Posted By:
Joe K.Ted-
I think you answered your own question already. 1. “(YES STUPID OF ME)” 2. "After returning home…doing a little research”.
Do research before hand and know what you are doing before you hit the "high wire". This is the “Big Top”. There are no “safety nets” and no do-overs.
If Burns really felt you were a Sucker, and that his Gandil was valued significantly less than your Jackson, he probably would have taken you up originally on the straight-up trade without the extra $100 cash.
Trust your instincts and walk away if you feel it is too much, else don’t have buyers remorse when you pay too much. Seems like you knew (in your gut) Esposito was high and Burns was high.. yet you made both mistakes.
Esposito didn’t dupe you. Burns may have, but it happens to all of us a lot, and the best thing to do is to learn for the next time you are in a similar situation. I kick myself all the time for doing similar things…I just hope I learn from it.
-Joe K.