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Originally Posted by Snapolit1
If this is such an obvious no brainer and customary, how come I’ve been bidding with about a dozen AHs for over a decade for prob hundreds of thousands in bids and no one has asked me for this before? Weird.
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It probably has more to do with the customer base that each auction house caters to. Sites like Mile High or REA largely deal with vintage collectors, and most bidders in that segment of the hobby pay for their winnings. However, sites like Goldin and PWCC that sell a lot of higher-end ultra-modern cards likely have a significantly higher percentage of non-paying bidders since shill-bidding is a much bigger problem on that side of the fence. It makes sense that sites like Goldin and PWCC would ask for proof of funds before sites like REA or Mile High would.