Regular expressions, that is. Thanks to Shelagh for sending me the #1 item on my wish list, Mastering Regular Expressions, apparently for the MT-Notifier plugin.
Thanks so much! I had to update the wish list to reflect the purchase, but that's a problem I like to have. If that's why you're waiting, don't let it hold you back - I'll figure it out!
I've always been a bit of a sniper myself - just made things easier, since I don't have to sit and watch the auction feverishly the whole time. So it was with a bit of surprise to see someone actually come up with a service to do the work for you.
A quick glance shows that they appear to let you have 3 wins for free, then you pay a percentage of the price after that. Interesting concept. I wonder how it works if more than one sniper customer wants the same product - I would assume that the higher bidder wins, just like with a regular auction.
I wonder if they charge you a fee if you don't win. I'd imagine they couldn't, but I'm guessing that as the service grows, they need to pay for that growth somehow - the problem being what happens when you get multiple customers on the same auction - only one would end up paying you for the service.
Way back during the Super Bowl, we saw an ad for Cherry Vanilla Dr. Pepper. For the last few weeks, we've been looking for it without success. Finally I went to Walgreens to pick up a prescription, and lo and behold they had some in stock!
So I picked up a couple bottles and brought it home with me. Denise and I had some over ice, and found that, well, it wasn't that special. It tasted like a slightly flat version of regular Dr. Pepper (and we had the regular, not the diet). The cherry was very apparent - a red tint to the drink, and the bubbles generate a very strong cherry scent. The flavor, however, was not terribly strong. I can't say that we noticed the vanilla at all.
Very disappointing.
