ever get outbid in an auction and think to yourself...

Hyperion · January 10, 2012 2:28AM

*whew*

Banemorth · January 10, 2012 2:29AM

Several times.

UtahCoin · January 10, 2012 2:30AM

Yes, more times than I should.

IrishMikey · January 10, 2012 2:36AM

Nope. I have yet to get caught up in "auction fever." I have seen it in action a few times.

commoncents05 · January 10, 2012 2:37AM

All the time.

-Paul

BryceM · January 10, 2012 2:54AM

Yup.

...... but do you ever sorta feel bad for hitting the bid button a bunch of times to bump up the final sale price but the original high bidder ends up with it anyway?

kimber45ACP · January 10, 2012 2:55AM

A few times.
Usually on coins I bid on without doing research first.

Broadstruck · January 10, 2012 3:10AM

Yes just last night!

123cents · January 10, 2012 3:11AM

Absolutely!

messydesk · January 10, 2012 3:14AM

Not at the time I get outbid, but later down the road if I find a nicer coin or a better value, I retroactively do.

elmeister · January 10, 2012 3:17AM

watching others recklessly bidding away has saved me a few times from myself...

I'd say that participating "live" w/ heritage has done the most damage (or potential damage)... just too easy to click one more time... lesson is to give it your best bid first and let it ride...

johnny9434 · January 10, 2012 5:36AM

i think we all have at one time or another.

Banemorth · January 10, 2012 5:40AM

<< watching others recklessly bidding away has saved me a few times from myself...

I'd say that participating "live" w/ heritage has done the most damage (or potential damage)... just too easy to click one more time... lesson is to give it your best bid first and let it ride.. >>

Best advise out there. That's what I do now.

NewParadigm · January 10, 2012 5:41AM

More than I like to admit

tightbudget · January 10, 2012 5:41AM

More than once

Coins101 · January 10, 2012 5:53AM

<< Yes, more times than I should. >>

And then there are thooghs times when I went, WOW, I would have never thought I would win.

Lehigh96 · January 10, 2012 5:56AM

As one of the most reckless bidders in history, I actually get mad first, then go WHEW!

ModernCoin · January 10, 2012 6:02AM

HA is one thing, but when it comes to eVilBay this is why I use a sniping service. Not only does a snipe service keep me from bidding more than I should, but it keeps people from rebidding against me as the snipe comes in with just a few seconds to go

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Spkrmakr · January 10, 2012 6:14AM

Hopefully again tonight! Don't feel like the Lone Ranger. I blame it on alcohol.

renomedphys · January 10, 2012 6:32AM

<< Yup.

...... but do you ever sorta feel bad for hitting the bid button a bunch of times to bump up the final sale price but the original high bidder ends up with it anyway? >>

There is nothing wrong with ensuring that the coin sells for its true market value.

NewParadigm · January 10, 2012 6:43AM

<< Hopefully again tonight! Don't feel like the Lone Ranger. I blame it on alcohol. >>

HAHA... I learned that the hard way... never booze and bid lol
I think I just came up with a new line

etexmike · January 10, 2012 6:55AM

Just happened in the FUN Heritage auction.

Mike

DorkGirl · January 10, 2012 8:13AM

Yep

bulldozer · January 10, 2012 8:15AM

oh yeah...

keyman64 · January 10, 2012 8:46AM

YUP! Once, thank goodness.

jt88 · January 10, 2012 8:51AM

yes, especially after HA changed their credit card payment policy to $2500 only. I am so happy that I was outbid on all my lots today.

Hotfootspin · January 10, 2012 9:24AM

yep, but not as often as I think "rats"

RYK · January 10, 2012 9:41AM

About a gazillion times.

slinc · January 10, 2012 9:46AM

Many many times.. I went hard after this coin the other night then decided as I was typing in the last 0 on $1000 to just let it go.
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Windycity · January 10, 2012 9:54AM

Yep... and I have had a number of times when I was outbid by one increment and kicked myself! When I win, I always wonder if I over paid... After all, no one else wanted to pay that much!!

stealer · January 10, 2012 10:02AM

Yes, I bid too high because I thought it was a variety it wasn't

magikbilly · January 10, 2012 10:29AM

No?

crypto79 · January 10, 2012 10:50AM

I am looking for one of these and put in what I thought was a strong bid only to be sniped at the last sec. While it is a rare coin that one is truly ugly and over graded.

Mission16 · January 10, 2012 12:44PM

Yeah. But it wasn't a coin. It was a trackhoe and when it stalled on my bid, it suddenly occurred to me "How the He77 am I gonna get this thing home?" Luckily it was just a stall.

melvin289 · January 10, 2012 12:46PM

<< 

<< Yup.

...... but do you ever sorta feel bad for hitting the bid button a bunch of times to bump up the final sale price but the original high bidder ends up with it anyway? >>

There is nothing wrong with ensuring that the coin sells for its true market value. >>

He shouldn't have bid so much.

Ron

breakdown · January 10, 2012 12:49PM

<< Hopefully again tonight! Don't feel like the Lone Ranger. I blame it on alcohol. >>

Yeah, I have often wondered if Heritage or Stacks should serve up alcohol at auctions to encourage loose bidding. Works for the casinos.

PerryHall · January 10, 2012 8:57PM

If I'm out bid, someone else overpaid for the coin.

CCC2010 · January 10, 2012 8:59PM

Guilty as charged.

astrorat · January 10, 2012 10:28PM

Not as many times as I wished!

astrorat · January 10, 2012 10:30PM

<< If I'm out bid, someone else overpaid for the coin.

>>

Now that's the attitude of a market maker!

ricko · January 10, 2012 11:27PM

I never lost on a coin I really wanted due to my master sniping technique..

, I have bid on coins, and then watched as they went beyond what was reasonable, and those coins were not a 'must have' situation.. so I let them go. Cheers, RickO

ColonialCoinUnion · January 10, 2012 11:29PM

Yes, but not often.

And in a few of those cases, the crazy price someone else paid didn't seem so crazy a year or two later.

DAM · January 11, 2012 12:15AM

Not too often. As a collector I "hope" I can sell higher, when the day comes; either for me or my heirs. In the past 25 years of serious collecting I haven't sold much. So a higher than market bid, as long as it's not too much over current market (and that depends on the coin), doesn't bother me. It's the coin(s) that's been off the market for a few decades, or is very low pop that sometimes gets me in trouble. I've had a "whew or two" with those. And in one case wish I would have kept going. I guess I can say I "usually" go into an auction with the intent to get what I'm bidding on. Because I don't bid on anything I don't really want. At the same time, I set what I believe are realistic max bids for myself, based on my time horizon for selling.

SaorAlba · January 11, 2012 12:30AM

Or not, and wonder WTF was I thinking when I kept pounding the "bid" key - especially after the auctioneer went "wow" after my successful bid.

ever get outbid in an auction and think to yourself...

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