets us hooked? Is it a bidding war? The thrill of an addressed package? Or just plain buying madness.
From the age of 14 I’ve had a computer. My mum never allowed eBay as she’s computer illiterate but as I spread my wings and hit the ripe old age of 16 I ventured out into the eBay world and didn’t really get involved. I hot 17, attended college and won my first bidding war on a Paul’s Boutique bag which resembles a massive pound coin. I would prove this to you however I’m too ashamed to take it anywhere. I’ve kept it however, it might be useful? The bidding war - my maximum price of £40 - cost me a total of £70+ including postage. I have never felt so elated and deflated all at the same time. I was like a balloon let go into the wind only to be dragged back down to earth and the reality of an obsessive personality.
As I’ve grown older I’ve holed in my purchases to “Buy it Now” only and items £5 and under unless there’s something spectacular I must must must have. This way I have kept eBay fun and not so denting on my bank balance.
EBay is a place I like to oggle at expensive handbags and digging around for fakes. Calm down, calm down I haven’t bought a fake Fendi but there’s no harm in looking. Anyway, eBay has made it difficult to find fakes and you have to root about but they are there if you look hard enough. But instead of lusting over the old, there’s a new side to eBay housing many more talents than Karl Lagerfeld.
I find eBay a great place for budding jewellery designers and have scored some individual pieces I treasure and relish in the fact that I’m the only person who owns them and I received lovely thank you notes encased inside the packaging. A fantastic marketing ploy you clever talented bitches.
Worryingly though, I stumbled upon Imogen Thomas’ eBay seller page. This woman is like a fart in the wind that doesn’t seem to blow away and needs to be dealt with. She claims to send all proceeds to charity from her sales. Why not just donate to charity rather than publicise yourself further? Who am I to judge, at least she’s using her ‘celebrity status’ to some good use.
Haters gon’ hate!
So do me a favour, in between essay writing and facebook breaks, type in ‘scrabble necklace’ or ‘custom jewellery’ and have a browse through what’s on offer. There’s no knowing what you’ll find on eBay these days. I heard someone bought one cornflake.
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