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Love of the GameLove of the Game Posts: 250 ✭✭
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I HATE when this happens.

I'm seven cards short of going 100% on 1953 Topps. One of the cards, a very tough hi# common, was on Ebay today. I've been watching it all week.

I checked it this morning with a few hours left to go. Checked it again at lunch with just over an hour left to go.

Then, I forgot all about it. Missed the auction completely.

It sold for like $25.

I HATE when I do that.

-Al

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  • pandrewspandrews Posts: 7,598 ✭✭✭
    done it
    ·p_A·
  • Brian48Brian48 Posts: 2,624 ✭✭✭
    Yeah. Happens to me a lot too. It's worse than being sniped. You've nobody to blame but yourself when this happens.
  • 5thScaleRacer5thScaleRacer Posts: 114 ✭
    yup...we've all been there done that

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  • BorstBorst Posts: 92 ✭
    I use esnipe for every auction even when I am watching it tick down because something might happen and you lose connection, your clock is off, ect (along with fact you get charged for every auction if you use esnipe or not so might as well) The 1% they charge (a little less if you buy large amounts of thier points at once) is more than worth it with time and frustration it saves
  • MorrellManMorrellMan Posts: 3,241 ✭✭✭
    yup, been there as well....I try to take the spiritual high road when I'm on the phone with a customer and I'm watching the clock tick past hammer time: It just wasn't meant to be.

    That being said, it's just wrong....
    Mark (amerbbcards)


    "All evil needs to triumph is for good men to do nothing."
  • DataDriven05DataDriven05 Posts: 164 ✭

    Been there as well...

    That is also when it seems like the best prices for that given item are. I could watch 10 auctions go by and think that is more than I want to pay, the one I miss is the one when I would have dropped the hammer.
  • rjdrjd Posts: 55 ✭
    Has happened to me way too many times. I can't get ebay at work due to network blocking it. That's part of why I got into sniping, otherwise I miss anything during work hours. Bob
  • stormsurgestormsurge Posts: 858 ✭✭
    That stuff will drive you crazy! I have done that several times over the years!

  • 67standup67standup Posts: 833 ✭


    << <i>
    Then, I forgot all about it. Missed the auction completely.

    -Al >>



    Forgetting all about it is one thing, but having a listing right in front of you with under one minute left, but then getting distracted by a cool CU post and missing the bid, is really lame.

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  • Love of the GameLove of the Game Posts: 250 ✭✭
    I'm STILL frustrated. I've never seen this card come up by iteslf in decent condition - it's always either a beater, or it's part of a lot of beaters. Here it is, all by itself, raw but in nice shape - I'm all over it for a week, and then BANG. Just forgot.

    I was prepared to go as high as $75-80 for this card. It went for $25. Grrr.

    -Al
  • acowaacowa Posts: 945 ✭✭
    What card is it that you're looking for?

    Regards,


    Alan
  • 1977topps1977topps Posts: 275 ✭
    A couple years ago, I was watching a great lot of '00 Topps Chrome refractors, I think it was 50 or so, and I needed most of them. Well the time comes to snipe, and my cable (modem) goes out! They wound up selling for less than I would have paid.image
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  • BuccaneerBuccaneer Posts: 1,794 ✭✭
    Yep, I've done the same thing too. After about the 5th time, I then signed up for esnipe and have been bidding that way ever since.
  • goudeygoldgoudeygold Posts: 701 ✭
    Yea, you should either use the esnipe, or simply put in your max bid (oh the horror!! image ) If it were one of my last ones in the set I needed, I would pay whatever it took. You may end up causing yourself a few hundred dollars worth of anguishalone and you still don't have the card.

    What I think you should do is email the winner and offer him double what he paid. He may say screw it I doubled my money and let you have it. Or he may say no. then offer triple. If he refuses, then you can rest comfortably knowing atleast you tried. the price was a mere fraction what you were willing to pay, so try this and let us know how it goes!

    GG
  • ctsoxfanctsoxfan Posts: 6,246 ✭✭
    Been there, done this as well. A few times I knew a card I needed was on Ebay, and went to check it out that evening - only to find out it had ended the evening before. image
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  • Love of the GameLove of the Game Posts: 250 ✭✭
    The card in question was Willie Miranda.

    Grrr again.

    Hey GoudeyGold - are you a new member of the forum or, umm, a returning member?

    -Al
  • jrdolanjrdolan Posts: 2,549 ✭✭
    Ouch, somehow that hurts worse than an Ebay hiccup or something. Much better to blame fate, or God, or network lag than yourself!
  • acowaacowa Posts: 945 ✭✭
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    Is this your card? If so, I bet a dealer that reads these boards can probably help you come up with one. The card was described as in EX condition. I think I paid around $150 for a NM PSA 7 Miranda so I dont think your desired price range is unrealistic for the card. It is a tough card...but not impossible.

    Here's 2 decent leads:

    1953 Miranda EX-MT

    2nd Miranda lead





    Regards,


    Alan
  • Love of the GameLove of the Game Posts: 250 ✭✭
    Alan:

    That's awesome. Thank you for the leads. I may wind up just buying all 7 of the cards I need, to get this monkey off my back.

    Thank you!

    -Al
  • GriffinsGriffins Posts: 6,076 ✭✭✭
    I put in a snipe as soon as I see the card I want. If it is something I really really want I put in snipes with 2 services, just in case.

    Always looking for Topps Salesman Samples, pre '51 unopened packs, E90-2, E91a, N690 Kalamazoo Bats, and T204 Square Frame Ramly's

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