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<p>[QUOTE="treylxapi47, post: 1922790, member: 41863"]I still remember when you could see all of the bidders and their usernames. It was sort of a PIA for me at one point when I was collecting fraternity memorabilia. There was order and a hierarchy among us, once it went anonymous anyone could take the top bid and you never really knew who it was. </p><p><br /></p><p>I was the youngest and the new kid on the block so it worked out pretty well for me, and soon after the order got lost on who was bidding on what, the older guys just disappeared. Now it's like playing on a ball field with like 2 players and I've been scoring better items cheaper over the last 2-3 years. </p><p><br /></p><p>Guess they didn't like actually having to pay a full price for an item. There were many times when we would get messages through our forum about xxxx item and asking to stop bidding as it was going to the national historian or it was important to some chapter out in Wyoming. These were noble goals, but it hurt the seller and anyone else interested in the same material.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="treylxapi47, post: 1922790, member: 41863"]I still remember when you could see all of the bidders and their usernames. It was sort of a PIA for me at one point when I was collecting fraternity memorabilia. There was order and a hierarchy among us, once it went anonymous anyone could take the top bid and you never really knew who it was. I was the youngest and the new kid on the block so it worked out pretty well for me, and soon after the order got lost on who was bidding on what, the older guys just disappeared. Now it's like playing on a ball field with like 2 players and I've been scoring better items cheaper over the last 2-3 years. Guess they didn't like actually having to pay a full price for an item. There were many times when we would get messages through our forum about xxxx item and asking to stop bidding as it was going to the national historian or it was important to some chapter out in Wyoming. These were noble goals, but it hurt the seller and anyone else interested in the same material.[/QUOTE]
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