Seller's perogative

(tags auction)

I recently ran into an online auction seller who wouldn't let me bid. At least, I could not bid and I could not ask a question, for reasons unknown, but I'm going to assume I'm on the seller's blacklist. I cannot fathom why but I must have auction snipered him sometime ago. Tee hee. Anyway, being blacklisted makes me mad and angry and frustrated and... huff puff... Acceptance. I did not see the auction item on sale. What auction? There is no auction. :-) Oh wait, I saved the item pictures. I am happy. :-)

It's kinda the same feeling I got when I read another seller's conditions: "Will not sell to foreigners." No, this is not a misreading of "will not ship to a foreign country". I got real worked up on that one but I didn't bother venting outwardly. Luckily this kind of condition is very rare. I've only seen it once in probably a thousand or more listings. Anyway, the item for sale at the time was a Xbox 360 joystick that looks like the old Atari 2600 joystick. It's currently going for 12000 yen at Game Hollywood at Akihabara. Ugh.

Yes, I've been hiding in auctions for the last two weeks. That's why this blog is so empty.