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<p>[QUOTE="R*L, post: 3169588, member: 96878"]Mmm has happened to me a couple of times (fat fingers indeed). Luckily so far no one else’s has made the same mistake on the same coin!</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I don't bid while driving (I have bid on coins while out for a run once though!), but the same eBay app 'feature' has been responsible for all of my bidding errors (I have never made a mistake on any other platforms). The only unintended purchase as a result so far was luckily relatively minor in the scheme of things - a maximum bid of 3 figures (I can't recall what exactly) when I had been intending to bid under $10. What made it worse was that it wasn't a snipe bid but it was still made too close to the auction end for the bid to be withdrawn so I had to sweat it out! It ended up selling for just under $40. I'm at a loss as to who would have bid that much for it intentionally as much higher quality coins in the same auction went for $5-$10 and you can easily get similar coins for less than $40 at fixed price! Maybe they knew something I don't, or maybe they have fat fingers too.[ATTACH=full]815140[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="R*L, post: 3169588, member: 96878"]Mmm has happened to me a couple of times (fat fingers indeed). Luckily so far no one else’s has made the same mistake on the same coin! I don't bid while driving (I have bid on coins while out for a run once though!), but the same eBay app 'feature' has been responsible for all of my bidding errors (I have never made a mistake on any other platforms). The only unintended purchase as a result so far was luckily relatively minor in the scheme of things - a maximum bid of 3 figures (I can't recall what exactly) when I had been intending to bid under $10. What made it worse was that it wasn't a snipe bid but it was still made too close to the auction end for the bid to be withdrawn so I had to sweat it out! It ended up selling for just under $40. I'm at a loss as to who would have bid that much for it intentionally as much higher quality coins in the same auction went for $5-$10 and you can easily get similar coins for less than $40 at fixed price! Maybe they knew something I don't, or maybe they have fat fingers too.[ATTACH=full]815140[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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