Happy to be outbid

[pokerplyr80]

I don't know if this is happened to any of you, but I recently found myself placing what was for me a fairly significant bid on a card I always liked but wasn't really on my radar. It was well before the auction ended, but close to what I felt the card would close for. It held for a week or so, until the last couple of days when I was outbid. I was actually pretty relieved as after I made the bid I felt there were cards I'd rather pick up first.

[iwantitiwinit]

It's happened to me many times.

[EldoEsq]

Happens to me whenever I have an extra bourbon...my wife calls it drunk-bidding...

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[bobbyw8469]

God...all the time. There was a recent Spahn rookie SGC "A" on Sterling recently. I had already bid it up to a premium. Once the person outbid me, like almost immediately, I was like "Thank god"!

[Leon]

Has happened to me more times than I can count. I imagine for many of us addicts enthused collectors it is not too uncommon.

[Harford20]

Like others, this has happened to me more times than I care to remember.

Unfortunately, the ones that I DO REMEMBER are:
1. I bid higher than I could afford at the time, then
2. Outbid at the last second, with a HUGE SIGH of relief
3. Regret later that I did not bid more because I have not found the card again in the last 5 years.

Dave

[1952boyntoncollector]

I was outbid on ebay recently by 5 dollars on a 1964 mantle ..exactly one bid..i was happy to see that

[iowadoc77]

Just happened with a Babe Ruth on Goodwin. Was getting a bit nervous that I had overextended and then I was out of the game with a huge sigh although I may regret as I haven't seen one of these in a long time and may not again for a long time.

[1952boyntoncollector]

Originally Posted by iowadoc77

Just happened with a Babe Ruth on Goodwin. Was getting a bit nervous that I had overextended and then I was out of the game with a huge sigh although I may regret as I haven't seen one of these in a long time and may not again for a long time.

i think its funny when i am sooo relieved when i bid over market price and someone toward the end of the auction finally beats me...i am so happy...until i see in extending bidding 2 or 3 more bid even higher!..

its like thinking you beat a yellow light in traffic only to see 3 more cars in your rear view mirror behind you also 'beating' that light ..

[Sean]

Originally Posted by Leon

Has happened to me more times than I can count. I imagine for many of us addicts enthused collectors it is not too uncommon.

It happened to me last summer when I bid on Leon's T206 Mullaney overprint. I had gotten carried away and pushed my bids further than I could afford. And yet I'm still a bit sorry that I didn't keep going.

[drmondobueno]

on three T201 I was chasing for upgrades. Turns out the one card I won was the higher grade for a cheaper price. The other two went for more than I was willing to spend and was relieved when I was outbid in the last five minutes.

Unfortunately I now regret missing on the Circotte-Toney as I've been watching now for close to three years...

I am so confused....sheesh.

[MVSNYC]

"I don't know if this has happened to any of you..."

Um, yeah, all the time. But, sometimes it takes big Cojones to pull the big cards. Win some, lose some.

[PowderedH2O]

A few years ago I was trying to give my wife a hard time and I put a bid down on a PSA 8 1956 Topps Mickey Mantle. The bid was equivalent to our mortgage. She thought I was crazy, but I told her it was a joke. I knew that I would be outbid very quickly. This was with six days left. I was sniped with five seconds left. If I would have won it would've gotten ugly at my house.

[frohme]

Mine prefers "bidding under the influence" ... or BUI. Either way, I'm grateful to have been outbid on a number of those cases, and really, really wish I had a couple back where I was *not* outbid. Sadly, no D-O's

Originally Posted by EldoEsq

Happens to me whenever I have an extra bourbon...my wife calls it drunk-bidding...

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[kailes2872]

Originally Posted by frohme

Mine prefers "bidding under the influence" ... or BUI. Either way, I'm grateful to have been outbid on a number of those cases, and really, really wish I had a couple back where I was *not* outbid. Sadly, no D-O's

I am embarrassed to say, I will wake up on a Saturday to the sound of my phone notifying me of out bids. I then scratch my head, rub my pounding headache and wonder where the bids came from only to have a faint recollection of being on an auction site the night before. Always a fun conversation when I win 3-4 items that weren't on the immediate want list...

[KingFisk]

Originally Posted by pokerplyr80

I don't know if this is happened to any of you, but I recently found myself placing what was for me a fairly significant bid on a card I always liked but wasn't really on my radar. It was well before the auction ended, but close to what I felt the card would close for. It held for a week or so, until the last couple of days when I was outbid. I was actually pretty relieved as after I made the bid I felt there were cards I'd rather pick up first.

All the time. Plus a few feelings of nausea too when I ultimately wasn't outbid on a few things.

[Edwolf1963]

I can see it now, "I emotionally way overbid on a 'x' card in so-and-so's auction for "y" dollars - - thank god some boob outbid me at the last second"

..and then some retort down the line "Hey! , I won that card!"

[Leon]

Originally Posted by Edwolf1963

I can see it now, "I emotionally way overbid on a 'x' card in so-and-so's auction for "y" dollars - - thank god some boob outbid me at the last second"

..and then some retort down the line "Hey! , I won that card!"

That's pretty funny and I thought about that too.

On another note, how many have put in stupid high, crazy, collector-minded snipes on eBay, hoping and praying no one else did too?