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Old 10-24-2025, 02:56 PM
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Originally Posted by raulus View Post
Shockingly, we’re not the only ones bidding on auctions.

And forgetting the BP is one thing. Mentally discounting it is another. In other words, tricking ourselves into rationalizing that we’re paying less than we really are, because we allow ourselves to be cajoled into the self delusion that we’re bidding less than we really are.
Sounds awfully speculative and a bit psychobabblish to me. How do you know other people are "mentally discounting" the BP in order to rationalize their bidding? Come on.
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