Hi,

My name is Ian and I am NOT an eBay addict!

The rumor that I have eBay as my Homepage and have to check it every morning as soon as I wake up (even before coffee!) in case someone has listed some bargains overnight is completely unfounded.

I am on first name terms with my Postman who always calls at my house first “to get rid of all those bulky (I think that is the word he uses) parcels out of my van” every morning before starting his normal delivery round.

I am confused why strangers tell me their real name, rather than their eBay ID, when I first meet them and ask them who they are.

I am kind and considerate and if a friend telephones me and happens to mention that he is having a garage sale to clear all his old rubbish out of his attic then the fact that I jump in my car and arrive on his doorstep before he has finished speaking the sentence is ample evidence of how helpful I am.

As a responsible member of the eBay community I feel it is my duty to campaign to raise the number of items you can include in your “Watched Items” list from the ridiculously low number of 200 to a more realistic 1000.

The fact that our spare bedroom is stacked floor to ceiling with boxes of “bargains” ready to resell on eBay is simply proof of my desire to make best use of unused space.

The rumor that I once asked the guy on a hamburger stall if he would accept payment by PayPal while I was shopping in town is completely untrue!

Also I appreciate my friends and my wife and I like to telephone each of them on their birthday and like sharing their joy in hearing about the gifts they receive. My wife chats with them as they excitedly explain all the new features on their brand new plasma TV then the phone is passed to me and I turn to the more serious business about what kind of box it came in and what packing material it contained before offering to pop round and take a look (at the packing material, not their new plasma TV) to see if I can reuse it for posting some of my eBay parcels to customers.

Our house is full of alarm clocks set to ring 15 seconds before various auctions end.

If our internet connection goes down for more than 5 minutes my pulse starts to race, I start breathing rapidly, feel faint and have to lie down. If the connection is still not restored after ten minutes I start shaking and sweating profusely and sit at my computer in a daze constantly hitting my web browsers refresh button at least once a second. And, if one of my alarm clocks starts ringing it time for my wife to get me to A&E asap.

For some unknown reason the staff at my local Post Office always breathe a deep sigh and pensioners turn away and go back home for half an hour when they see me enter the Post Office with my sack of parcels in twice a day.

If any strangers I meet even hint they do not have an eBay account I will get out my laptop and convince them to signup and have them bidding on a bargain within 5 minutes.

I am NOT an eBay addict!

I hope you will enjoy reading my Blog as much as I am looking forward to creating it.

Happy eBaying!