Ian ConstantineHopelessly addicted to ebay…
December 2nd 2008 04:23
In medical terminology, an addiction is a state in which the body relies on a substance for normal functioning and develops physical dependence. When the drug or substance on which someone is dependent is suddenly removed, it will cause withdrawal, a characteristic set of signs and symptoms.
The term addiction is also sometimes applied to compulsions that are not substance-related, such as problem gambling and computer addiction. In these kinds of common usages, the term addiction is used to describe a recurring compulsion by an individual to engage in some specific activity, despite harmful consequences to the individual's health, mental state or social life.
My bank account is as empty as North Sydney Bears trophy cabinet, or the contents of Britney Spears head. There is seriously nothing doing... what little substance was there has long since disappeared into a distant memory...
Ebay and the need to bid on things has quickly taken over my life, this online temptress that offers the world and yet consumes your own has to be the most evil creation since the invention of Karaoke.
Now an addiction can be summed up in the following points...
# Psychological and bodily dependence on a substance or practice which is beyond voluntary control
# An illness in which a person seeks and consumes a substance, such as alcohol, tobacco or a drug, despite the fact that it causes harm.
# Uncontrollable craving, seeking, and use of a substance.
# Is characterized by the repeated use of a substance or behavior despite clear evidence of negative consequences resulting from the use of the substance or behavior. Addiction usually has two components – physical addiction and psychological addiction.
# The condition of being habitually or compulsively occupied with or or involved in something.
# A behavioural pattern characterized by compulsion, loss of control, and continued repetition of a behaviour or activity spite of adverse consequenses.
Now coming up to Christmas, an Ebay account is a very scary prospect indeed... Especially if you tie this up with a Paypal account that lets you flush away your savings instantaneously...
I am bidding on absolutely everything, from sport dvds and memorabilia, to old school things for nostalgia purposes that i could never use in 100 years...
Now it is all well and good to bid on one or two items... but when you are bidding on everything it suddenly hits you... if i win all these auctions at once... i'm screwed!
Has anyone else been hit by this cruel bug?
and the other thing... it is incredibly addictive... it is like a box of pringles... once you pop you can't stop...
This is a deadly disease and will cost you much more than your monthly pay packet... it will eat up the room in your house, it will eat up your internet account.... it will eat up your time as you constantly check to see if you have won the auction... it will take everything...
Be warned...
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