Are you, OSH?

I had it in my watch list and just came out to see if Jess was going to bid on it.. and now I see Flyleft is interested too. I'll hold off.. there will be others.

No, my mistake! It was you and not flyleft. I'm not bidding on it! I just posted to let you know that the time was almost up!

If you want it, you should get it: I watched ebay for MONTHS for this very rug, and it never appeared. I'm done with rugs now--you should go for it!

Very pretty rug and great price as well! Are you going to bid on it funkyart?

I wondered if you meant me or maybe flyingflower or some other f-word :)

Nice rug--go for it, funky :) (but don't do it until fewer than 10 seconds until close)

flyleft: I know--I get all the f-words mixed up around here. :) Yes, funky, be on-the-ready: Decide ahead of time exactly how much you would be willing to pay, tops, then 10-15 seconds before the auction ends, place your bid.

I'm on pins-and-needles!!!

Nice colors, funky. Hope you get it!

So funky, is your first name kathy? :)

flyleft: I was wondering the same thing. :)

Sorry! I saw your question about whether I was going to bid on it in my thread but totally forgot to respond. It's all yours! Great rug - 2 thumbs up.

Oh guys.. don't beat me! I am not Kathy (I am Beth).

I figured that I had missed threads earlier today or this week where someone else was looking at the rug.. and I backed off. I should have checked back but I had a long bad day so I walked away from the computer for the night. Boo me. Someone got a nice deal on the rug.

Oh NOOOOO! That was an INCREDIBLE deal. Oh well. . . .

Sorry you had a bad day. :(

I know! I am kicking myself.

I meant to check back before the auction ended but I got caught up with some work issues-- and I wouldn't have bid unless I was sure no one else here wanted it. I know I would have found a spot for it but I didn't have a specific room in mind.

Missing out on this auction sure fit the trend of the day. Time to put it all to bed .. tomorrow is a new day.

Oh well, I do hate it when those things happen but I try to tell myself it wasn't meant to be, for one reason or another. I didn't bid on it either, fwiw :)

Here's one that will make you feel better: I was at goodwill last week and picked up and considered for a good long time two enameled copper plates. One was .99, one was 2.99. They were *so* simple, though, that I decided to "catch and release" them. They were signed, and I went home and the next day, remembered to look them up and see if there was any info on them. Um. There was. They are at least $150 each. And I put them DOWN on purpose! They were gone when I went to look back. *smacks self upside head* OH wait...it wasn't meant to be, right?

Drat. And here I was thinking how much better it'd go in my DR than the one I bought 2 months ago.... I also didn't want to step in on someone else's find. Oh well..... It would've been very difficult to justify this one to my DH.

funky: Don't kick yourself! It's just a rug. :)

Oh Val, I am sorry.. I wasn't invested in the rug which is why I was backing off if someone else was interested. I feel totally awful that you held off on my account.

I was intending to bid in the low range anyhow--since I liked the rug but didn't know where I'd use it. Also, I am not putting down any new rugs for the time being due to sick dogs. I broke my rug rule when I bought the aubussons for the LR and then my lab/golden broke them in when he got pancreatitis.

So yeah, it wasn't meant to be. There will be others... for both Val and I :)