When will you overpay?

[Anthony S.]

When several cards from a particular set I'm collecting appear on Ebay with closing times about one minute apart. If I lose the first couple of cards and the winning bids are significantly higher than I anticipated, my bidding discipline will occasionally evaporate and I'll decide I'm going to win the next card come hell or high water.

[jbsports33]

When it’s something that takes me at least 6 month’s to find or anything unusual that I may never seen before or rarely have seen.

Jimmy

[cbcbcb]

I will overpay for almost anything Connie Mack.

[calvindog]

Anytime I've won something in a Goodwin auction.

[andybecker]

Originally Posted by calvindog

Anytime I've won something in a Goodwin auction.

why is that? does goodwin have stuff you can't find elsewhere? i can understand overpaying for a card or a certain issue found in goodwin's auctions.....but, i'm obviously missing your point.

[Jim VB]

Originally Posted by andybecker

why is that? does goodwin have stuff you can't find elsewhere? i can understand overpaying for a card or a certain issue found in goodwin's auctions.....but, i'm obviously missing your point.

Stand by for the floodgates to be opened.

[calvindog]

Originally Posted by andybecker

why is that? does goodwin have stuff you can't find elsewhere? i can understand overpaying for a card or a certain issue found in goodwin's auctions.....but, i'm obviously missing your point.

No, Goodwin's auctions don't contain items much different from most of the auctions out there. But it's the marketing. I've never seen anything like it. The marketing is so compelling that I'm forced, almost in a trance-like state, to pay 2 or 3 or 100x more than what the exact item went for just months before. I don't know how he does it but he sure is talented.

[barrysloate]

Jeff- I think it's the secret bidder list, the one nobody else has.

[Sixtofan]

I overpay when I get close to completing a set. My impatience gets the best of me and I just "have" to win the last five cards or so.

[bcbgcbrcb]

I'm in the same boat as Dan B. on this one. I primarily do this when I have never seen another example of the item.

[John V]

It wasn't a life-changing expense and you wanted the item. I say, sometimes you just have to overpay. Life is short.

[Chris-Counts]

It's easier for me to overpay when it's a one-of-a-kind item. Unfortunately, when you collect oddball stuff like I do, there's a lot of unique items out there, including many that can be had for a song. I'm considering overpaying for something today, but I'm also trying to talk myself out of it ...

[Exhibitman]

Something very difficult for which I have been searching for a while.

Something unique.

Something not seen before.

[bbcard1]

Generally on Wednesdays....

No, seriously, my "danger sign" is when I have been through a dry spell or I go to a show and find little that I am interested in. It's sort of a "girls all get prettier at closin' time" mentality.

Realistically, I am most likely to "overpay" for the things I get cheaply...you know sometimes you say,"I really don't need that, but man, that's just too cheap not to buy." So you pick it up and then it lives forever in a shoebox without being looked at or appreciated again.

[square5000]

I overpaid for this:





But, I wanted it almost to the point of needing it. I still look at it once a week. Is there a support group for this sort of behavior?

I received an ebay gift card for X-mas, so I soon may be overpaying again.

Peter

[D. Bergin]

Originally Posted by square5000

I overpaid for this:





But, I wanted it almost to the point of needing it. I still look at it once a week. Is there a support group for this sort of behavior?

I received an ebay gift card for X-mas, so I soon may be overpaying again.

Peter

That is an awesome postcard. Never seen that before.

[D. Bergin]

Originally Posted by bbcard1

Generally on Wednesdays....


Realistically, I am most likely to "overpay" for the things I get cheaply...you know sometimes you say,"I really don't need that, but man, that's just too cheap not to buy." So you pick it up and then it lives forever in a shoebox without being looked at or appreciated again.

LOL! I can relate.

I've got a whole storage room which is a testament to this mentality.

I'm a sucker for those big Leland's photo lots. I just can't pass them up because they are so cheap.................then I get them in and realize maybe 10% of them aren't complete junk.................or that I don't really need 100 photos of the same obscure and unpopular boxer, no matter how cheaply they were obtained, and my storage room has just become that much smaller.

[Robextend]

Originally Posted by Anthony S.

When several cards from a particular set I'm collecting appear on Ebay with closing times about one minute apart. If I lose the first couple of cards and the winning bids are significantly higher than I anticipated, my bidding discipline will occasionally evaporate and I'll decide I'm going to win the next card come hell or high water.

I echo Anthonys previous post, I usually overpay if I become very determined when a card(s) from a set that I am collecting comes up for sale. I think one of my resolutions is to be more patient. Unless a card is deemed scarce it will usually come up again in the not so distant future hopefully closer to my pre-determined price range.