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<p>[QUOTE="Collect89, post: 1818180, member: 15445"]BTW, a few weeks ago I had an auction experience that cured me of coin collecting for a while. I did a stupid stupid thing that just made be forget about coin collecting for some time.</p><p> </p><p>I spotted an early USA silver dollar in a beautiful state of preservation. For about a month, I researched the coin & saved-up the funds to buy it. It was the primary coin that I wanted out of four coins in the auction. I checked the closing time of the coin(s) and set my alarm to place my bid(s) either by Bidnapper or personally. When the alarm sounded, I went to the dollar lot & saw “Sold”. It was listed & sold in a previous session. I wrongfully assumed that the dollar (for which I planned for a month) was in the same session as the other three coins. There was no way to fool my brain into thinking it was bent or rusted. My brain knows that the coin was perfect for me & I just blew it big-time. I was really sad for a while. It wasn’t until one of the other coins arrived 10-days later that I regained my appetite for coin collecting.</p><p> </p><p>Thanks for letting me rant.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Collect89, post: 1818180, member: 15445"]BTW, a few weeks ago I had an auction experience that cured me of coin collecting for a while. I did a stupid stupid thing that just made be forget about coin collecting for some time. I spotted an early USA silver dollar in a beautiful state of preservation. For about a month, I researched the coin & saved-up the funds to buy it. It was the primary coin that I wanted out of four coins in the auction. I checked the closing time of the coin(s) and set my alarm to place my bid(s) either by Bidnapper or personally. When the alarm sounded, I went to the dollar lot & saw “Sold”. It was listed & sold in a previous session. I wrongfully assumed that the dollar (for which I planned for a month) was in the same session as the other three coins. There was no way to fool my brain into thinking it was bent or rusted. My brain knows that the coin was perfect for me & I just blew it big-time. I was really sad for a while. It wasn’t until one of the other coins arrived 10-days later that I regained my appetite for coin collecting. Thanks for letting me rant.[/QUOTE]
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