I'm not the sort to gloat over this type of thing ... I'd rather know that the seller got at least their "minimum" out of the transaction, which is obviously not the case here (unless they were really, really anxious to get rid of their Pokemon stuff) as they sold at a net loss. I mean, I love a deal probably even more than "the next guy", and am typically happy to "take" an eBay "Power Seller" for 1¢ cards (where they're paying 30¢ to list each) when I can, knowing that they're making it up on the bidders like my new U.K. nemesis, but this sort of deal bugs me. I hate to think that there's this seller out there who now hates me for winning their auction. Sure, they could have taken steps to assure that they came out on the plus side of things, but I really don't like feeling like I'd taken advantage of them.
Bleh ... sucks to be a nice guy, I guess.
Oh, speaking of my U.K. nemesis and others like him ... I just got outbid for the last 3 auctions that I was winning ... so my "score" for the past 24 hours goes: bid on 50, "lost" 44, "won" 6. Total card cost: $1.86 ... total shipping: $3.00 ... total out the door via PayPal: $4.86 ... not bad for cards that have a value of $20.00 (plus shipping) on the "cheap site", but disappointing that I was unable to get more (and so minimize the initial shipping charge). Yeah, yeah ... like anybody cares ...