Sad about forgetting an auction

Discussion in 'Ancient Coins' started by hotwheelsearl, Nov 13, 2020.

  1. hotwheelsearl

    hotwheelsearl Well-Known Member

    This happens all the time. I have my eye in something really good. I then proceed to completely forget about it until it’s too late.

    i had my eye on an auction of 11 Byzantine coins, including 6 or so high qualit folles and the rest others.

    it sold for $26.

    reslae value was probably 10 times that.

    not to mention that inREALLY wanted a few of them for my collection.

    I hate myself
     
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  3. furryfrog02

    furryfrog02 Well-Known Member

    Dang, I don't know where you are looking but that is a (potentially) great deal!
     
  4. hotwheelsearl

    hotwheelsearl Well-Known Member

    It was. Incredibly good deal.
    each coin was worth at least $10, and some $20-$40. Those folles were delicious and I literally NEED a good quality deca.

    I am REALLY beating myself up because I was watching a damn tv show of all things.

    where are my priorities!?!?
     
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  5. ZoidMeister

    ZoidMeister Hamlet Squire of Tomfoolery . . . . .

    If it was on Ebay, auctionsniper.com . . .

    Z
     
  6. furryfrog02

    furryfrog02 Well-Known Member

    I have been cruising ebay for awhile now. Sometimes I see good sets of Byzantines. I throw my max bid on it and then forget about it. If I win (I rarely do), awesome! If not, oh well.
     
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  7. hotwheelsearl

    hotwheelsearl Well-Known Member

    My saddest loss EVER was this. My other job is as a clarinet restorer and reseller.

    maybe 6-7 years ago an extraordinarily rare clarinet, with a listed production of just 500 units was auction on eBay. I forgot about it, and it sold for $200.

    the most recent complete sale I saw for that model was over $2,000.

    REST IN PEACE
     
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  8. hotwheelsearl

    hotwheelsearl Well-Known Member

    I usually try to max vid but sometimes I forget. This time I forgot and paid the price. I’m hurting
     
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  9. hotwheelsearl

    hotwheelsearl Well-Known Member

    I will definitely have t try that. Yesterday I was outbid by some scumbag by $0.01....
     
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  10. furryfrog02

    furryfrog02 Well-Known Member

    Well if it makes you feel any better, it may be the first...but it won't be the last lol.
     
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  11. hotwheelsearl

    hotwheelsearl Well-Known Member

    That’s true. Nothing is once in a lifetime (except that damn clarinet.....)
     
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  12. ddddd

    ddddd Member

    One tip is using a sniping programs like @ZoidMeister mentioned. Also, I tend to have a notepad or sticky notes next to my computer where I will write down something (a sort of "to-do list"). The process of writing helps with memory and since it is near my computer, I can read it as another reminder.
     
  13. DonnaML

    DonnaML Well-Known Member

    Don't turn into Ernst, now!
     
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  14. ambr0zie

    ambr0zie Dacian Taraboste

    It happens unfortunately.
    In about 8 years of collecting, I had my share of issues:
    - last second outbids, even if I was there, but somebody had a better strategy
    - simply forgetting for the moment about items in auctions
    - technical bloopers - browser crashing EXACTLY when the live auction for the item I wanted was in place.

    Most frustrating ones are cases 2 and 3. I have a favorite auction house and they have 1-2 auctions each month, but with 1500+ items. Usually I prepare a wishlist, but if the items I want are numbers 2, 337, 876 and 1256 it seems to be easy enough to miss something. And usually when I remember that I want lot 876 the auction is already at lot 878.

    For case 3, for some reason my laptop decided it's a good idea to crash in the EXACT wrong moment a few times already, so I keep the website open on both my laptop and PC on live auctions I'm interested in.

    I try not to get extremely frustrated because in the end it's bad for your mood/health. It happens. Last time I lost an item due to browser crash, in the same auction I won 26 coins. I prefer thinking that I have 26 new coins, not that I don't have 27.
     
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  15. Tejas

    Tejas Well-Known Member

    Just happened to me as well. Actually I had my eyes on coins in two auctions and managed to miss both. It happened so often that I don't really mind that much any more. There is always another auction and always another coin to buy.
     
  16. ycon

    ycon Renaissance Man

    I woke out at 5am the other day so as not to miss an auction. I lost my main target but won my (still pretty spectacular) consolation prize for a steal.
     
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