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Are you ever happy to be outbid?

WACoinGuyWACoinGuy Posts: 1,110
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I placed a bid a few days ago on an auction in the Heritage Bullet Sale, and soon afterwards started to get "buyers remorse." I decided that I didn't really want that coin after all. It looked like I was going to be the winner, but with just minutes to go, I was outbid. Whew! Anyone else ever happy to be outbid at auction?

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  • ERER Posts: 7,345 ✭
    Sure. I think it happened to a lot of us.
  • TheRockTheRock Posts: 766 ✭✭
    Absolutly. Especially when you see the same exact coin pop up on another auction site for a lot less.

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  • saintgurusaintguru Posts: 7,724 ✭✭✭
    ABSOLUTELY!!

    When I first started I bd on a coin without anyone looking at it for me...I found out the day of the auction that it was a POS!!! Man, same relief!!
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  • jdp2jdp2 Posts: 165
    Constantly
    jdp
  • etexmikeetexmike Posts: 6,811 ✭✭✭
    It has happened more than once.

    As long as I bid on coins I am sure that it will happen again.

    There have been times when I worried more about the ones that I got and not the ones that got away.

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  • bgricebgrice Posts: 1,180
    I placed a bid on a Heritage auction that ends tonight that wouldn't bother me if I lost. I'd like to have the gold coin and my *winning* bid is low compared to other prices right now, but I'm kind of over what I wanted to spend lately. Maybe some snipers are in the bushes. image
  • TootawlTootawl Posts: 5,877 ✭✭✭
    It happens all the time. You bid on something and then find something you like alot better.
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  • mirabelamirabela Posts: 5,012 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Sure -- for all the reasons above, plus if I never got outbid I'd take that as another way of the world saying I'm paying too much for what I'm buying.
    mirabela
  • UncleWigglyUncleWiggly Posts: 2,467
    Most definitely.
  • bgricebgrice Posts: 1,180
    I was just outbid with 35 seconds left on the auction below. Tisk! image

    1929 Indian $2 1/2 NGC MS61

    I just recieved my first gold coin(1926 $2 1/2 Indian NGC MS61) and have to admit gold is cool. Little coins, but cool. I figure MS61 is a grade I can afford, but I'm not wanting to pay $275-$300 each for them(except the 1911D which will be expensive). The buyer can gladly have the one I just lost.
  • BAJJERFANBAJJERFAN Posts: 31,082 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Smoetimes yes.
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  • razorface1027razorface1027 Posts: 4,242 ✭✭
    Once in a while, especially when I suffer from numismatic zeal on a particular day.image



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  • NickelbackNickelback Posts: 381
    It's happened to me several times. The last couple were difficult, though, as I really wanted them. But there's always tomorrow and another one that might not get away... image
  • HeywoodHeywood Posts: 1,246 ✭✭✭
    Yes, about 30 min ago when I thought I miscalculated the value of marty's $65 Face 90% ag @ melt value auction.


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  • BikingnutBikingnut Posts: 3,375 ✭✭✭
    I've had many occasions where I placed a bid and then changed my mind later. In most cases I was out bid and breathed a sigh of relief. On some though, I do a Homer Simpson, Doh!
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  • skydivdavskydivdav Posts: 190
    Heck yes, it's happened to me and I was relieved when it did!
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  • WACoinGuyWACoinGuy Posts: 1,110
    The only other coin I was bidding on in the Bullet sale is one that I really did want. It just ended ... and I won! Fair price too (at least, it seems reasonable to me).
  • MAD4MORGANSMAD4MORGANS Posts: 2,044
    DEFINITELY!!

    Especially when my wife has already put the keebosh on me for spending too much on Visa/Paypal already!! image

    She threatens there won't be any divorce...she'll just be a widow!! image

    If I only had a dollar for every VAM I have...err...nevermind...I do!! image

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  • michaelmichael Posts: 9,524 ✭✭
    yes if someone wants it more good for them they offer more and get it and save me from myself

    around the corner is always something better and less expensive
  • NeptuneNeptune Posts: 2,221
    yes - when I get on a roll and bid on too many things.
  • GoYankeesGoYankees Posts: 1,025
    Yes, and sometimes it's a relief. image
    Ex-modern Collector.

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