Is 5k too much?

[joshleland]

I was not being tongue in cheek but I don't blame you for questioning that as I am a good deal of the time
I am also not casting dispersions on Derek who I probably know by face or not but I am sure he is a good guy, doesn't beat his kids and is really doing nothing that God awful just tweaking the system as we all do from time to time
When I was a kid I used to eat the candy in bags that was already opened but never would open one myself
Is that bad, yes, but we all draw lines for ourselves
If what Derek is doing is as bad as that then Derek is not so bad
I just find it to be an interesting topic and sorry Derek if you feel maligned
I am sure you don't care that much and hope you take this all with a grain of salt

I just had two situations where I was ahout to bid on eBay to find the item taken down and probably sold to some idiot who plays the system and gets people to take things down prematurely which in my experience is almost never good for the seller
I find this to be sleazy but is it just me
Plus, I have had consignors and potential bidders who have waited out the auction, know the seller somehow, and contacted the seller and bought it directly to save the commission
It rarely happens and if I didn't get the price then that it is my fault so that's not so bad
So what is my point here , I don't really have one
I'm just shooting the breeze
I had a great auction and I'm loving the hobby right now
I like to talk to other guys on this and it's not as easy these days
I need to do a show
Couldn't do Hartford because I had the flu
I miss the comraderie and thrill of the chase
Josh

[frankh8147]

[QUOTE=joshleland;1369727]I just had two situations where I was ahout to bid on eBay to find the item taken down and probably sold to some idiot who plays the system and gets people to take things down prematurely which in my experience is almost never good for the seller"

No horse in this race but it seems to me like you are angry that you keep getting outsmarted by 'idiots'....or am I reading this wrong?? About a year ago, I got a nice deal on an E121 Babe Ruth doing this and I gotta' tell you- I didn't feel like much of an idiot!