~Ever happy to lose an auction in the last seconds~

George_Calfas · Jan 19, 2014

I had been the high bidder on a well loved 1954 Ernie Banks PSA Auto. I bid just after the card was listed and remained the only bidder until the last five seconds.

I would have been happy with the card but the bid and price was a bit of an impulse and glad someone else wanted it more.

You?

pac_rat_76 · Jan 19, 2014

All the time! I tend to set my max bid early on and a lot of the times will remain the high-bidder until the closing hour or so. Then I notice I've been out bid. Then I think.."Well, why not bump it up once more". Repeat the cycle a couple of times and ..

A. I either payed more than I wanted to for it.
B. Someone else paid more than I would have wanted to and relieved me of it!

AmishDave · Jan 19, 2014

Several times.

RStadlerASU22 · Jan 19, 2014

Absolutely , goes both ways. I hate losing items I want by a minimum increase more than I am ok on losing items I was on the fence about though.

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Gwynn545 · Jan 19, 2014

Please!! No!!!!!! How???! For the love of god! Someone bid!!!! Yes!!!!!

MansGame · Jan 19, 2014

The answer is YES. If I ever lose a snipe, I'm thrilled haha

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Ty Hope · Jan 19, 2014

Yup, I was high bidder on a card but a second one popped up on ebay for a very reasonable BIN. Grabbed it and luckily lost the auction.

George_Calfas · Jan 19, 2014

Just watched an auction end with a $20 opening bid. Card typically sells $10ish and in the last second a $20 bid happened :lol:

mrmopar · Jan 20, 2014

The opposite happened to me just recently. I bid a fairly large amount on a signed RC and thought I would probably be outbid anyway. It was somewhat of an impulse bid, as I usually snipe what I really want to win. I noticed sometime after my initial bid that someone bid me up to my max bid (yet another reason to snipe ALWAYS). I had not looked closely at the auction when I bid (my bad) and when I did, I noticed the card had some flaws I was not too keen about. With about 5 minutes to go, I was hoping someone would outbid me, but that fateful bid never came! I am now the new owner of a card that I would rather not at the price I paid, but sometimes sh?t happens. The card displays fairly well and the auto is nice, so maybe over time, even with the flaws, it will turn out to be a good win.

gmsieb · Jan 20, 2014

Yes, every time I shill for myself and someone beats me, I am stoked.

Ok, that was a joke.

I haven't had it happen in a while, but as others have said, I have sat there for the last 10 seconds, praying someone would outbid me, many times. Normally, it doesn't happen when you really need/want it to though.

There is a big bang theory about this, where they win the life size time machine.

michaelstepper · Jan 20, 2014

Used to happen all the time for me. I'd get excited to see a card and bid without thinking or searching for a similar card and usually find one at half the cost BIN.

tpeichel · Jan 20, 2014

gmsieb said:
Yes, every time I shill for myself and someone beats me, I am stoked.

Ok, that was a joke.

I haven't had it happen in a while, but as others have said, I have sat there for the last 10 seconds, praying someone would outbid me, many times. Normally, it doesn't happen when you really need/want it to though.

There is a big bang theory about this, where they win the life size time machine.

gmsieb · Jan 20, 2014

tpeichel said:

Lol, yep, that's it.

Cajun68 · Jan 20, 2014

I have done it myself

VizquelCollector.com · Jan 20, 2014

Ty Hope said:
Yup, I was high bidder on a card but a second one popped up on ebay for a very reasonable BIN. Grabbed it and luckily lost the auction.

This exact thing has happened to me several times, I think always with a new release.

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