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<p>[QUOTE="medoraman, post: 1298862, member: 26302"]Ah, you have to keep bidding Randy. Hope springs anew. While I may be whining here about losing last night, I have also been known to score on 80% of my bids, (just not often lately). You simply never know how many real bids a coin will get. I do see a fairly sharp dropoff in quality on Ebay the last few years though. It used to be I could find a good lot once a week, and a great one once a month. Now the good ones are getting scarce, and I haven't seen a great one in years. Last one I saw was one back in 2008, 150 or so Syracuse byzantines, with about half the lot gVF or better.</p><p><br /></p><p>But, like I said, even though more crud to wade through than the past, there still appear nice coins. Bid on every one, cross your fingers, and you should get some. I search group lots a lot, and individual coins of better sellers, so you can always let me know what you are looking for and I can PM you if I see something, (hopefully we don't have the same tastes).</p><p><br /></p><p>Btw Chris, I am just curious, I am watching a lot right now with 17 watch lists. Is that a high or low number? I am expecting some competition. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie3" alt=":(" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Chris[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="medoraman, post: 1298862, member: 26302"]Ah, you have to keep bidding Randy. Hope springs anew. While I may be whining here about losing last night, I have also been known to score on 80% of my bids, (just not often lately). You simply never know how many real bids a coin will get. I do see a fairly sharp dropoff in quality on Ebay the last few years though. It used to be I could find a good lot once a week, and a great one once a month. Now the good ones are getting scarce, and I haven't seen a great one in years. Last one I saw was one back in 2008, 150 or so Syracuse byzantines, with about half the lot gVF or better. But, like I said, even though more crud to wade through than the past, there still appear nice coins. Bid on every one, cross your fingers, and you should get some. I search group lots a lot, and individual coins of better sellers, so you can always let me know what you are looking for and I can PM you if I see something, (hopefully we don't have the same tastes). Btw Chris, I am just curious, I am watching a lot right now with 17 watch lists. Is that a high or low number? I am expecting some competition. :( Chris[/QUOTE]
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