How often do you kick yourself for not placing a higher bid...

[JasonL]

Not once since the recession started.

[camlov2]

I think it is a tie between bidding not enough and bidding more then I should have on an item.

It all balances out, right?

[Adam]

I used to kick myself for not placing a high enough bid. Now I either bid the max I am willing to pay for something I want or set a snipe for that max amount and if I win, then great, and if I lose, I can care less . . . it just leaves me with more money for something else.

[Rich Klein]

I bid what I bid -- and I factor in just about everything into what I bid.

If I win; great -- if not; oh well.

Rich

[JasonL]

you said: "...and I factor in just about everything into what I bid"

We should exchange our valuation models!
How do you factor in the differential between the ambient air temperature in the target item's location, and the following week's humidity and pollen forecasts for your hometown? I've found there to be an inverse relationship between that differential and the amount of cat hair I usually find within the packaging upon opening, but I have great difficulty measuring the magnitude with any predictive power of significance.

[Rich Klein]

And count shipping; who the person is;.....

And stay with a plan

I kick myself everday for 2 cards I had the balls not to just get and tried to get it at the cheapest. About 1 1/2 yrs ago on a Addie Joss T205 in grade 5 Missed it by $1 and some change( sold for $746 I think at 1am), and the most sickning of them all a T205 PSA 4 Cobb w/ an American Beauty back. POP 1 sold for $1383 or close to that. Another mid night auction I missed by a few $. So the answer is ALL THE TIME