do you use e-bay? have you won an auction?
the site has been around for sometime now, with several
imitators, but this would be the best known.

i don't use it, i don't really get it. i may buy something like
a car part from a listed retailer but i'm paying the quoted price
straight away and no auction.

i was put off a couple of years ago when i tried to buy a car
the first was withdrawn even though the reserve price had been
achieved, the second, i thought i had it and in the last instant
someone outbidded me (i since learnt this is a seasoned e-bayer strategy)

my ex-girlfriend was always ordering stuff through this site