Mar.19, 2005 
YES!!! I made it!!!
I finally bid on a stand mixer I have been wanting!!!
YEY!!!!
It has been two weeks since I started to check eBay , America's biggest auction website. What I was hunting for was .... a Kitchenaid stand mixer!!!
As I wrote before, I had never taken part in those kinds of auctions. Bidding was to me just like bungee jumping!! It takes a long time before bungeeing but once you step off the cliff, anything goes.
It took me weeks to bid the first time. I was checking up on a lot of mixers like, how the prices go up. According to my research, The model called Artisan, which I most wanted, is bid off an average of US$160.00-. Setting my maximum bid price around there, I started to bid.
The first one that came in blue, I was outbid. It ended up being sold at US$163-.
The second one that came in white, I was outbid again. It was US$167.50-.
Between the first and second, I checked another one without its picture on the list. It was $149.99-, really a great deal!! No one seemed to be aware of it because of no picture. I mean, THERE WAS ABSOLUTELY NO BIDDER!! NO COMPETITOR!! It would end a few hours earlier than the second one and, at the moment, I was the high bidder of the second one who bid at the very same price of $149.99-. I had to give it up because I didn't want two mixers if I won the second one, you know. And then, someone outbid me...
Typical mistake, wasn't it?!
I never saw greater deal than that one. I lost the big chance...
Oh, by the way, I was hunting only new ones. Used mixers were cheaper and every seller said "like new" or "has carefully been used" but, ... Who can tell it is true?
And this evening, having learnt some lessons from those mistakes, I finally made it to bid off !!
I won Kitchenaid Artisan 5Qt Tilt-head Mixer White at US$167.50-!!
I have to pay for shipping charge and shipping insurance though, it is still much cheaper than the ones in retail stores. Fortunately, it will be duty free importing from the United States to Canada. I may have to pay GST (national consumption kind of tax) and PST (provincial of it), though.
(referring; Shopping and Shipping Across the Canadian Border)
I am hoping the machine will safely be delivered.
I found the seller reliable from the reviews but I am still a bit worried. The seller seems a tiny little retailer or maybe an individual merchant.
Above all, I am so excited !
I will be able to have the great mixer at last!!!
ついにキッチンエイドを競り落としましたー！！！
アメリカのオークションサイトeBayをチェックし続け数週間、
金額の推移や商品のコンディションをしつこくしつこくチェックし続け、
やっと狙いを絞り、ついに購入に踏み切りましたょー！
金額はこんな感じ↓↓↓
キッチンエイド $167.50-
送料 $45.00-
輸送保険（？） $8.00- 締めて US$220.50- 。。
カナダの税金１５％（国税８％州税７％）かかるけど、それでもトロントのめぼしいどのお店よりも安いと思う。。多分。。
っでもね、同じ品物でもう＄２０－ほど安い商品を見逃したのがちょっとくやしいです；
ま、いいかー。
早く来ないかなー
…てか、ちゃんと送られてくるといいなー（笑；
YES!!! I made it!!!
I finally bid on a stand mixer I have been wanting!!!
YEY!!!!
It has been two weeks since I started to check eBay , America's biggest auction website. What I was hunting for was .... a Kitchenaid stand mixer!!!
As I wrote before, I had never taken part in those kinds of auctions. Bidding was to me just like bungee jumping!! It takes a long time before bungeeing but once you step off the cliff, anything goes.
It took me weeks to bid the first time. I was checking up on a lot of mixers like, how the prices go up. According to my research, The model called Artisan, which I most wanted, is bid off an average of US$160.00-. Setting my maximum bid price around there, I started to bid.
The first one that came in blue, I was outbid. It ended up being sold at US$163-.
The second one that came in white, I was outbid again. It was US$167.50-.
Between the first and second, I checked another one without its picture on the list. It was $149.99-, really a great deal!! No one seemed to be aware of it because of no picture. I mean, THERE WAS ABSOLUTELY NO BIDDER!! NO COMPETITOR!! It would end a few hours earlier than the second one and, at the moment, I was the high bidder of the second one who bid at the very same price of $149.99-. I had to give it up because I didn't want two mixers if I won the second one, you know. And then, someone outbid me...
Typical mistake, wasn't it?!
I never saw greater deal than that one. I lost the big chance...
Oh, by the way, I was hunting only new ones. Used mixers were cheaper and every seller said "like new" or "has carefully been used" but, ... Who can tell it is true?
And this evening, having learnt some lessons from those mistakes, I finally made it to bid off !!
I won Kitchenaid Artisan 5Qt Tilt-head Mixer White at US$167.50-!!
I have to pay for shipping charge and shipping insurance though, it is still much cheaper than the ones in retail stores. Fortunately, it will be duty free importing from the United States to Canada. I may have to pay GST (national consumption kind of tax) and PST (provincial of it), though.
(referring; Shopping and Shipping Across the Canadian Border)
I am hoping the machine will safely be delivered.
I found the seller reliable from the reviews but I am still a bit worried. The seller seems a tiny little retailer or maybe an individual merchant.
Above all, I am so excited !
I will be able to have the great mixer at last!!!
ついにキッチンエイドを競り落としましたー！！！
アメリカのオークションサイトeBayをチェックし続け数週間、
金額の推移や商品のコンディションをしつこくしつこくチェックし続け、
やっと狙いを絞り、ついに購入に踏み切りましたょー！
金額はこんな感じ↓↓↓
キッチンエイド $167.50-
送料 $45.00-
輸送保険（？） $8.00- 締めて US$220.50- 。。
カナダの税金１５％（国税８％州税７％）かかるけど、それでもトロントのめぼしいどのお店よりも安いと思う。。多分。。
っでもね、同じ品物でもう＄２０－ほど安い商品を見逃したのがちょっとくやしいです；
ま、いいかー。
早く来ないかなー
…てか、ちゃんと送られてくるといいなー（笑；
そぉなんですょ
やっとやっと、購入に踏み切りましたです。
優柔不断なので、決断するまでに時間がかかるったら（笑
ネットオークションで、新品であると言う条件の他はひたすら安さを求めていたので、カラーは全然わがままできませんでした
と言うわけで、私のは月並みに白
私の場合、技術の方がまだまだなので
これを励みに精進精進です。
いいな～。
そちらは色も豊富でしょうね。
私もあこがれなんですよ～。
たくさん 美味しいケーキやパン焼いて下さいね。楽しみにしています。
私もいつかきっと～。
No, I haven't received it yet.
I think it will take a few days to get the item through the customs. ..
Aww.. I can't wait!!
Some people prefer completely hand-made and I agree with them.
But using the stand mixer is exceptional! You could make three times more bread while saving a great amout of time.
You won’t be sorry buying it after seeing its beautiful performance!!
Yes, I am telling you !!
....by kitchenaid freak
I've never tried auction before, but I can imagine it's really hard to bid on. Even though I thing you bake cakes very well