I usually wait for "super" deals on Ebay. Last night was better than average. I had three hard drives lined up, one a new XBox 8gig pull, and two 6.4gig drives from reliable sources for peanuts. They make good Linux drives, if you like to collect the Linux variations to compare. I waited until 3 minutes were up to bid, usually plenty of time even to re-bid; but I never had the chance. The Ebay server was so loaded down that the bid screen never came up. I set there with my head on my keyboard in a state of semi-paralysis. The only way I can bid successfully is to wait until the owls start hooting in the woods and the Ebay kiddies are in bed. Someone give me a towel please. :'(
Weird.
I dont thik thats ever happened to my dad before when bidding on stuff from eBay.....