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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Brocster, post: 49554, member: 2744&quot;]Hi Jimmy!</p><p><br /></p><p>I, too, have come to realize that an ever-increasing number of people (or so it seems!) like to take part in eBay sniping, placing their bid only seconds before the end of an auction.&nbsp; But <b>mitchell</b>&#039;s words -- see quote above -- are <b><u>so</u></b> very true.&nbsp; I had just joined eBay and was in the process of &quot;figuring it all out&quot; when I saw a number of auctions for the 2004 Westward Journey Series Coin Set -- the P, D &amp; S peace medal and keelboat nickels.&nbsp; I was so afraid that, if I didn&#039;t buy one (or more) <b>right this minute</b>, the price would end up skyrocketing, and I&#039;d have to pay ten times more at a later date.&nbsp; So I looked around for a combination of the most reasonable price and the best feedback comments/rating... and then I bought two sets... <u>immediately</u>!&nbsp; A week or so later, when my package arrived in the mail, I took a look at the then-current eBay auctions, just to see how much money I had saved myself by buying the nickel sets so quickly.&nbsp; Wouldn&#039;t you know it, there were dozens more listings... ALL at a price of $5 <b><u>lower</u></b> than I had purchased mine for.&nbsp; And here I was so proud of myself!&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie3" alt=":(" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />&nbsp;&nbsp; (I have to admit, though, that the seller <u>did</u> do an impeccable job of packaging and shipping the nickel sets -- just as he stated he would in his auction listing -- so I wasn&#039;t too upset in the end.)</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Anyway, the moral is: Don&#039;t worry about getting sniped on an auction.&nbsp; As <b>mitchell</b> correctly stated, it just means that the item sold for more than it was worth (at least to you... otherwise your maximum bid would&#039;ve been higher).&nbsp; And you&#039;ll (almost) invariably be able to find another auction with the same item for the same price, if not lower. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Happy bidding...</p><p><br /></p><p>- Andrew[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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