Patience is a virtue...
 

I have always held the belief that I am in this as a hobby. I could give a crap how much cards are worth! I truly feel that if I am patient enough I will eventually get the cards that I want for the price I am willing to pay. Call me cheap if you want, but I have a recent example of this paying off.

First card, bought by Roberto for $54 including s/h...

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...m=300248620273

Second card, not even a month later, the same card comes up and I snag it for $12 including s/h...

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...m=160279471763

That is almost 80% less. Patience is a virtue...

Yeah, except you weren't patient and bid $49.55 on the first card, which means you were ready to pay that for the card. Luck is a virtue, in that you lost the first auction :)

Pls Be Patient Of The Leaf Card.... I Want It - Lol

I never intended on buying the first one...;);)

I need that one too...how patient do you want me to me??

I'm confused. What's the purpose of this thread? To rub in Roberto's face that he paid more than you?

Seems childish to me.

I am an adult who collects baseball cards...of course I am childish!!

I must assume that your ;) smilie means that were running the price up, making Roberto pay as much as possible.

I certainly hope that wasn't his intention!

Jonas

I think Roberto is a lot like myself,it is not the price! it is the card! he wants it and he wants it NOW! i myself was accused of running up the prices 3 years ago by Wil "aka" AIRCORP! yes the same person who was paying $300 plus for the 02 mirror golds & the 03 leaf emeralds.whining to another collector on this site about it,"before this site was here" THAT in 05 i was running the prices up on # to 25 and less cards! i was in a Juan MAD zone! and winning 99% of them all,at 25% and less of what he was paying for the 02 & 03's.collectors of Juan went on the CHEAP! and i was loving it very much thank you! could care less what he thought"knowing what he paid in the past" and what the max collectors were paying at the time that i was in the zone.i know how Mike bids he gets aggravated and keeps bidding.he has let me know quite a bit that i already have a card that i am bidding on and he needs it. i just tell him i also want it! GOOD LUCK:p. my deal is this,why have one when you can have 2 at twice the cost! i was the same way at shows. i bought every thing when i could find it. so yes patience is a virtue. but in card collecting.

YOU SNOOZE
YOU LOOSE!:p