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So you are bidding on a coin on ebay, it is possibly rare and your hoping nobody notices and

RealoneRealone Posts: 18,519 ✭✭✭✭✭
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Someone here posts it on the forum and the secret is out and either the ebay seller rasies his/her price or more bidders now jump in and the bidding war starts. Does it make you crazy?

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  • Mercury10cMercury10c Posts: 2,958
    No.
  • AUandAGAUandAG Posts: 24,859 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I've thought many times that I was the only one seeing that coin.....yeah
    As if that ever happens. 5 bidders in the last 30 seconds.....yeah, that's the real deal!
    bobimage
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  • ProofArtworkonCircsProofArtworkonCircs Posts: 4,223 ✭
    What really hurts is when you get the coin and realize you are the victim of a bait and switch. It is not the coin pictured at all.
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  • JoeLewisJoeLewis Posts: 1,911 ✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Someone here posts it on the forum and the secret is out and either the ebay seller rasies his/her price or more bidders now jump in and the bidding war starts. Does it make you crazy? >>



    You can assume that you are NEVER the only one noticing a nice coin on eBay.

    US and British coin collector, and creator of The Ultimate Chuck E. Cheese's and Showbiz Pizza Place Token & Ticket Guide

  • GoldenEyeNumismaticsGoldenEyeNumismatics Posts: 13,187 ✭✭✭
    So you were looking at the double struck IHC?

    Trust me, you're never the only one that notices stuff on eBay. Even when theres >1 minute and few or no bids... there are people waiting to pounce.
  • pcgs69pcgs69 Posts: 4,343 ✭✭✭✭


    << <i>So you were looking at the double struck IHC?

    Trust me, you're never the only one that notices stuff on eBay. Even when theres >1 minute and few or no bids... there are people waiting to pounce. >>



    ...except if I'm selling it image
  • JZraritiesJZrarities Posts: 2,583 ✭✭✭
    (Listed in the Wrong Category: obsoletes)

    I was Hoping, I was one of the few who noticed it.

    23 Snipe Bids later.... and my $500 'wish'...is gone.

    (and it probably still went Cheap)
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  • lathmachlathmach Posts: 4,720 ✭
    Nice photo of yourself for your icon, Realone. You'd look like a real coin nerd if you only wore glasses.

    Ray
  • ziggy29ziggy29 Posts: 18,668 ✭✭✭
    Personally, if the idea is to show a nice coin, I don't link to it until the auction is over. Especially if I'm interesting in sniping it. image
  • TwoSides2aCoinTwoSides2aCoin Posts: 44,485 ✭✭✭✭✭
    eBay hath no fury like a woman scorned.
  • TomBTomB Posts: 21,945 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I've had the reverse happen at least two times when I had not noticed a coin until someone started a thread about it and then obtained it because of the thread. The first time was for a DB dollar that a seller in England had and someone posted it wondering if it was real. The discussion went on for a bit about how the BIN price was far too low for a real coin, but no one who read the thread knew the diagnostics until I read the thread and immediately hit the BIN and flipped the coin for 400% profit two weeks later. Another time this happened was for a wonderful, original type coin that many folks ooooohhhhhhed and aaaaaahhhhhhed over, but they thought the price was too high. I waited until the end of the auction, bid and won the coin, which immediately I knew I could sell for a profit. However, I have kept that second coin in my collection.
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  • 291fifth291fifth Posts: 24,553 ✭✭✭✭✭
    If no one else bids then, while it may be rare, it isn't popular.
    All glory is fleeting.
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  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Sniping... I love it.... However, I always assume the world is looking at whatever I am interested in (on ebay). Therefore, if I really want it, I make sure I available at the close.. and snipe with 2-3 seconds.... nuclear bid... I always get what I want. Cheers, RickO
  • ZoinsZoins Posts: 34,401 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>the underbidder picked it up for a song. >>

    I never seem to get an item when I'm the underbidder. No second chance offers or anything!
    Private Mint News | 2010 Lincoln Reverse Finalists
  • speetyspeety Posts: 5,424 ✭


    << <i>If no one else bids then, while it may be rare, it isn't popular. >>



    Ummmm i don't think so. I was the only bidder on the 1836 O-121 CBH i picked up. An r-5+ die marriage and by far one of the most popular and costly.
    Want to buy an auction catalog for the William Hesslein Sale (December 2, 1926). Thanks to all those who have helped us obtain the others!!!

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  • BBQnBLUESBBQnBLUES Posts: 1,803 ✭


    << <i>Personally, if the idea is to show a nice coin, I don't link to it until the auction is over. Especially if I'm interesting in sniping it. image >>


    AMEN !!!! I learned my lesson long ago..
  • roadrunnerroadrunner Posts: 28,313 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I've tried to snipe in the last 30 seconds and my computer dump or the system was slow and the bid never got it.

    More often though someone like Ajtress has seen the coin and is waiting to snipe with about 5 seconds left. Any old holder or possibly undergraded slabbed gold coin invariably seems to go to this guy.

    roadrunner
    Barbarous Relic No More, LSCC -GoldSeek--shadow stats--SafeHaven--321gold
  • OPAOPA Posts: 17,136 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>(Listed in the Wrong Category: obsoletes)

    I was Hoping, I was one of the few who noticed it.

    23 Snipe Bids later.... and my $500 'wish'...is gone.

    (and it probably still went Cheap) >>



    Are we looking at the same auction? Only 2 bids were made within the last 10 minutes!!!image
    "Bongo drive 1984 Lincoln that looks like old coin dug from ground."
  • lloydmincylloydmincy Posts: 1,861 ✭
    <<Bidding on a coin on Ebay and it is possibly rare. >>

    No reason to ever get mad about a never-existing point/scenario!!! Unless Heritage or some of the big houses make their rarities available through fleabay.

    Or someone from China!!!
    The Accumulator - Dark Lloyd of the Sith

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  • MeltdownMeltdown Posts: 8,910 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I started a couple threads a while back about un-common date bugs bunny variety Franklins... for sale on a particular website. They only had one of each date. About a month later, the population reports from graders and the inventory on the website more than tripled. I'm fairly certain it was from the number of views and replies the thread got here and people started taking a closer look at some of their 54 and 51 Franklins.

    Click on this link to see my ebay listings.

  • 19Lyds19Lyds Posts: 26,492 ✭✭✭✭
    My worst fears are that someone on these forums posts a coin I am watching that I was hoping nobody noticed.

    Yes it does make me crazy.......................
    I decided to change calling the bathroom the John and renamed it the Jim. I feel so much better saying I went to the Jim this morning.



    The name is LEE!
  • thisnamztakenthisnamztaken Posts: 4,101 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>

    << <i>Someone here posts it on the forum and the secret is out and either the ebay seller rasies his/her price or more bidders now jump in and the bidding war starts. Does it make you crazy? >>



    You can assume that you are NEVER the only one noticing a nice coin on eBay. >>



    image I also always assume that there are at least 2-3 others waiting in the weeds to place last second snipe bids. Even in a snipe bid you MUST bid absolutely as high as you're willing and can afford to pay. Then, if someone else overbids you, you couldn't afford it anyway, so just move on to another one within your budget. There will (almost) always be a similar coin offered before too long. image
    I never thought that growing old would happen so fast.
    - Jim
  • pcgs69pcgs69 Posts: 4,343 ✭✭✭✭


    << <i>I've tried to snipe in the last 30 seconds and my computer dump or the system was slow and the bid never got it.

    More often though someone like Ajtress has seen the coin and is waiting to snipe with about 5 seconds left. Any old holder or possibly undergraded slabbed gold coin invariably seems to go to this guy.

    roadrunner >>



    Ajtress is a woman from what I gathered...
  • fcfc Posts: 12,793 ✭✭✭


    << <i>

    << <i>I've tried to snipe in the last 30 seconds and my computer dump or the system was slow and the bid never got it.

    More often though someone like Ajtress has seen the coin and is waiting to snipe with about 5 seconds left. Any old holder or possibly undergraded slabbed gold coin invariably seems to go to this guy.

    roadrunner >>



    Ajtress is a woman from what I gathered... >>



    either way i have lost to this person more then once. they pay strong
    money and occasionally you will see the same coin pop up on heritage a month or two later.

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