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Gosh, I am glad I didn't win that!!
In a reversal of the thinking in the thread started about not winning and sour grapes, this thread has to do with being runner up and being happy, after the fact.
I remember several years ago I was bidding in a live Mastro auction at the National. There was the first W555 full snapshot box that went to auction. I wanted it badly. So the bidding got to about 13k and it was me and one other bidder. We took it to about 25k and I quit. Corey S, (hey Corey) who was a very short distance from me, told me after the fact, he could see me not really wanting to bid but I was. He said by my actions he was happy for me that I didn't win it. So was I, after the fact. A few years later another came out and i was runner up again at around $2500.....The thrill had worn off when I saw the second one. Plus I didn't have as much in my piggy bank then either.
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I can remember more than once having put in a max bid before going to bed, then waking up the next morning hoping like hell that I didn't win the item.
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Amen to that brother
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Amen!
Bidding under the influence is a recipe for a bad hangover.
Sometimes you get lucky and are outbid. Other times, not so much and winners remorse inevitably sets in.
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Been there, done that, lol. More reasons to MAKE SURE we maintain disciplined bidding .......as hard as it might be sometimes.
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Well now I know why I keep getting outbid. I'm bidding against a bunch of drunks!
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remember a two at ten is a ten at two not only talking cards
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I never went home with an ugly girl but I woke up with a few.
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Drunk bidding is how i won the rc lowdy...that ended poorly!
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I've done my share of drunk internet spending.
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Late into the night at a friends wedding I was sneaking off to the loo to bid on the last card I needed for a backrun. It was in Fair condition and should have been a $500 card. Inebriated me ran it up to $3k and still was outbid. Still glad to have lost that one. Last edited by atx840; 02-28-2014 at 08:16 AM. |
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EDIT - That post made me look like a drunk...haha...wow. Not a drunk, it just seems the once a month I do cut loose I'm late night bidding on somehting!
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Gosh, I am glad i didn't win that!!
For some reason after midnight or so, I find myself liking a lot more cards than I usually do before midnight. Lately I ask myself "when I wake up tomorrow, will I still like this card at this price?" I couldn't tell you how many times I have second guessed myself when I wake up the next morning. For some reason the moon has the same effect on me as alcohol
I'm thinking midnight should be my new bedtime! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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Reminds me of the effect of beer goggles and the Mickey Gilley song "Don't the Girls All Get Prettier at Closing Time."
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