The internet's guide to pulling out at the last minute

I recently discovered that you can buy things over the internet and not just use it to get a basic grounding in gynaecology. I went onto some kind of auction site and had great fun driving up the bids and then pulling out at the last minute.

Then I got sucked in and, before I knew what was happening, my credit card was out and my pants were off. I tend to overheat when capitalism kicks in.

In the space of 20 minutes, I bought a blue topaz the size of a tennis ball, some kind of laser gun to...