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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 1853193, member: 19463&quot;]I consider it inappropriate to ask even by PM about a coin that has not yet closed.&nbsp; What if you posted this question and I had already set my snipe on the coin for $200.&nbsp; Should I avoid the appearance of impropriety by erasing my snipe and then watching you lose the coin to someone else who bid less that I had planned?&nbsp; Should I not mention it and encourage you to bid knowing that your bid would cost me money and cause you to consider me a cheat even though I had already set my bid?&nbsp; Should I tell you what I bid and ask you either go over that or not bid at all (technically this is cheating the seller)?&nbsp; There is no good to come over posting questions about coins that you have not bought yet and plenty of room for hurt.&nbsp;&nbsp; What if you ask some completely inane question about a coin I was watching and really wanted but you did not see the secret that made the coin &#039;special&#039;?&nbsp; Am I to back off on that one?&nbsp; Last week a coin that I really really wanted and have posted my interest in sold for euros 138 but I did not see the sale.&nbsp; I would have paid more but do not know how much higher the winner had bid since the sale is only a sign of the second high bid.&nbsp; It would have been extremely awkward if one of you had pointed out that coin to me since I know none of you would care for it half as much as I.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>There is one of our number that regularly points out <u>very</u> specialized coins I might want that he sees for sale and, between us, we can decide who will bid.&nbsp; That works only for a special level of friend and not for someone just out to build a general collection.&nbsp; IMHO, other than that one person, I&#039;d rather you not post about coins that you may or may not be thinking of bidding on.&nbsp; Buy them first and then ask how we think you did.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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