outbid

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Originally Posted by theshleps

At least once every few months if not more, I get outbid on something I really need (autograph) by 1 bid, only to find it a few weeks later being flipped on ebay for 2-3x what they paid- which I refuse to pay. More and more buyers seem to be flipping items.
Does that happen to you. It can be quite annoying. if it went to another collector, I'd be fine but just to a flipper- not very happy

Has happened to me with one vendor on ebay who shall remain nameless but they do go for a lot of the same items I am after. I used to let this exact thing happen to me a few times per year and be so pissed off about it. I've subsequently taken the stance of if I am at my max bid and would be OK paying a slight bit more long term, or will I be pissed in 2 weeks when its up on their store for 3/4x what it went for, and they don't move on price, so it's effectively lost forever. With that said, I've won 3/4 items with the one last bid, and been pretty happy I did.