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Posted By: Cat

My girlfriend, who is an English as a second language person and often does not understand some things which I believe to be fairly routine, uses my home desktop computer to check her e-mails. This same desktop is where I have my Auction Sentry sniping program. I am out of the house one Sunday afternoon and she is home (my home) alone. As she gets on the computer an item I have a snipe set for gets a bid. That causes Auction Sentry to appear on the screen and a little siren alerts you as to the bid. Well, she simply hits the little "x" in the corner of the Auction Sentry box (rather than just minimize it) which shuts down the software. I essentially have no bid in place at this point. When I get home I see what happen and under some stiff interrogation uncover what she had done.

The card? ... a 1936 World Wide Gum Joe DiMaggio card. Many of you may know that these do not come along very often. Perhaps I wouldn't have won it. The card sold for $4,729. My snipe was at $5,150.14. I sure would have liked AT LEAST the opporunity to own it.