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ZoinsZoins Posts: 34,113 ✭✭✭✭✭
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How often do you buy something where you think you may have gone over what you should have ;)

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  • cameonut2011cameonut2011 Posts: 10,155 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Never

  • cameonut2011cameonut2011 Posts: 10,155 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Unless you're buying a 6-7 figure ultra rarity, there will almost always be another opportunity and perhaps one more favorable.

  • PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 46,084 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Never. There are too many nice coins available in the marketplace to ever over pay for any coin. It's no fun getting buried in a coin.

    Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.
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  • Namvet69Namvet69 Posts: 8,947 ✭✭✭✭✭

    We can play and still walk away. Spectating is okay. Peace Roy

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  • oih82w8oih82w8 Posts: 12,192 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited August 12, 2020 4:06AM

    I went a little over what I wanted to last night...only time, and the variety attribution team at PCGS, will tell.

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  • BillJonesBillJones Posts: 33,940 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Too often. I am now working very hard to “stay on the wagon.”

    My worst purchase of all time was an 1855-D gold dollar. The morning after I bought it many people, including some very knowledgeable dealers were congratulating me on what a great coin it is, but the auction price went by this solar system and was headed toward the next galaxy. Forget the moon.

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  • TurtleCatTurtleCat Posts: 4,600 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Very rarely, but at a small dollar level when I do. I don’t buy 4 digit coins generally so when I overpay on an auction it is usually by <$100.

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  • CoinJunkieCoinJunkie Posts: 8,772 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @cameonut2011 said:
    Unless you're buying a 6-7 figure ultra rarity, there will almost always be another opportunity and perhaps one more favorable.

    Actually, many lower-priced coins are unique for one reason or another. That said, I never bid completely irrationally anymore. I've gotten past the point of needing any coin unconditionally.

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  • JimnightJimnight Posts: 10,846 ✭✭✭✭✭

    About every 3wks.

  • oldabeintxoldabeintx Posts: 1,895 ✭✭✭✭✭

    The medals that I buy seldom if ever show up. I probably over bid when they appear at auction as I win far more than I lose, but there is almost nothing available to guide me price-wise, so no remorse. Well, maybe a little.

  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I have certainly overpaid in my younger years... though any of those I still have, are now valued above the purchase price. I would overpay for a coin I really wanted...at least a bit....I would not pay a ridiculous price even for a special (to me) coin. Cheers, RickO

  • WalkerfanWalkerfan Posts: 9,285 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited August 12, 2020 7:56AM

    I've caught it MANY times, in the past, and have paid some absurd prices but haven't gotten it for a LONG time.

    My buying has slowed, significantly.

    Sometimes, it’s better to be LUCKY than good. 🍀 🍺👍

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  • neildrobertsonneildrobertson Posts: 1,211 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Sometimes I think I might be coming down with auction fever, and then I don't even win anything. I might be so cheap that I need auction fever to even win anything.

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  • HydrantHydrant Posts: 7,773 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Never.

  • mannie graymannie gray Posts: 7,259 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited August 12, 2020 9:49PM

    Not for 25 years or more.
    Something else will come along and if it doesn't, no big deal.

  • JustacommemanJustacommeman Posts: 22,847 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Once and I don’t regret it. Paddle in the air and I didn’t care.

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  • ZoinsZoins Posts: 34,113 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Justacommeman said:
    Paddle in the air and I didn’t care.

    Great quote. And it rhymes!

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  • DCWDCW Posts: 7,256 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Every. Single. Time.

    Tomorrow's pay will cover today.

    (That rhyme was for @Zoins)

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  • scubafuelscubafuel Posts: 1,837 ✭✭✭✭✭

    For me there are two types of auction fever. One is bidding too much for the coin I really want. That usually works out ok. The second is far more dangerous. That’s when I get outbid on the coin I really want, and move to my second/third choice. Usually a big mistake, no matter how reasonably it sells for.

  • coinbufcoinbuf Posts: 11,240 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Never, I set a price and once passed I move on.

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  • BillJonesBillJones Posts: 33,940 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @scubafuel said:
    For me there are two types of auction fever. One is bidding too much for the coin I really want. That usually works out ok. The second is far more dangerous. That’s when I get outbid on the coin I really want, and move to my second/third choice. Usually a big mistake, no matter how reasonably it sells for.

    I just did that and right now I am quite satisfied with the choice.

    I had reservations about the first pick. The auction house close-up photo looked good, but I've learned not to trust that because they overexpose their photos, which can hide a lot of problems. I looked at the "full slab" photo, and that made the piece look like a cloudy Proof despite the fact that it had been given a very high grade. I looked at the photos of the coin on the TPG site and saw the same cloudy surfaces. So I backed off. It didn't matter. The coin sold for $8,100. Previously one in the same grade had a high price of $4,200.

    I bought one from a dealer I know for $3,000, and I'm happy with it.

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