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Old 08-19-2019, 01:34 PM
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Originally Posted by CuriousGeorge View Post
Because if I have say 10 items I’m looking at and put high ceiling bids on each of them, what’s to say I don’t get run up on all of them and then I have 10 items at the max I was willing to spend on each, not thinking I could end up with all of them? I wouldn’t call not doing that lazy, but actually financially prudent.
+100. This is the point. Not that you get outbid, or outbid at the last minute. Rather, its you are afraid to put your best in on numerous things (say 10) bc you may stuck holding the bag on all of them for an aggregate amount far in excess of what you wanted/expected to spend.
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