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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 1787582, member: 19463&quot;]In the good old days, eBay openly posted the handle of bidders so I could bid $1 and my friends would not bid against me.&nbsp; That was really not fair to sellers who started a lot at $1 and hoped two of us would battle over it.&nbsp; As a result, eBay decided not to post the ID of bidders so you never know if you are bidding against me or not.&nbsp; </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>This same situation really worked both ways.&nbsp; If I bid on a lot as a scent marker, someone who was not my friend but knew that I was a specialist in that area could figure that if I were willing to pay $10 for a coin it must be worth more so they would bid $20 not having any idea what it was that they bidding on.&nbsp; The playing field was somewhat leveled when Sniping was invented.&nbsp; Most winning bids on eBay are placed in the last 10 seconds and you never know if I bid on it or not since only the seller sees the winner&#039;s ID and many of my losing bids are never actually posted because the lot was over my head before my allotted time came up.&nbsp;&nbsp; This is fair.&nbsp; I used to despise snipers but I joined them.&nbsp; If you want to win coins, bid more than they are worth.&nbsp; If you want bargains, bid on 1000 lots and realize you may win one or two because no one else thought the coin was worth having.&nbsp;&nbsp; If things go bad and you win all 1000 lots, well, you should have known better.&nbsp; I have won a dozen coins in sales that I expected nothing and nothing in sales I expected to sweep.&nbsp; That is the game.&nbsp; </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>The absolute best way to bid in a sale is to hire an agent that you trust.&nbsp; I once paid an additional 5% (I have no idea what they charge now) to a man who was attending a sale in person with instructions to buy what he could from my list that looked like the big dogs did not want.&nbsp; That day cost me $1500 and I got some great coins at well under my maximums.&nbsp; A couple were even coins I would have paid double but I could have just as easily struck out.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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