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Posted By: Al C.risafulli

If I see a card I'd like to own, but I know a friend really needs the card, I'll ask him if he's planning to go hard after it. If he is, I back off. I do this frequently, but only if I know the guy NEEDS the card, or is a maniac about the set. If it's just a random card, I don't bother - all's fair.

But I'm with Jeff - there will always be another card.

UNLESS, of course, the seller of the card is also a friend. In that case, I want the seller to do well also, and so I'll bid.

Then I start making value judgements: who's a better friend - the seller or the collector? And then it gets really stressful and I curl up in a fetal position in the corner, all confused and freaked out, and wind up drinking myself into a stupor.

-Al