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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ambr0zie, post: 8204298, member: 80952&quot;]I only buy coins from auctions so never had a situation like the one described, but I would be annoyed. For the moment.</p><p>But similar things have happened in auctions.</p><p>Usually I prepare a wish list before the auction. There are 3 categories of coins I add in the list - 1. coins I really want 2. coins that would be good additions 3. &#039;I&#039;ll grab it if the price remains really low&#039;</p><p>Sometimes next in line is a coin I really want, the price is normal but not a bargain, so I decide to leave it as another one from the list comes after a few lots and I want that one more. And often I lose that also, because of exploding bids.</p><p><br /></p><p>So then I realize it was a mistake leaving the first coin, but who could have known.</p><p><br /></p><p>Another silly mistake from a few weeks ago - one of the coins from my general wish list (trying to get one for a year but lost them for various reasons, anyway not rare) appeared in an auction, in a &quot;payable&quot; condition. Saved it, did not put a proxy/pre-bid (I decided to stop this habit) and was pretty optimistic about it.</p><p>The mistake was that I didn&#039;t pay attention to the auction table. The coin was live on Saturday evening. I was convinced it&#039;s on Sunday afternoon. So when checking the website as I wanted to see what is the current bid, I saw it sold for 50 EUR. <b>15 minutes before. </b>I would have gladly paid 100. Fail.</p><p><br /></p><p>But for me personally, these situations are annoying just for a few seconds. I do not specialize on something in particular. I mainly collect Roman Imperial - 1st, 2nd and 3rd centuries; I started to like RR because of beautiful designs; Greek and also Provincials. I do not collect everything, but not specializing on a small segment helps in this case - interesting coins will constantly appear.</p><p><br /></p><p>In auctions there is another thing that &quot;comforts&quot; me. Losing a coin with a hammer price of 50 EUR doesn&#039;t mean my (absent) 55 EUR bid would have been the winner. And, if the coin is not a major rarity (and I don&#039;t afford those) something similar will appear.</p><p>I had pleasant surprises quite often - I lost bidding wars, bidding 100 EUR for coins I personally appreciate at 50, and after a month I got very similar coins paying 30-40.</p><p><br /></p><p>Losing a coin means, one way or another, that somebody wanted it more. He/she was faster when buying it for a fixed price / was willing to bid more on an auction / paid more attention in spotting a rarity or something similar.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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