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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Sholom, post: 786428, member: 17753&quot;]and that&#039;s exactly what can happen with some eBay items.</p><p><br /></p><p>A buyer with an eagle eye (and patience, and a bit of luck) can sometimes find some real bargains.</p><p><br /></p><p>There was an auction that someone brought to our attention about a week ago (can&#039;t remember the name of the thread, or the URL) -- but it was a complete Lincoln Cent collection (except for the 09 s vdb -- but did include a weak 14-d and 22-plain) where the guy put it up for bid with $20 shipping and a starting price of 0.99 -- and it closed with nobody bidding on it.&nbsp; The only explanation I have is that it was a combination of poor quality pictures, lousy description, and that it musta fallen through the cracks.</p><p><br /></p><p>I was bummed that I didn&#039;t see it previously -- and so I wrote to him, and he said he&#039;d sell it to me for $600.&nbsp; I declined.&nbsp; He asked what I&#039;d offer for it.&nbsp; I don&#039;t have that kind of money to spend on this, I was only looking for a &quot;steal&quot; so to speak.</p><p><br /></p><p>He put it up again for sale at $695 or best offer, and within two days he sold it for $625.&nbsp; It may have still been a bargain -- I&#039;m not sure.</p><p><br /></p><p>Perhaps you got a real bargain, too!&nbsp; Let us know when you get them and tell us what you think.&nbsp; It certainly was worth the gamble, imho.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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