// Back Down To Earth

You know the feeling you get when you see something that is just unbelievable? But it's true, but how can it be? The feeling you get when you find the CD you've wanted and its on sale for more then half off, when you're driving around and the gas price is 113.5 everywhere, except for one place that has it for 101.1. You know what I mean?

Well, I'm looking for a Canon XL2 for my upcoming project. Truth be told, I'm going to need about five camera's. The reality of the situation is that I will have to rent all the camera's because there is no way possible that I can afford to purchase five camera's (prices for the Canon XL2 start around $3700). My financial situation at this point can't really afford to rent the camera's either, so I've been looking for the miracle that would come and save me.

For the hec of it, I decide to search for it on Ebay to see what I can find. I'm checking through the search, and I find over a dozen Camera's for a starting bid of $100. Automatically, I knew something was up because there is no way that a camera like that could go for $100. But the Ebay add was legitimate. Everything seemed to be correct. The only thing was the incredibly low price. Like I said though, it was all perfect! The descriptions, the feedback, there was no signs, or hints that there would be a problem with the auction. So I bid on it. The auction ends in 8 hours, so I went to bed and set my alarm to wake up before the auction ends.

I wake up, and all the auctions are cancelled. My heart absolutely sank. Sure, it was too good to be true, but I mean... it was right there! It was my camera for $100! It just seemed so real and all I had to do was reach out and grab it! Oh wow... how crushing it was for me to see that.

Ebay sent me a bunch of emails telling me not to deal with this seller, but I couldn't help but try and figure it out. I still had hope that the cameras could be mine and the dream had not yet died. There was no proof telling me that this guy was a fraud, and he was emailing me pretty detailed emails about the camera, but I still was not sure what to think.

All day... and I literally mean all day I stressed out about it. I just wanted those cameras so bad. I constantly checked my email for updates from the seller and ebay if the auctions came up again. Despite all warning signs, I kept trying to get the camera.

About 5pm, the same auction goes up, however under a different seller. The add is the completely same add though, but the seller is different. It said on the add you had to email the seller before you could bid on the camera, so that's what I did the first time. The second time I noticed the email was the same, but the seller was different. I then became very very very suspicious. I checked out the seller, and she must have had 300 items up for sale. Flat screen TVs , laptops, home theatre systems, you name it. All for the starting bid of $100. The most disturbing auction was the one that said "my account has been hijacked, do not bid on anything!!!"

I then knew that the guy I was talking to all day, was a scammer. The dream was officially dead.

Anyhoo, thought that was a fascinating story! Had me pretty stressed out as well as a few other things! The song that helped me cope through the day was Ben Kweller's Penny On The Train Track. Yea, it's rad. I had Eric, David, and Jeffrey over too, but that's another story. A more fun pleasant story though! Anyhoo, I gotta go to bed! Goodnight!