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<p>[QUOTE="treylxapi47, post: 1932319, member: 41863"]I almost got too greedy myself a minute ago, but I didn't and I reaped the reward. I was going back and forth on an eBay coin that was already fairly priced with the BIN. The seller had an OBO box up so I started in with a couple offers to find the floor (he had an auto deny threshold) and figured it was alright since he left the option available. </p><p><br /></p><p>We went through 2 or 3 rounds of offer/counter offer and on the third one he dropped by only a dollar and I noticed another bidder submitted an offer in between our dealings. Instead of trying to talk him down anymore and miss the coin with the other bidder, I accepted his last counter and I walked away with my little score. </p><p><br /></p><p>So yes, greed can get you in trouble, but what the OP is doing isn't really all that greedy, he's just trying to realize the best price. Greedy would be if he did like Doug444 said and found the high bid cluster and then still listed it for 25% above that. That's greedy. Attempting to find the true value is not.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="treylxapi47, post: 1932319, member: 41863"]I almost got too greedy myself a minute ago, but I didn't and I reaped the reward. I was going back and forth on an eBay coin that was already fairly priced with the BIN. The seller had an OBO box up so I started in with a couple offers to find the floor (he had an auto deny threshold) and figured it was alright since he left the option available. We went through 2 or 3 rounds of offer/counter offer and on the third one he dropped by only a dollar and I noticed another bidder submitted an offer in between our dealings. Instead of trying to talk him down anymore and miss the coin with the other bidder, I accepted his last counter and I walked away with my little score. So yes, greed can get you in trouble, but what the OP is doing isn't really all that greedy, he's just trying to realize the best price. Greedy would be if he did like Doug444 said and found the high bid cluster and then still listed it for 25% above that. That's greedy. Attempting to find the true value is not.[/QUOTE]
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