Intro to Ebay

I've decided to bypass worrying about catching up on the past and blogging in the now . . . for now. I'll still have to play catch-up later.

Tonight, Elliot and Henry had their first experience with ebay and learned how an auction works. They have both been dying to own an actual Harry Potter wizard wand. They found a seller on ebay who makes authentic replicas of wands used by various wizards in the movies. They have been drooling over them via computer screen for weeks, as their weekly allowance slowly filled their wallets. Tonight, at 8:20pm, with both wallets bulging with 20+ dollars and the wands of their dreams nearing auction end, the boys excitedly watched the little red numbers count backwards as their bids went higher. Dad helped with the clicking of the mouse at just the right moment. Very crucial. The Death Eater wand Henry wanted slipped from his fingers as the bidding went past his maximum bid of $23.

He was crushed for a moment, but wait . . . there was a Professor Severus Snape wand with a bid of $.99 ending in just 3 minutes! With much anticipation and much squealing, he became the winner of said Prof. Snape wand for a mere $1.04!

Henry's initial disappointment about the first wand disappeared. Tears avoided. Attention then moved to Elliot's Narcissa Malfoy (who is that?) wand.

He remained the highest bidder at $15.50 for the final 5 minutes of the auction and easily won his prize, although a little concerned that Henry only had to fork over a buck for his wand. But hey, it was his second choice. All in all, it was a great introduction to auctions - the bidding, the winning and the losing. (I'm just glad they both came away with something!)

What was so cute that it inspired me to sit down and blog about it, was that Henry sleepily came out of his room at nearly 10:00 pm, climbed on Nathan's lap and told him, "Dad, someone else got that Death Eater wand. And maybe a Dumbledore wand . . ."

Adorable- he was laying there in bed thinking about wizard wands.

I hope the mail isn't slow.