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And the winner is...
Sunday, 9 February 2003 17:10I just won an auction for an AC adaptor for the Pocket PC I got from my company in the "lottery" -- the part that was missing from the package. (There's also a data connection cable for the PC and a cable to hook up a cell phone, but I don't need those.)
Wow... I was on tenterhooks wondering whether I would win. I had bid yesterday evening and got a notice this morning saying I had been outbid... so I waited until a few minutes before the auction ended.
( Boring details of the last few minutes )
So now I just have to wait for the seller to tell me his bank account details so that I can transfer the money to them. And then I won't have to worry about meeting the guy at Staples who hadn't shown up for the appointment where he wanted to give me his used adaptor. Perhaps I'll give them a call on Monday anyway but since the auction specified an authentic HP adaptor (for a different model Jornada, but the parts number matched the adaptor mine needs, so it's probably the same) it's probably better. *phew* I'm still wired from the adrenaline...
Wow... I was on tenterhooks wondering whether I would win. I had bid yesterday evening and got a notice this morning saying I had been outbid... so I waited until a few minutes before the auction ended.
( Boring details of the last few minutes )
So now I just have to wait for the seller to tell me his bank account details so that I can transfer the money to them. And then I won't have to worry about meeting the guy at Staples who hadn't shown up for the appointment where he wanted to give me his used adaptor. Perhaps I'll give them a call on Monday anyway but since the auction specified an authentic HP adaptor (for a different model Jornada, but the parts number matched the adaptor mine needs, so it's probably the same) it's probably better. *phew* I'm still wired from the adrenaline...
