Card value estimating

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Posted By: tbob

It used to be that you could place a bid which if successful would be a reasonable price to pay and go "wire to wire" with it. There might be some inital bidding against you but bidders could see you were serious and slowly let it go because they didn't want to take the time, trouble and money involved to reach your max bid. Those days are not only numbered, they might be non-existent. With the advent of sniper services, the only advantage of placing an early max bid might be so one of your "card buddies" would see you were after the card and step aside if it were not something they really wanted. Unfortunately lately with a few exceptions if has been Katy bar the door because everyone seems to be after the same cards. Also if you place a large max bid on the front end, there is a chance someone might run you up, just for the sheer enjoyment of it.
I guess the bottom line is to place a small bid on the front end, let it get outbid, set your sniper and pray.