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ow. hey, welcome, welcome, welcome! lara lewington, what is the craziest thing you ve ever bought on ebay? um, slippers? dogs dog slippers! i wondered where that was going. ok, i did ask for crazy. well, look, do you remember the times when you bid on an item and you thought you were going to win the auction, and then in the dying few seconds, you were beaten by someone else? yes, they weren t real people, though, were they? no, they weren t. they were computer programmes designed to work really fast
we will be back at half past 11. goodbye for now. hey, welcome, welcome, welcome! lara lewington, what is the craziest thing you ve ever bought on ebay? um, slippers? dogs dog slippers! i wondered where that was going. ok, i did ask for crazy. well, look, do you remember the times when you bid on an item and you thought you were going to win the auction, and then in the dying few seconds, you were beaten by someone else? yes, they weren t real people, though, were they? no, they weren t. they were computer programmes designed to work really fast
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