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Posted By: Joann

Wow. This just feels crappy all the way around.

Paul, I'm sorry you lost your card. You were so clearly thrilled with it, and definitely weren't bragging in my book.

It's too bad someone had to go and do that - email the seller. I think most of the conversation here was very well balanced and based on genuine beliefs. I didn't get a sense that anyone was over-the-top angry enough to interfere with the transaction. But then you never know who could be reading or maybe even not participating in the thread but decides to make trouble.

And please don't anyone take that to mean that I am referring to people that responded in this thread. John W and I just had a pretty good conversation about the whole issue - with many others also putting in good thoughts. I certainly don't want anyone to think that just because someone took a position against this auction ending early they should be suspected of having emailed the seller.

I just hope that whoever it was from here was a genuinely interested party, and not someone that just stumbled across this thread and saw an opportunity to try to hammer this seller. I'm not sure I agree that it was someone that couldn't handle losing the card. I'm more inclined to think that it's some idiot that saw a chance to play big-shot and complain to the seller without ever having the interest and/or wherewithal to compete for the card anyways.

Joann