I do 99% of my shopping online. In the time it would take me to drive into town, I can find what I want and buy it. No more going from store to store. There's one thing you should be aware of, though. PayPal.

Lots of sites have PayPal as their preferred method of payment. Usually they have an option to use a credit card instead, but it takes a few clicks and some care to get there. Sometimes, even if you use a credit card, the payment is still made to PayPal.

In September, I paid $30 for a Paint & Sip. It's a franchise where people go to drink while they paint a picture with acrylic paint, following the directions of the instructor. When I got to the session, I discovered that it had been cancelled. I hadn't received a refund after a week, I sent an email requesting one. A few days later, I called my CC company and asked for a reversal of charges.

A week later, I got an email from Paypal saying that they had received a notice of a disputed charge, and they would investigate. It's been a couple of weeks, and still no refund. I'm not concerned about this because I know I'll get my $30 back eventually, but I would never deal with that place again, and I'll avoid payments that involve going through PayPal.

A couple of possible scenarios and an opinion.

Possible: To answer your question, there was probably someone who bid higher than you within the last few seconds the item was open for bid. That $193 was probably the next highest acceptable amount. The person who outbid you was awarded the item for that amount.

Opinion:
Whenever I've bid on anything on ebay, my first question is how much am I willing to pay for that item? That's what I bid right out of the box, regardless of the amount of time left on the clock. If I win it, great. If not, too bad.

I've seen many items purchased, in the bidding frenzy, for more than the street value of said item.

Additionally, you're up against people who are using software to bid. Yeah, these apps skirt the system as it was planned by ebay. This is why I tend to purchase those items with a fair "Buy it Now" price. Additionally, I won't deal with anyone who requires that I pay through Paypal. Paypal is a less than honourable institution.
--Bob

The new iOS 9 for iPads and iPhones is not compatible with the a6000 or SD cards having a6000 image files. I attempted to download a6000 images via the Apple Camera Connection Kit under iOS 9 and all image frames showed 4 dash marks. Trying a Canon PS A1400 in the same hookup worked normally. Therefore, the fault lies in the iOS not recognising the Sony formats.

Urge others who use the Apple Camera Connection Kit to try out their cameras SD cards to see how deep the problem is, if you do lPad and have upgraded to iOS 9. There was no problem under iOS 8.4.