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WalterSobchakWalterSobchak Posts: 2,096
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I'm the guy whose top bid is $232.05. I could be wrong, but I think the other guy is trying to send a message:

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'Sir, I realize it's been difficult for you to sleep at night without your EX/MT 1977 Topps Tom Seaver, but I swear to you that you'll get it safe and sound.'
-CDs Nuts, 1/20/14

*1956 Topps baseball- 97.4% complete, 7.24 GPA
*Clemente basic set: 85.0% complete, 7.89 GPA

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  • 1980scollector1980scollector Posts: 2,036 ✭✭✭
    Got a weird feeling that another twenty dollars or so will win that card in the last few seconds for ya.

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  • WalterSobchakWalterSobchak Posts: 2,096
    You could be right, but I don't want to go that high to find out.
    'Sir, I realize it's been difficult for you to sleep at night without your EX/MT 1977 Topps Tom Seaver, but I swear to you that you'll get it safe and sound.'
    -CDs Nuts, 1/20/14

    *1956 Topps baseball- 97.4% complete, 7.24 GPA
    *Clemente basic set: 85.0% complete, 7.89 GPA
  • onlyanumberonlyanumber Posts: 2,433
    looks like someone went in at 266...and still didn't beat that guy
    Next MONTH? So he's saying that if he wins, the best-case scenario is that he'll be paying for it two weeks after the auction ends?

    Forget blocking him; find out where he lives and go punch him in the nuts. --WalterSobchak 9/12/12



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  • WalterSobchakWalterSobchak Posts: 2,096
    Well, someone tried it and bested all but three of his bids, LOL. Not a strategy you usually see, but it got the job done.

    Whomever it is, looks like they got a hell of a nice card.
    'Sir, I realize it's been difficult for you to sleep at night without your EX/MT 1977 Topps Tom Seaver, but I swear to you that you'll get it safe and sound.'
    -CDs Nuts, 1/20/14

    *1956 Topps baseball- 97.4% complete, 7.24 GPA
    *Clemente basic set: 85.0% complete, 7.89 GPA
  • 1980scollector1980scollector Posts: 2,036 ✭✭✭
    Wow- I was wrong. My wife would not be suprised.
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  • 1980scollector1980scollector Posts: 2,036 ✭✭✭
    What does a PSA 8 normally run?

    It looks pretty high end to me.
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  • WalterSobchakWalterSobchak Posts: 2,096


    << <i>What does a PSA 8 normally run? >>


    Half or so of what this one went for, I think.



    << <i>It looks pretty high end to me. >>


    I very much agree.

    'Sir, I realize it's been difficult for you to sleep at night without your EX/MT 1977 Topps Tom Seaver, but I swear to you that you'll get it safe and sound.'
    -CDs Nuts, 1/20/14

    *1956 Topps baseball- 97.4% complete, 7.24 GPA
    *Clemente basic set: 85.0% complete, 7.89 GPA
  • Dpeck100Dpeck100 Posts: 10,912 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Serious question. How does one bid 2 seconds apart? Is there some auto bid that tries to find the top bid without you entering a new bid manually?

    This EBAY buyer bid 19 times in 42 seconds.





  • BunkerBunker Posts: 3,926 ✭
    Did you notice that his bids near the end were only a couple of seconds apart? How would that happen a snipe proram? I don't think he could place that many bids so close together manually.
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  • WinPitcherWinPitcher Posts: 27,726 ✭✭✭
    You can bid that close together, that new feature where it's 1 click bidding can do that.

    This guy opened himself up to paying more.

    Steve
    Good for you.
  • WinPitcherWinPitcher Posts: 27,726 ✭✭✭
    Or he used 3 different snipe programs?


    Good for you.
  • psychumppsychump Posts: 1,378 ✭✭✭
    One click bid
    One click bid
    One click bid
    One click bid...He would have lost that card if he did not do that. SWEET CARD!
    There is a worse looking one for sale now for 299.00!
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  • bigreddogbigreddog Posts: 1,156
    To say the guy overpaid is simply not true. Its only worth what someones willing to pay. VCP is not the price.
  • Sean1125Sean1125 Posts: 3,479
    Someone paid for the card and NOT the holder. I salute the winning bidder.
  • gecko109gecko109 Posts: 8,231 ✭


    << <i>VCP says he overpaid big-time for this card using this "strategy." At least 16 of these 8s were sold in 2011 at an avg of $174.17.

    I mean if it was a rare card then sure ... but it comes up at least once a month on average. >>






    Not all 8s are created equal.
  • shu4040shu4040 Posts: 982 ✭✭✭
    the centering to me was gorgeous on this card
  • mlbfan2mlbfan2 Posts: 3,115 ✭✭✭
    Question: When you're the high bidder and you increase your maximum bid multiple times like that, can you increase it by any amount (1 penny?), or do you have to increase it by the bid increment? If it's the latter, then that bidder wasn't very smart, because someone else could figure out that his maximum bid was at least $300 (or whatever), and then bid $299.99.
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