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<p>[QUOTE="MEC2, post: 1593885, member: 38692"]And...SHAPOW! I have been hunting one of these for a solid year, had one that came up at a very nice BiN price, but before I could buy it some assclown bid on it (starting bid was just $50 less than BiN), and it ended up selling for more than the BiN and NOT to the guy who killed the BiN with his bid. I don't know if you can tell but I am still nursing a great amount of resentment about that...</p><p><br /></p><p>I was sure I wasn't going to get one any time soon, until I bid on this little note, I won but the reserve wasn't met, and frankly my bid wasn't very high for the notes value - my max bid was far higher than my winning bid. I contacted the seller to see if he wanted to perhaps still sell it to me direct, but never heard back. Until weeks later, when out of the blue I get a second chance offer from the seller for my original winning bid - and let me tell you that was the fastest buy it now click in the history of eBay. So I finally get a note I've wanted for WAY under market - got the swag, kept the money, job well done! (Bonus points for whoever can name that obscure but great movie reference). </p><p><br /></p><p>So without further ado, here's Big Abe! Now have the original $1, $2, $5, and $10... $20 here I come!</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i1089.photobucket.com/albums/i352/MEC2DFW/Currency/BigAbe.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="MEC2, post: 1593885, member: 38692"]And...SHAPOW! I have been hunting one of these for a solid year, had one that came up at a very nice BiN price, but before I could buy it some assclown bid on it (starting bid was just $50 less than BiN), and it ended up selling for more than the BiN and NOT to the guy who killed the BiN with his bid. I don't know if you can tell but I am still nursing a great amount of resentment about that... I was sure I wasn't going to get one any time soon, until I bid on this little note, I won but the reserve wasn't met, and frankly my bid wasn't very high for the notes value - my max bid was far higher than my winning bid. I contacted the seller to see if he wanted to perhaps still sell it to me direct, but never heard back. Until weeks later, when out of the blue I get a second chance offer from the seller for my original winning bid - and let me tell you that was the fastest buy it now click in the history of eBay. So I finally get a note I've wanted for WAY under market - got the swag, kept the money, job well done! (Bonus points for whoever can name that obscure but great movie reference). So without further ado, here's Big Abe! Now have the original $1, $2, $5, and $10... $20 here I come! [IMG]http://i1089.photobucket.com/albums/i352/MEC2DFW/Currency/BigAbe.jpg[/IMG][/QUOTE]
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