Posted By:
Russ BrightI've had this happen a LOT with the T205 collectors, there seem to be about 10 of us from here (and a few others from outside) that are always outbidding each other...
I look at it this way, would you rather lose out to a friend who may have upgraded and have a card for sale? or a complete stranger and it goes off into collecting ether?
I have congratulated friends on good bidding wars (and learned the lesson about NOT sniping more than I can afford, lol) and always send them e-mails to see about trades or anything else...
the only problem I have is when someone with DEEP pockets (yes, someone from this board) seems to be buying EVERYTHING at 150% of book, just because they can... it sucks, but what can you do? It makes the cards that I already had worth more, but makes it harder to complete my set... I've been using e-bay, but leaning and doing more deals outside, at least in the outside world I don't have to look their bidder ID in the face (lol)