You Know That Feeling?

[1nkulus]

US Postal service is really valuable for those of us who live off the beaten path.

+1

 

Similar experience when I have been on holidays off the beaten path.

 

Perhaps my next thread is "Describe that feeling when your pen finally arrives and you get to unwrap it, ink it up and take it for a test ride write.

 

 

and discover/rediscover baby's bottom.

[Paul80]

Had it a couple of times in the last couple of weeks, both with Montblanc pens that were listed on eBay with real rubbish photographs and miss spelt titles, ended up winning both for well under half whst they normally go for and one of them, the 146 was in almost mint condition and included it's original case.

 

Was having the proverbial kittens until they both arrived.

 

Paul

[surprise123]

Depends somewhat on the pen. But generally nervous/panicky, thinking that "Something is Going to Go Wrong". With the Plum Demi 51 Aero, I was absolutely convinced I was going to be outbid -- especially since the auction was ending at 4 PM on a Saturday and I wasn't going to be home for hours. Walked in the house at 1:30 AM and told my husband I didn't want to know how much it went for -- as in "What is this 'snipe' of which you speak?" And then I got curious about what the hammer price was -- and when I saw that I had not only won, but hadn't even hit my *intermediate* maximum (I had increased it a couple of times over the course of the week as I watched the bidding creep up -- but I had never *actually* been outbid ) I was screaming at the top of my lungs....

Then of course was the fidgeting until it came so I could be sure it actually WAS a Plummer....

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

Going out on the web... comparing color photos... seeing the reliability rate of the courier... reading reviews... and worst of all, simply looking out at the mailbox, hoping it comes sooner than it says...