Putting an early offer in does not always benefit the buyer who puts in the offer. Many times it can benefit the seller. For example, this has happened multiple times for me when I list a card starting at .99 cents, and the buyer puts in an offer for $50. My educated guess is that the card will end at $30, so of course, I sell the buyer this card. On the other hand, the buyer wants to make sure he gets this card, and not have some wacky thing happen where another bidder just happens to want this scarce card at the same time. As a seller that's what you balance, the possibility of the auction price reaching higher than the offer price. I assume that this is what happened w/ the T206 Plank that was recently purchased before it could be auctioned off from Sterling.
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