Posted By:
Jim VBjamie,
I know you think this sucks, but it's the same thing that you did. Others were watching the auction. Had snipe bids set on the auction. And you jumped the line and got the seller to shut it down. Who holds responsibility for that? The seller? The first buyer (you)? Subsequent buyers?
You posted asking what a "fair" price was. If I remember right, the answer was about $1000. So your $300 wasn't close to "fair". You were just taking advantage of an unknowledgeable seller.
You, naively, talked about it before you had the card in your hand and someone made the seller lots smarter.
Educating sellers in this manner makes them less likely to close auctions early again. That makes it "fair" to everyone.