Do you remember the very first time,

Coinscratch

that you entered a bid on the Bay? What happened?

Mine was Yesterday and I wasn't going to lose to the other bidder even if it meant losing.
Yea, I nuked this Ike set. I was just window shopping Ikes and noticed this proof set at around 50.00 with 12 minutes left.
Well, this sounds like fun I'll just put in a bid of 51.00 and set the high to around 76.00
A few minutes later and several bids later I was up to 185.00 with a high set to 226.00. What the hell just happened!
I won/lost and will spend some more having it framed

djm

Where is the 1990 Eisenhower Commemorative Dollar and the Presidential Dollar?

Coinscratch

I don’t know but it’s 71 through 78 I believe.

marcmoish

Oh I see, interesting way to title a thread. This should hit 100 easily .

Coinscratch

@djm said:
Where is the 1990 Eisenhower Commemorative Dollar and the Presidential Dollar?

you’re not supposed to make me feel worse you’re supposed to enlighten me with your raw deal the very first time so that I feel better🤣

PillarDollarCollector

The wife had to go put her baggage's out the door and gas in her car and waved goodbye while walking towards my freedom. I divorced my wife when collecting went online had to I needed the money to buy there was no other choice. Joke never got married preferred my hobbies among many other things in life. I truly enjoy spending on myself, my pet, nice food and whatever else.

privatecoin

Does this fall under the why coin collectors drink class?...

ike126

226$ for that ouch.. Could pick up a whole srt with uncs for less then that.

olympicsos

That falls in line with how much you'd pay for the album from Littleton Coin Company anyways given how they always overprice.

ctf_error_coins

I do not as that bid was over 21 years ago, wow!!!!

TurtleCat

Yep. It was in 1999 when I finally decided I wanted an old Apple Newton MessagePad 2000 because I always wanted to try it but couldn’t afford it when it came out. That was the only reason I ever joined eBay. I don’t remember if I was outbid but I did win it.

Coinscratch

@ike126 said:
226$ for that ouch.. Could pick up a whole srt with uncs for less then that.

I won it at 185 but I had the max at 226. Thankfully the other bidder quit when he did. With fees and the like it was 206.
Obviously I went into this ill prepared but it was like the thrill of the hunt and the more it went up the more I was convincing myself that there might be a good reason why. At my age 12 minutes is longer than sex but it felt like seconds.
What she said🤣

Coinscratch

@ErrorsOnCoins said:
I do not as that bid was over 21 years ago, wow!!!!

I remember mine like it was Yesterday🙃

ike126

@CoinscratchFever said:

@ike126 said:
226$ for that ouch.. Could pick up a whole srt with uncs for less then that.

I won it at 185 but I had the max at 226. Thankfully the other bidder quit when he did. With fees and the like it was 206.
Obviously I went into this ill prepared but it was like the thrill of the hunt and the more it went up the more I was convincing myself that there might be a good reason why. At my age 12 minutes is longer than sex but it felt like seconds.
What she said🤣

Hahaha seems like sinces theres been a lack of local shows the prices on the bay are very very strong IMHO

Hydrant

Not on eBay, but I do remember my first auction bid and win. It was a Teletrade auction. It was the Tuesday auction that didn't include any fees. The final cost was whatever the final bid was. And, as a first time buyer there were no shipping charges. The coin was a 1970 something Jefferson nickel. Total cost...$4 and change. I was the only bidder of course. After that I had auction fever for years. Not anymore. Haven't bought a coin though an auction for many years. I wish I had stopped before I ever got started.

Coinscratch

Thanks Hydrant that is reassuring, reassuring that i’m hooked.
When I looked at the sellers other items I noticed a lot of collectible household items, leading me to believe this was from an estate or many which lead me to believe he may not be a savant in the world of coins so, I also purchased 10 rolls of 09 cents for 54. Can’t wait to search those next week.

SIowhand

I remember my first. It was a live auction. I had never been to one. I placed an opening bid on an antique table. I watched in amazement at the flurry of bids and hand waving as I sat there motionless. I was a bit surprised at the price it went for.

Hung around for awhile and decided to leave and turned my bidder card in or whatever it was and was informed of my balance and asked whether I’d be taking the table now or arranging a pickup. I stood that and just said ‘what’? ‘You were the winning bidder’. ‘What’, I said.

Apparently, I made some secret eye movement or breathing or something indicating I was bidding. It was quite the learning experience.

I still own the table and learned a valuable lesson. Albeit an expensive one.

Coinscratch

@slowhand That’s great 😂

ricko

My first purchase(s) on ebay were marbles. I learned quickly that it was different from live auctions and the amateurs ruled the activity (back then, we were all online auction amateurs). After the first couple of debacles, I became savvy in sniping and ruled from then on... Coins were much the same at the time.... picked up some great deals back then. Cheers, RickO

Meltdown

Ah yes. She was a beauty.

koynekwest

It's been so long ago I don't have a clue.

Snaps

I don't remember the first auction on eBay that I either won or lost. I probably did some BIN shopping, before stepping off into the world of bidding, anyway. There is over a million U.S. coin listings on eBay. Makes it kind of hard not to shop/bid for coins there.

@CoinscratchFever good luck in your bidding ventures on eBay. Check your newly acquired coins for varieties, also.

Coinscratch

@Snaps . Absolutely. Recently bought 4 commemorative 09 packs that include 4 cents each. One pack had 2 of the extra pinky finger I believe 105 or 108. they will definitely go with the next order and one should match the top grade of 66.

Dave99B

Yes, but I can't really talk about it.

Dave

Rob9874

@CoinscratchFever said:

@ike126 said:
226$ for that ouch.. Could pick up a whole srt with uncs for less then that.

I won it at 185 but I had the max at 226. Thankfully the other bidder quit when he did.

Next try a sniping service, like AuctionSniper. Let the guy think he's won it at $50, and 3 seconds left it places your $226 bid, but it makes you the winner at $76 (?), and by the time he sees he's been outbid, it's too late. You won it.

Goldminers

I had her on the line, but she got away.

abcde12345

@Meltdown said:
Ah yes. She was a beauty.

Your post reminds me of the song by The Tubes!

dbldie55

Nearly 23 years ago, no idea what it was.

Coinscratch

@dbldie55 said:
Nearly 23 years ago, no idea what it was.

I would definitely have trouble remembering that too.

Hydrant

Yes, I do. It was,.... well.....somewhat scary. But, you know what was more scary than that?........I recently crossed paths with my long ago partner in crime. Now that was downright FRIGHTENING! Boy, did I dodge a bullet on that one. Time can be oh so very cruel.

jdimmick

A dealer friend & mentor had an 1814 classic head large cent in a pci VF holder i wanted, but he had already listed it on ebay, so I signed up and bought it, was about 21 years ago. yes , it was a pci green and undergraded a bit. It was still a good bit of time before i actually began selling there, mostly bought when i first joined.

Coinscratch

@jdimmick said:
A dealer friend & mentor had an 1814 classic head large cent in a pci VF holder i wanted, but he had already listed it on ebay, so I signed up and bought it, was about 21 years ago. yes , it was a pci green and undergraded a bit. It was still a good bit of time before i actually began selling there, mostly bought when i first joined.

I have purchased at least one pci green. Should I take another look at it? I think it’s a Jeff.