no worries, bruce-- remember, even if you had been the high bidder i had promised to let you off the hook .

i had assumed you were telling me the truth about just finding out you were laid off, as the justification you gave for contacting me asking to retract your bid. and to think i was sympathetic .

if you regretted bidding on it, why didn't you just tell me you had bidder's remorse? i'm an honest guy and i would have let you off the hook without the need of a contrived, sympathy-evoking justification. then again, your smarmy move now makes me think twice about being so nice to fellow ebayers.

shenanigans, indeed.