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Originally Posted by Mark17
For items I really want, I move into the high bidder position either when the extended session begins, or quickly thereafter. Two reasons:
1. If nobody else bids, it shortens the time I have to wait to know I've secured it.
2. If I do get outbid, I want to see if my competition is playing nice. If they do, by bidding within about ten minutes, that's fine and if I'm not over my self-imposed limit, I will reply in kind. But if someone waits 29 minutes to outbid me, then I will do the same to them.
For me, the anticipation of a good upcoming auction, and then playing it out, is where the fun of the hobby is. Sitting around looking at my stuff is pleasant, but not exciting.
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This is interesting to me - that some people find the auction format a fun way to try to be strategic. I guess that might help explain why auctions have become the dominant format even for commodity cards.
For me it's the opposite. An auction is analogous to a dealer not only not pricing their cards, but when you ask what the price is, they say "eh, make me your best offer and then check back in a week or ten days. If no one else has offered me more, then I'll sell you the card." Which, for me, is completely off-putting. I can see the appeal for cards that only rarely come up for sale. But for a T206 Roger Bresnahan or something? No thanks.