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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;doug5353, post: 2234376, member: 73555&quot;]It isn&#039;t necessarily cheapskates caving in.</p><p><br /></p><p>There&#039;s yet another reason.&nbsp; People have budgets.&nbsp; The coin you won cheaply might have been the 3rd priority for your main competition, and the 5th priority for another bidder.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>They were successful <i>on their earlier bids</i>, and really didn&#039;t want to overextend by running your quarter up once again - they might get stuck with it, bargain or not.</p><p><br /></p><p>That&#039;s just luck on your part, but it happens.&nbsp; I see it on big stamp lots that require many hours of labor.&nbsp; I am retired and have plenty of time to work on collectibles, and thus I tend to keep bidding in maddening small increments.&nbsp; They finally give up, or the wife walks in and looks at the screen at an inopportune moment.&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie15" alt=":arghh:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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