Props to Stacks/Bowers app

Discussion in 'Coin Chat' started by messydesk, Feb 28, 2020.

  1. messydesk

    messydesk Well-Known Member

    So at lunchtime yesterday I headed to Costco to gas up the car and buy some stuff. I'm walking toward the store and feel my phone buzz, thinking it's my wife texting me a shopping list. I grab a cart, head into the store and check my phone for the list, only to find the buzz was the SB app notifying me of a lot coming up. Tapped the notification, went right to the live auction and the next lot was the one I wanted. I waited for the lot to go live, swiped right to bid, won the lot, and continued with my shopping. Yeah, I could have been driving at the time or missed it by one lot, but not this time. The app did exactly what it was supposed to do. I love it when things work as intended.
     
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  3. geekpryde

    geekpryde Husband and Father Moderator

    Cool. I did quite a bit of bidding via the Great Collections website (not an app), but on my Mobile phone on a Ski Mountain in Maine a few years back. Very handy when you are looking at coins on the go!
     
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  4. kanga

    kanga 65 Year Collector

    I don't have a mobile device.
    Everything is done through my desktop at home.
    I just got a Watch List notification from Heritage.
    I bid (80% of catalog) and currently have the high bid but it's still a few days before the lot closes.
    I'm running about a 50-50 win/loss using this procedure.
    Keeps me happy.
     
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    OK Boomer... :):):)
     
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  7. physics-fan3.14

    physics-fan3.14 You got any more of them.... prooflikes?

    That's actually pretty cool, messy. I don't spend a lot of time on Stacks, but I'll have to check out their app.
     
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  8. micbraun

    micbraun coindiccted

    Let us in on your little secret... what did you buy? :)
     
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  9. messydesk

    messydesk Well-Known Member

    An 1804 gold piece.
     
  10. GoldFinger1969

    GoldFinger1969 Well-Known Member

    They need an App with notifications. Hitting the website on a smartphone is a PITA.
     
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  11. GoldFinger1969

    GoldFinger1969 Well-Known Member

    I haven't utilized Stacks-Bowers, may give it a shot. I understand they do many fewer auctions than Heritage; I asked the SB people about that at FUN.

    The HA App does give you notifications before auctions you express an interest come up; not sure if you get a Text Message a few minutes before your item hits. That is very helpful -- if an auction goes off at 8 PM, the reminder is OK but if your item is going off closer to 10 PM then a Text Message about 9:50 or so would be really great. At least for HA, it appears to take about 15-20 seconds per auction so if they notify you with about 30-40 auctions (7-10 minutes) before yours that it's getting close that would be great.
     
  12. messydesk

    messydesk Well-Known Member

    You do get a text message from HA, but I don't remember if it's as seamlessly linked to the app. Maybe it is. I'm usually at a desktop PC when I'm bidding. I was just amazed at how smoothly the SB app worked at Costco, and I have a 5 year old phone that's never in a hurry to do anything. Thankfully, the phone was responsive when I needed it to be. It was as if it were scripted for a commercial.
     
  13. messydesk

    messydesk Well-Known Member

    So here's the 1804 gold piece I got -- a Mexican escudo for my "World Coins Circulating in Early America" type set. Much cheaper than the US equivalent, an 1804 $2.50. 1804esc.jpg
     
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  14. GoldFinger1969

    GoldFinger1969 Well-Known Member

    Messy, you got that from a SB auction ?
     
  15. messydesk

    messydesk Well-Known Member

    Yes. There was a world coin auction last week.
     
  16. Brent Miller

    Brent Miller Member

    Sweet! I wasn’t aware they have an app. I’m going to do download it now. Thanks
     
  17. kanga

    kanga 65 Year Collector

    I'll be bidding on an item in Stack's/Bowers auction that's linked to the Baltimore Whitman show later this month.
    It's a coin that's in a Details holder that I wouldn't be able to afford otherwise.
    If I win you'll definitely hear about from me here on CoinTalk :D
     
  18. physics-fan3.14

    physics-fan3.14 You got any more of them.... prooflikes?

    That is an awesome coin, congrats!
     
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  19. messydesk

    messydesk Well-Known Member

    Would you believe it's graded XF45?
     
  20. physics-fan3.14

    physics-fan3.14 You got any more of them.... prooflikes?

    I'm not familiar with these at all, so I'm not terribly sure where it should be. I'd guess there's a bit of strike weakness, but I do see a decent amount of wear. Based on the luster present, I would have guessed AU-50. 45 seems a bit low, but any higher than 53 and I would have had a problem with it.
     
  21. messydesk

    messydesk Well-Known Member

    I'm also in the AU50 camp. The reverse doesn't show the wear the same because of the nature of the design, but there is a lot of luster remaining.
     
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