er dang ebay!

[jzk_ksy]

My take on this is..It's every man for himself no matter if it is a common,#'ed/25, or a 1/1...the card is worth whatever someone wants to pay...I do NOT take it personal when ANYONE outbids me..I set my top bid and if I win I win...however to not bid because another fellow collector has already bid on it?That doesn't fit right as I don't get on ebay everyday so because one person saw it first the rest of us shouldn't bid???????It's not an auction if the first to bid gets it...I think we can all be "Buddies" and trade with each other and not be bothered by losing auctions to another fellow collector...In Closing..I LOVE the site,LOVE seeing everyone else's collections, and let's all face facts the NONE of us is ever going to get all 4900+ cards...

Kevin

Originally Posted by jzk_ksy

...and let's all face facts the NONE of us is ever going to get all 4900+ cards...

Kevin

Amen, Kevin, Amen.

But that won't stop me from getting damn close!!!

First of all, a big welcome to you, Steven - I'm looking forward to checking out your collection.

And secondly, I guess that I am a believer in the "every man for himself" philosophy. For the most part I try to snipe auctions, and I rarely put in an early bid unless I am trying to win the auction for the opening bid price. I have seen many auctions in which I thought there was suspicious, shilling-type bidding on behalf of the seller, and sniping is the only way I know to avoid at least some of the shilling. I hope that no one here will take it personally if I outbid him or drive up his price, and I certainly will not take it personally if one of you does it to me. Obviously, there are just too many factors involved for us to create an all-inclusive policy about who should win and/or bid on certain auctions, and so I think we are all prepared to accept some negative ebay experiences along with the positive ones.

Kyle