Reasonable BIN w/BO Quagmire

[sportscardpete]

My philosophy is if you want it and it's at a reasonable price, buy it. There was one time the seller and I were about $50 dollars apart and the deal didn't go through. Looking back I would have been more than happy to just buy it outright and enjoy the card. If it's a card you can live without than it might be worth the risk. But not for something you really want to buy. There are a lot of people on ebay and who knows, they might come in with a better offer. Stranger things have happened! Good luck with it though.

[glchen]

What I've gotten annoyed with a couple times recently is the seller puts out an auction for a rare card or auction w/ BIN that is reasonable, and I set a snipe for the card. However, before the auction ends, the seller ends the auction because he has sold this card to someone else off ebay, often at a lower price than I was willing to pay! Speaking of Leon's Heading Home Ruth's thread, here was one that ended early: Link

[Leon]

Originally Posted by glchen

What I've gotten annoyed with a couple times recently is the seller puts out an auction for a rare card or auction w/ BIN that is reasonable, and I set a snipe for the card. However, before the auction ends, the seller ends the auction because he has sold this card to someone else off ebay, often at a lower price than I was willing to pay! Speaking of Leon's Heading Home Ruth's thread, here was one that ended early: Link

Sorry about that...This started out as one of those Ebay BIN museum pieces per the price. The seller had it up at an original price of around $4000+.....I emailed him, told him I was very interested, and let him know he was not anywhere close to the market and that I own 5, gave him a link to my site and so forth. I made an offer and he declined. In the meantime he put it up again with a more realistic BIN and opener. I made another offer and he took it. I only make those offers on cards I really want and wanted to add that one to my collection. I have lost a many a card with this kind of scenario so tried my best to make a deal with him, which I did. He did tell me, after the fact, that he had an offer that was going to be at the starting price of the card. He had already shipped the card to me, overnight. Please see BST tomorrow for a $3500 Headin' Home card . Once again, sorry about having a frustrating situation for you Gary. Been there done that.

[nebboy]

Ive had a offer in a few time and had to wait for the 48 reply time. Then of course I find a better card or price pop up on a new listing that Ive had to miss out on because Ive all my funds are tied up.

[novakjr]

Originally Posted by nebboy

Ive had a offer in a few time and had to wait for the 48 reply time. Then of course I find a better card or price pop up on a new listing that Ive had to miss out on because Ive all my funds are tied up.

Same here, that happened to me on the offer that I'd written off as a loss. I'd already spent my allotted money elsewhere because I thought I wasn't getting it. Anyways, it wasn't a huge deal. Luckily, I had the money anyways. I just ended up spending more that week than I'd originally planned, and took it out of my future allowances. Lesson learned though, If I've got something pending, I've gotta treat it as money spent, even if I don't think I'm gonna win. I've been working really hard to keep this addiction on a budget. I tend to get a little out of control sometimes, and I'm sure I'm not alone in this regard.

[glchen]

No worries, Leon. I took my frustrations out on picking up the w573 Ruth that Brian had on BST.

[rp12367]

Just had it happen this weekend. I loss over $16 should have just hit the BIN...