Originally Posted by Sonic Youth 37

Advice Dog,
I've been watching an item on ebay for 5 days. No one had bid, so I was hoping to bid and purchase the item with minimal frustration. To my horror, I awake this morning to find that someone has placed a bid on this item. Now it looks as though I'll be drawn into a gritty last-second bid-off with this scum in which I'll either end up paying more than I wanted to or losing outright. If I lose said item, should I hunt this person down as the rat bastard that he is?
Regards
Pissed-off ebayer #1,237,428,989