There really should be a change of "rules"

braddick

Don't LINK a current eBay auction here you if you don't want others to become aware and then bid on it.

That is only fair (especially to the Seller!).
If you don't want the competition- don't LINK it here until the auction is over and you've secured your bragging rights to the coin.

(WingedLiberty- BID on your colorful Mercury! It's only right you own it- or at least make an effort to do so.)

LucyBop

When it comes to Franklins, the only rules are, if you gonna try and outbid the HepKitty, better bring more then pocket change!

K6AZ

When it comes to eBay auctions, I don't care who is bidding on it or who plans to bid on it, if I want it I will bid. And if I suspect other forum members will bid, I use one of my stealth accounts so they will never know who outbid them. Nothing is fair on eBay.

LucyBop

<< <i>TextI use one of my stealth accounts so they will never know who outbid them. Nothing is fair on eBay. >>



Gasp! So your compucheap!

rainbowroosie

If it is a fabulous rainbow toned Roosevelt I just "assume" the coin belongs to me.......

K6AZ

Now now Lucy, I take extreme offense of being associated with the likes of that scoundrel!

LucyBop

<< <i>If it is a fabulous rainbow toned Roosevelt I just "assume" the coin belongs to me....... >>



and now if its a Full Torchie, you and onlyroosies have the Hepkitty to contend with! I've driven several Frankie collectors into collecting another series.... Its on Daddy-o!

wingedliberty

If someone calls it, I have no problem with that. Its just an awesome coin, thought I would share it.

Brian.

relayer

I think the "rules" are quite simple. In a free market place, everyone will act in their own best interest.

If you see a coin you like, bid what you would be willing to pay for it before the auction closes.

A better rule is that everybody should yeild to MY wishes, but for some reason other folks don't share that opinion.

hookooekoo

I don't know why this has created such a fuss...

wingedliberty should have known he was asking for trouble when he tries to make others think that there is some "rule" that the first person to post about an eBay coin is the only one who gets to bid on the coin.

First of all, if we played by that "rule", that would be aginst eBay rules (interfering with someones auction) and possibly illegal (a form of collusion?).

There was a time when the forum was small enough that there was something of an unspoken "gentlemen's agreement" that we didn't bid on coins that we saw other forum members bidding on a coin.

But now that the forum has grown so big, even though someone tried to make this a "rule", it is no longer feasable.

kieferscoins

You shouldn't have linked that blue label PCI slab braddick.

Cameron Kiefer

Petescorner

Don't LINK a current eBay auction here you if you don't want others to become aware and then bid on it.


Sure, Braddick! When's the last time a thread titled. "Hey, Look at this FR-02 on eBay!" produced a rash of sudden bidders?

Just kidding, of course. And I agree with the proposed rule.

braddick

<< <i>Don't LINK a current eBay auction here you if you don't want others to become aware and then bid on it. Sure, Braddick! When's the last time a thread titled. "Hey, Look at this FR-02 on eBay!" produced a rash of sudden bidders? Just kidding, of course. And I agree with the proposed rule. >>



A FA02 on eBay?!? http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3012779112&category=11980