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Chuck RHal: I agree that your $500 vs $200 scenario might happen, but I would return again to this question: Why would you make this $500 offer as opposed to just putting in a bid of $500? Is it because you're worried that the seller won't get a decent price? Or is it because you're afraid a bid of $500 won't get you the card? If I'm a seller, I'd have to bet on the latter. From what I've seen in my end of the hobby, it's usually the unknowledgeable sellers who fall prey to these schemes. They don't know what a "high price" is. The seller of this Ewing card obviously thought $470 was a high offer for it the first time around. My gut feeling is that these early auction endings favor the buyer a lot more than the seller.