What a steal by Carlos!

AlanAllen · June 4, 2003 1:15PM

These have been going for $400+. I saw the BIN and started drooling, then I thought eh, must by qualified or something. Nope, a straight 9, if not a strong one, for about one third of market value

WTG Carlos

Joe

rbeaton · June 4, 2003 7:31PM

Great pickup Carlos. I have been looking for that card for some time now, and am willing to pay a lot more than that BIN. I'm sure the seller would have gotten much more without the BIN.

Robert

carkim · June 4, 2003 8:24PM

Alan,

I thought the same thing about the qualifier. I was nervous when I saw that it was a straight PSA 9. I missed clicking the BIN button about three times. I thought for sure someone would buy it just seconds before I could finally click that button.

It was nice to finally win a 1972 Topps Football high grade at a reasonable price. I have been paying top dollar lately.

breath...breath...take a deep breathe...It's over now...breath...breath...take a deep breathe.

Carlos

Carlos D. Aponte's 1972 Topps Football Set

PS. I AM STILL LOOKING FOR 115 MORE CARDS FOR THIS SET IN PSA 9 NQ OR HIGHER. PLEASE LMK IF YOU CAN HELP. EMAIL ME.

OhioTaz · June 5, 2003 9:13AM

Wow Carlos, I had no idea that those 70's football cards were worth so much. Congrats!

Sandy

gaspipe26 · June 5, 2003 11:17AM

I have a bunch of yearly 70's football, I might have to start pulling it out.

carkim · June 5, 2003 11:19PM

Bob,

I had emailed you once about some '72 football but didn't hear back from you. Please LMK if you have some for sale.

Carlos

Vargha · June 5, 2003 11:40PM

IMO, this is a case where SMR worked to the buyer's advantage.

carkim · June 5, 2003 11:59PM

Yes it did....Finally

JasP24 · June 6, 2003 12:34AM

If only I would have seen it first....lol

JasP24

Nice pick up though

AlanAllen · June 6, 2003 12:46AM

I narrowly missed another BIN yesterday. A guy is selling 53 different 1957 Topps PSA 8's with an opening bid of $1 and a BIN of $950. They are mostly commons but there are some high numbers and minor stars. I saw it 13 minutes after it listed and someone had already killed the BIN with a $1 bid. I bet the seller ends up happy that happened.

Joe

72leadfoot · June 6, 2003 12:11PM

Joe

I missed the BIN on the 57's by about 2 min. I was licking my chops.

Paul
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Buying 1956, 57, 58, and 62 FB

helionaut · June 8, 2003 12:59AM

You could still bid on lafayette43's auction of 186 8s. Actually, everyone could. Apparently he didn't realize "Quantity" is not the number of items in the lot, but the number of lots you want to sell, so he started a dutch auction for 186 partial sets. Bet he'll be confused when he gets his ebay statement, but it probably won't matter to him, especially if he sells even one.

bleacherbum · June 9, 2003 2:48AM

Another lucky troller. Billzkarz@aol.com picked up a 1971 Topps Yaz PSA 9 for a BIN of $375.00. The only thing that puzzles me is the auction started at 16:06 and he bought it at 16:18. I never see auctions that quickly when they are loaded up. Usually its about 4 hours after the start time....or more.

Vargha · June 9, 2003 3:13AM

He could have seen it with the feature that let's you see a seller's other auctions.

gemint · June 9, 2003 3:48AM

Is there a way to search only 'BIN' auctions?

sbtrailrider · June 9, 2003 7:54AM

To find the latest BIN, just type in your category to search, select Newly Listed, select the BIN tab and in front of your eyes will be some serious temptations. Good luck and let us know how you do.

gemint · June 9, 2003 8:43AM

<< <i>To find the latest BIN, just type in your category to search, select Newly Listed, select the BIN tab and in front of your eyes will be some serious temptations. Good luck and let us know how you do. >>

Thanks!

33Goudey · June 9, 2003 12:59PM

If you thought that was fast----how did this guy BIN the item 19 seconds after it was listed?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2735093657&category=31718&rd=1

aro13 · June 9, 2003 8:52PM

Link to 19 second BIN

I'll take a guess. You knew the auction was starting promptly at 7:00 p.m.

Nice purchase!

carkim · June 12, 2003 7:38AM

carkim · June 12, 2003 7:39AM

Look at this 1972 Topps Football PSA 9....

NO STEALING THIS CARD...wow

AlanAllen · June 12, 2003 8:06AM

Yikes, I guess there are a lot of '72 Dolphins collectors out there.

Joe

AlanAllen · June 13, 2003 12:25AM

And the '57 Topps PSA 8 lot sold for $2137

. I don't know what the seller was thinking putting a $950 BIN on that lot.

Joe

doncherry · June 13, 2003 1:01AM

Did MGALT win the lottery or something . He is sniping everything outthere at very generous prices

JasP24 · June 13, 2003 1:50AM

I noticed the same thing...Looks like we have a new "competitor" on the Vintage graded football front...lol

JasP24

AlanAllen · June 13, 2003 2:14AM

And not just football either, this guy is buying anything and everything! The good news is he seems to be knowledgeable unlike rockets_lover. The really good news is that he's spent $78,992.11 in the past 30 days! The really really good news is that, judging by his feedback, he's paying up.

Joe

thefootballcardstore · June 13, 2003 3:11AM

13 pages of auctions, not one loss!

Jeremy

helionaut · June 13, 2003 4:32AM

The History of Lifeboats. There's a niche set for you.

gameusedhoop · June 13, 2003 5:04AM

MGALT was the buyer of my 1964 Topps Giants Set at $2695. It was the 5th Finest overall at the time. He paid immediately via Paypal, and left positive feedback about a month later (I left mine after I knew he received the package via return receipt). Very business like, no extra emails or other contact. Did the Paypal thing and that was it.

Galveston · June 13, 2003 8:09AM

Check it out......That guy above spent $824 dollars on a "Room 222" card? One card?

What a steal by Carlos!

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