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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;PlanoSteve, post: 2979210, member: 91609&quot;]Well, the way I do it (if I&#039;m looking for a very specific coin), is to evaluate the target as best I can, trusting the pics &amp; assuming I have done my homework and know the &quot;ballpark&quot; value (to me), I just bid my max bid &amp; let it ride!&nbsp; I really don&#039;t care if I could have gotten it for less (if I&#039;m looking for a specific coin!).</p><p><br /></p><p>For example, let&#039;s say I want &quot;coin X&quot;, &amp; it&#039;s currently @ $30 with 2 days to go.&nbsp; After my personal evaluation, if I think it is worth $40 to me, I would probably put in a bid of $50 or $55.&nbsp; But I don&#039;t do this for every coin - only specific ones.</p><p><br /></p><p>As for coins in general, as a very eclectic collector, I don&#039;t worry too much about other bidders, because my max bid is always the max I am willing to pay for a coin I want. So after doing my personal evaluation (I have picked up some nice varieties &amp; unattributed VAM&#039;s both raw &amp; in slabs) I usually put in one bid I&#039;m willing to pay &amp; then let it ride. For example, if I think the coin will top out at $75, I may put in $85, &amp; I&#039;ll be happy if I win at $85, but I usually don&#039;t get there.</p><p><br /></p><p>I can truthfully say that over my 50+ years of collecting, I&#039;ve only had buyers remorse 2 or 3 times, &amp; one time I paid $45 or so for a coin, which turned out to be 800% too much!&nbsp; But that&#039;s the learning curve!</p><p><br /></p><p>The one major thing I learned is that, when I don&#039;t win a coin that I really want, there are still many, many more options out there.&nbsp; So I am not bothered by it because I bid my max bid - there will be others![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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