Posted By:
Fred C
For years there was a Zeenut that I've always wanted. I'd rarely see it come up for sale/auction. When it did come up it usually commanded a decent price. One night I was looking on ebay and there it was...
The seller had an idea of what it was worth. I immediately started negotiating for a sale of the card. I think one or two people bid on it while the negotiations were taking place and within an hour or two of the card being placed on ebay it was pulled and a BIN was put on it. I bought the card and almost immediately someone started an "ok, who did it thread" on this bull board. The ususal comments were made regarding a card being pulled off of ebay and sold. Technically, it was sold on ebay because of the BIN. I would have been really bummed out if someone else had found the BIN before I could pull it off but I was on the phone with the seller waiting for the item number so that I could imediately pounce on it.
Let me tell you, I was sweating it out that someone might try to tell the seller how stupid they were for selling it instead of letting the auction end. Sure enough, the seller did receive a couple of emails. The seller forwared me a couple of the correspondances and I kind of cringed because I knew two of the people that emailed the seller. I was worried that the seller might try to back out on the deal, but all went well. The seller had a bit of integrity and an ebay contract to fulfill. I paid a fair price for the card, considering the condition. That's the tale of one card I wanted for years and was able to obtain.
I think about 6 months before this card came up for auction there were a few threads (on this bull board) regarding Zeenut cards that people wanted. I mentioned this particular card in some of those threads.
PURE LUCK!!!