Reply #2: All you have to do is watch the last half hour [View All]

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of any online auction to see that one at work.

It takes a great deal of discipline (or in my case, an upper limit on the amount a debit card can be used for) to avoid bidding against other people on an item one really wants to the tune of overpaying what one would pay in a bricks and mortar store.