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I lost the snipe, but at least I made the winner pay for it!

braddickbraddick Posts: 24,814 ✭✭✭✭✭
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I really thought my snipe bid would win this one. . . image

The winner didn't get off cheap.

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  • jayPemjayPem Posts: 4,082 ✭✭✭✭✭
    The price of these might drop a bit after that guy gets his fill !
  • WingedLiberty1957WingedLiberty1957 Posts: 2,992 ✭✭✭✭✭
    i think you were lucky you lost it!

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  • determineddetermined Posts: 771 ✭✭✭
    There's some satisfaction in losing with a nuclear bid. You make the winner pay for it.

    And the next time your competition may be a little more bid shy.
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  • TomBTomB Posts: 22,078 ✭✭✭✭✭
    There is another seller selling the exact same coin currently at $82 and the sale ends today (Sunday). You have another chance.
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  • BochimanBochiman Posts: 25,556 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>There is another seller selling the exact same coin currently at $82 and the sale ends today (Sunday). You have another chance. >>



    "Another seller"?

    That's the same seller using the same pics (check the serial number on the reverse of the slab)......veddy interesting....

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  • TwoSides2aCoinTwoSides2aCoin Posts: 44,605 ✭✭✭✭✭
    100% White ? That's interesting to read on a slab with a toned coin.

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  • BochimanBochiman Posts: 25,556 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>100% White ? That's interesting to read on a slab with a toned coin. >>



    Not really, if you know the holders. These older PCI holders have been talked about that way for more than a few years on the forums.
    Go in white, get labeled as such, and the inserts tone the coins.

    Very common on these w/ SAEs especially. I have 2 myself that are very similar. Think I paid ~$50 max for one of them and a bit less for the other.

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  • TwoSides2aCoinTwoSides2aCoin Posts: 44,605 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Yes, I understand toning takes place inside the holders Bochiman. It's still interesting to read one thing on the label, and see another thing inside the slab. We can rest assured it's almost 100% silver image .

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  • ajmanajman Posts: 1,359 ✭✭✭
    I love the pastel colors. What I don't like is what appears to be some spotty toning at the top by the E on the obverse.
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  • LakesammmanLakesammman Posts: 17,460 ✭✭✭✭✭
    There was a whole case of them at the FUN show, in PCGS holders. image
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  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Interesting times on the last two bids... he had really set a nuclear bid, must have been expecting major, last minute sniping. Cheers, RickO
  • JupitarCoinsJupitarCoins Posts: 2,595 ✭
    Got to admit that coin is nicely toned. But do you really think its worth that kind of money. I have seen them alot cheaper on the bay.
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  • TWQGTWQG Posts: 3,145 ✭✭
    Ebay shenanigans aside, that price is steep.
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  • TheRegulatorTheRegulator Posts: 1,231 ✭✭✭
    Bleed 'em dry! image
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  • SwampboySwampboy Posts: 13,109 ✭✭✭✭✭
    That ASE has a very pleasing look to it.

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  • uofa1285uofa1285 Posts: 2,252 ✭✭
    Nice eye...I wonder why my searches missed some of these items...

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  • braddickbraddick Posts: 24,814 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I would never hope to pay the max I place on a snipe. More times than not a winning bid will come in at about half.
    There was just something about the smoothness of the pastel toning along with the silky luster that drew me to this one.

    Thank goodness a forum member stepped up via a PM and offered me a near identical coin for a nice discount.
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  • JustlookingJustlooking Posts: 2,895 ✭
    Nuclear bids can be very dangerous ...
    Let's try not to get upset.
  • joefrojoefro Posts: 1,872 ✭✭
    Haha, yeah you tripled the price he would have paid for it without your bid. image
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  • AMRCAMRC Posts: 4,280 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Elephant in the living room... PCI holder? image
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  • ebaytraderebaytrader Posts: 3,312 ✭✭✭


    << <i>There is another seller selling the exact same coin currently at $82 and the sale ends today (Sunday). You have another chance. >>



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  • itsnotjustmeitsnotjustme Posts: 8,779 ✭✭✭
    So, will you bid on the other copy of the same coin also? Maybe no one is paying as that was a shill bid. Be wary of a second chance offer.
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  • braddickbraddick Posts: 24,814 ✭✭✭✭✭
    ^No.
    Like I stated above. I've already purchased one extremely close to the OP and am happy.

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  • ebaybuyerebaybuyer Posts: 2,984 ✭✭✭
    seems kinda pricey for an ounce of silver.. unless the true value is in the plastic, or the tarnish.
    regardless of how many posts I have, I don't consider myself an "expert" at anything
  • SeattleSlammerSeattleSlammer Posts: 10,049 ✭✭✭✭✭
    That SE is amazingly ordinary for $213. I can't believe that minor toning brought that kind of money. Wow.
  • fishcookerfishcooker Posts: 3,446 ✭✭
    Heh. Next time bid $222.21 and teach 'em not to snipe $222.22!
  • BUFFNIXXBUFFNIXX Posts: 2,727 ✭✭✭✭✭
    but: I still think I hear the squishing of sour grapes.
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