Post Auction (Loss) Behavior Changes?

[glchen]

I've been shut out from the past few major auctions recently, but I'm trying to stay the course, and not go over what I think are reasonable values for cards I want to buy. I haven't won any PowerBall lotteries, so I only have a limited card budget. I still feel it's better to try to be selective rather than overpaying for something I will regret down the line. Saying that, I sometimes do go for the odd ebay BIN especially when there is an 8-10% ebay bucks promotion. Also, I might re-focus some of my collecting habits to go for the 2nd or 3rd tier cards on my want list if the prices of the cards on my first tier have gotten wildly out of control. Finally, I sometimes find that I may have to re-adjust the thinking on what a reasonable value for certain cards should be, if I find that I just cannot win anything I want anymore.