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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 3012760, member: 19463&quot;]There are many people who have outbid me for coins I wanted.&nbsp; TIF&#039;s underwear technique (that might be a good ID) might protect you from people who might spite you by driving up your costs but it also would open you to bids from friends who would not bid against a friend.&nbsp; It depends on whether you have more friends than enemies.&nbsp;&nbsp; That is why eBay stopped posting our handles openly years ago.&nbsp; I know I had friends laying off my marked &#039;property&#039;.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>As far as Clio goes: I do not know him.&nbsp; I wish I did.&nbsp; He has excellent tastes in coins and IMHO being outbid by him is a sign that you do, too.&nbsp; I would rather lose a coin to someone who likes coins than to some investor trying to park his gains from other investments currently on the slide or from illegal activities where he is just buying randomly to launder drug deals.&nbsp; Clio&#039;s wins will not be made into jewelry, scrubbed with a Brillo pad or put away never to be enjoyed by anyone.&nbsp; I he writes a book on his collection, I might buy it.&nbsp; If he were to join Coin Talk, I would read his posts.&nbsp; I do admit curiosity as to how many bids he places in each sale and how many he wins.&nbsp; That is none of my business but that does not keep me from wondering.&nbsp; I hope he is recording his collection with good photos so the book I may buy someday will be really good looking.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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