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I was under bidder on same exact card twice for same exact amount!

jasoneggertjasoneggert Posts: 486 ✭✭
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A few weeks back I bid on a Topps Five Star duel relic card of Jackie Robinson/Sandy Koufax #9/10. I bid with 4 seconds to go and was the under bidder at $142.42.

The sale must have fallen through because the seller had it up again, and for the second time, I was the under bidder at $142.42. Both auctions ended with the winning bid of $144.92 to different winners.

Guess I needed to bid more!

-Jason

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  • PeteZariaPeteZaria Posts: 288
    If you always bid $142.42, the winning bid is going to be exactly $2.50 more than that a decent percentage of the time, since that's the bid increment at that level. The winning bidder bid somewhere between $144.92 and infinity.
  • vladguerrerovladguerrero Posts: 4,077 ✭✭✭
    I would be suspicious if it is listed a third time. ...and would bid considerably less.
  • otwcardsotwcards Posts: 5,291 ✭✭✭


    << <i>I would be suspicious if it is listed a third time. ...and would bid considerably less. >>



    Especially if you get a "second chance" offer...
  • hhmag70hhmag70 Posts: 2,107
    safety bid, all the rage
  • grote15grote15 Posts: 29,743 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>

    << <i>I would be suspicious if it is listed a third time. ...and would bid considerably less. >>



    Especially if you get a "second chance" offer... >>



    No need to worry -- after all, ebay bidding is transparent.


    Collecting 1970s Topps baseball wax, rack and cello packs, as well as PCGS graded Half Cents, Large Cents, Two Cent pieces and Three Cent Silver pieces.
  • RipublicaninMassRipublicaninMass Posts: 10,051 ✭✭✭


    << <i>

    << <i>

    << <i>I would be suspicious if it is listed a third time. ...and would bid considerably less. >>



    Especially if you get a "second chance" offer... >>



    No need to worry -- after all, ebay bidding is transparent. >>



    Dont be an auction house image
  • ThoseBackPagesThoseBackPages Posts: 4,871 ✭✭
    bizzare indeed!
    Big Fan of: HOF Post War RC, Graded RCs
    WTB: PSA 1 - PSA 3 Centered, High Eye Appeal 1950's Mantle
  • jasoneggertjasoneggert Posts: 486 ✭✭
    I never got a second chance offer.

    -Jason
  • BunchOBullBunchOBull Posts: 6,188 ✭✭✭
    This is probably just a standard case of bidding the same thing twice and being outbid by two different buyers; both obviously with the same incremental bid as set by eBay. Who knows what the individual buyer's maximum bids were? They could have been much higher.
    Collector of most things Frank Thomas. www.BigHurtHOF.com
  • bobbyw8469bobbyw8469 Posts: 7,139 ✭✭✭


    << <i>This is probably just a standard case of bidding the same thing twice and being outbid by two different buyers; both obviously with the same incremental bid as set by eBay. Who knows what the individual buyer's maximum bids were? They could have been much higher. >>



    Agreed. It is never the winning bidder who determines the final price of a card - it is ALWAYS the underbidder who determines the final auction price. If you wanted a different outcome, you should have changed YOUR bid. No telling how much the winning bidders bid. I don't know why the winning bidder never paid the first time - could be holidays, maybe the card went for more than what HE thought the card should have sold for. If you really wanted the card, then you should have adjusted your snipe to a higher level. I guess just wait for the next one to roll around, whenever that will be.
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