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Crazy snipe bids with a "thank you God" for losing

MintMoondogMintMoondog Posts: 969 ✭
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I recently put in a crazy snipe bid for a 1976 #373 Johnny Briggs PSA 9 for 1,300.00. It is an extremely low pop (7ish) and one of the last few 9s I need to get my 1976 to 9 and above. I just recently won the Brett 9 so I was a bit loopy. I figured it would sell for 500-700 but didn't want to play around. Well, I lost! I had to give a little prayer of thanks that I did. I would like to apologize to the winner who might be the only individual loopier than me. I wonder if anyone else has a similar story. BTW, another Briggs came up for auction (of course) a month or two later and I believe sold for under 600.00. I had intended to snipe at 900.00 but forgot..sigh, here goes another several years of waiting. If that #302 Miller PSA 9 ever comes up again though...
75 Minis - GET IN MY BELLY!

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  • RipublicaninMassRipublicaninMass Posts: 10,051 ✭✭✭
    Had one last night, had a snipe on for PSa 6 money on and SGC 4...only me and the over bidder were over 160, card sold for 360
  • jackstrawjackstraw Posts: 3,819 ✭✭✭✭
    I see you added 3 76 Topps sets.. I love that set as it was the first I collected..
    Collector Focus

    ON ITS WAY TO NEWPORT BEACH, CA 92658
  • nam812nam812 Posts: 10,601 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>.........BTW, another Briggs came up for auction (of course) a month or two later and I believe sold for under 600.00. I had intended to snipe at 900.00 but forgot..sigh, here goes another several years of waiting............. >>



    Or you could have this one for $882.50 without waiting several years. Personally I'd wait, but it seems within your parameters.

  • BrickBrick Posts: 5,001 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Sometimes we should be thankful for what we don't have.
    Collecting 1960 Topps Baseball in PSA 8
    http://www.unisquare.com/store/brick/

    Ralph

  • ReggieClevelandReggieCleveland Posts: 3,818 ✭✭✭✭✭
    A great deal of the things I would bid on were miscategorized/misrepresented or the seller just had no idea what they had. Because of that, it was pretty routine for me to win/lose auctions in the $300-500 range where the third place bidder was under $10. I don't really remember ever being thankful that I lost, just upset that someone else found the item as well. Of course, for every story like that there's probably five where no one else saw the auction so I got the item for a steal.

    Anyone that says there aren't any good deals left on ebay simply isn't doing the work to find them.
  • MapleleafMapleleaf Posts: 506 ✭
    I've done a typo a couple times before on a snipe - added an extra digit with no time to change it.image
    Luckily I wasn't bidding against a crazy bidder!image
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