I love eBay—the great thrift store in the sky—and have been pretty active on the site as both a buyer and seller since I was in grad school. Recently David Coggins, one of my favorite writers on “men’s issues” such as what clothes to wear, asked me to write about my eBay watch list for his new website, The Contender. For those unfa­mil­iar, the watch list is a kind of purga­tory for auctions you’ve got your eye on but either can’t ratio­nal­ize or can’t afford. It’s a real window to the soul, in other words.