The Most Depressing Thing About Coins and the Internet

ChuckC · December 13, 2005 4:18AM

...the coin that got away! That brief empty feeling you get when a coin listed on a website (including ebay) is taken down. It's that coin that you would have bought if you had time to come up with the funds. It's that coin that you check on from time to time...just to make sure it's still there. Sadly, this scenario is usually ALWAYS my case especially when I browse coins at Whitlow!

PerryHall · December 13, 2005 4:27AM

When you snooze, you loose.

wam98 · December 13, 2005 4:29AM

Know the feeling. Lost a coin while checking the sellers feedback. Returned to hit the BIN and someone else had beat me to it. Oh well.

mgoodm3 · December 13, 2005 4:31AM

I've had it where the coin was being sold on the other line as I asked.

Coxe · December 13, 2005 4:32AM

There have been many times where I was an auction underbidder and ended up paying the winner of a lot a hefty percentage over the final bid+bp months later for the coin. Those are serious regrets, especially if you had the $$$ to buy it in hand originally.

Internet specifically, I have not had my bids confirmed on time at Teletrade after having done a lot of research on the lots I was bidding. Funny part is, though I do snipe sometimes, both instances were occasions where I just got caught up finalizing my bids too close to the end and couldn't get the mechanical part of the bidding completed fast enough. The last time it happened was just this past Sunday.

The coin that got away could be the one that is on eBay with a B-I-N price that you watch and figure you will get it at end of auction for less only to see it end early with a BIN buyout by someone else.

mrearlygold · December 13, 2005 4:38AM

The net is a whole new learning experience for many of us in the business too.

BillJones · December 13, 2005 4:57AM

That’s the depressing thing about a lot of offers I did not accept or auctions I did not win. BUT I’ve found that most of the time I just forget about it. There are darn few items that NEVER show up again. Most of time another one, sometimes a better one will come along that will be in the “right” hands (someone who sells items at fair prices), and you will get the item you want.

BECOKA · December 13, 2005 5:01AM

What really stinks is when you sell something on e-bay for a slight loss and then someone else sells either the same item or a similar one for $500 mor a week later.

There have also been many items I wish I put my true bid price instead of waiting to the last minute and realizing 10 minutes after the auction I forgot to bid.

Cladiator · December 13, 2005 5:23AM

It's happened to me twice this week already.

The Most Depressing Thing About Coins and the Internet

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