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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Detecto92, post: 1472773, member: 75105&quot;]I am willing to start this thread on this note: I&#039;m not complaining, but seeking opinions. </p><p><br /></p><p>I don&#039;t mind spending a few dollars extra on an item at at auction. I&#039;ve sat there for 2 hours, and a few bucks means not going home empty handed.</p><p><br /></p><p>However, there is a line drawn, I am not going to give $17.50 for a junk Franklin half dollar. I can get one from the B&amp;M coin shop for $12. </p><p><br /></p><p>Sure, I might pay $14 for one, but $17.50 is excessive.</p><p><br /></p><p>But here is the catch 22.</p><p><br /></p><p>If I go to an auction, I usually end up paying more, but if I don&#039;t go, those people who outbid me, now get the coin cheaper, and I don&#039;t get any coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>So if I show up, I now have to pay more, if I don&#039;t, I get nothing.</p><p><br /></p><p>So now I have an idea.</p><p><br /></p><p>I am a firm believer in &quot;fair share&quot;. People usually get their fair share of coins at auctions, but by making others pay for them. </p><p><br /></p><p>If I run people up, I made them pay more. I don&#039;t really feel right doing that. Then if I want something, I have to pay more. In the end, do you really win? Not really.</p><p><br /></p><p>My idea is to befriend people. Get to know the common buyers at auctions. </p><p><br /></p><p>If people are willing to share, then they will allow me to buy a few items, they will not bid against me on it. If they want a few items, I will not bid against them on it. </p><p><br /></p><p>That way, each person gets a &quot;fair share&quot; at a lower price, without fighting over it.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now you may be wondering, how will this work for me?</p><p><br /></p><p>Well let&#039;s say you go to an auction, and there are 30 liberty nickels. Common ones, all worth about the same price. </p><p><br /></p><p>Let&#039;s say 3 people are interested in them.</p><p><br /></p><p>They sell them each at a time. Buyer 1 bids 2 dollars. Buyer 2 bids 5.</p><p><br /></p><p>Buyer 3, now bids 8 dollars. This is the realistic price they are worth (just a figure).</p><p><br /></p><p>Buyer 3 takes all nickels at 8 dollars each. Buyer 1 and 2 are now empty handed. </p><p><br /></p><p>But, let&#039;s apply my idea to this.</p><p><br /></p><p>Buyer 1, 2 and 3, know each other. They each agree they want 10 nickels. They each bid 2 dollars, and each person takes home 10, at 2 dollars each.</p><p><br /></p><p>Each buyer got something, each buyer paid less. </p><p><br /></p><p>Buyer 3 may have wanted more, but by allowing others to take &quot;their fair share&quot;, he was now going home with 10 nickels bought for 2 dollars each. </p><p><br /></p><p>If buyer 3 wanted all the nickels, as going by the previous scenario, he would of paid 8 dollars each for them. </p><p><br /></p><p>However by my idea, he got only 1/3 the amount he wanted, but he got them cheaper too. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>This is my idea anyway. Why should people end up fighting over stuff, and over paying?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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