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Snapolit1 09-19-2025 01:19 PM
Did you ever
 
Wake up in the am and be really really thankful you lost something due to a late higher bid? Last night was one of those nights. Bidders remorse. Put a bid down yesterday and as soon as I did it I was filled with regret. It just wasn't worth that. And I didn't need it that bad. Better ways I couold have used that money. So relieved when I woke up and someone went one tick higher. Thank you kind sir. I live to fight another day.

Brian Van Horn 09-19-2025 01:33 PM
Agreed. Had that relieving experience more than a few times. Not always, but sometimes shill bidding has a good result.

raulus 09-19-2025 01:41 PM
Hasn't happened to me just yet.

There have been a few where I probably overpaid, no doubt, so I guess that's a similar situation, just with the twist that I refused to let someone bail me out because I kept raising my bid.

MVSNYC 09-19-2025 01:52 PM
Yeah, it's happened to me a few times over the years. Pretty good feeling when you get outbid on something that you kinda regret bidding on.

I tend to be an aggressive bidder, and sometimes get a little ahead of myself. :D

Leon 09-19-2025 03:08 PM
Many, many times.

butchie_t 09-19-2025 03:12 PM
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Originally Posted by Snapolit1 (Post 2539538)
Wake up in the am and be really really thankful you lost something due to a late higher bid? Last night was one of those nights. Bidders remorse. Put a bid down yesterday and as soon as I did it I was filled with regret. It just wasn't worth that. And I didn't need it that bad. Better ways I couold have used that money. So relieved when I woke up and someone went one tick higher. Thank you kind sir. I live to fight another day.
More than once, for sure.

Butch

ALBB 09-19-2025 03:12 PM
bid
 
yes, also..many many times ! LOL

BobbyStrawberry 09-19-2025 03:29 PM
Definitely. Although I've gotten better about just having a max and just sticking to it (or close to it).

JimC 09-19-2025 04:31 PM
Yes, although I have also had this happen several times: won an item, thought I overpaid and had buyer's remorse for weeks or even months only for the item to appreciate in value so dramatically that the purchase appeared shrewd.

D. Bergin 09-19-2025 05:53 PM
My fat fingers on the EBay app have caused me to win a few items lately for more than I’m comfortable paying I’m ashamed to say. Luckily none of them bit me too hard in the ass.

Last one was a $2845 bid for an item I meant to bid $28.45 for. That was a tough 20 minutes to sweat out before I won it for 55 and change.

Never had that issue on a desktop or if I remember to put a snipe in off EBay, but that app is gonna be the end of me someday if I don’t figure my sh&t out. :rolleyes:

BobbyStrawberry 09-19-2025 06:54 PM
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Originally Posted by D. Bergin (Post 2539584)
Last one was a $2845 bid for an item I meant to bid $28.45 for. That was a tough 20 minutes to sweat out before I won it for 55 and change.
Lol that would've been excruciating for me.

Fred 09-19-2025 08:19 PM
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Originally Posted by Snapolit1 (Post 2539538)
Wake up in the am and be really really thankful you lost something due to a late higher bid? Last night was one of those nights. Bidders remorse. Put a bid down yesterday and as soon as I did it I was filled with regret. It just wasn't worth that. And I didn't need it that bad. Better ways I couold have used that money. So relieved when I woke up and someone went one tick higher. Thank you kind sir. I live to fight another day.
Nope, not happened for me, yet. I'm usually the opposite, I go to bed the high bidder and found I was the runner-up. What's that saying? Second place is the first loser.

Snapolit1 09-19-2025 08:20 PM
Cards are like women.
The more attractive other men find them, the more expensive they suddenly become.

brianp-beme 09-20-2025 12:20 AM
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Originally Posted by JimC (Post 2539570)
Yes, although I have also had this happen several times: won an item, thought I overpaid and had buyer's remorse for weeks or even months only for the item to appreciate in value so dramatically that the purchase appeared shrewd.

I have had similar winning experiences, but usually the card(s) auction wins take a year or multiple years for me to get those lofty feelings about how clever I am when it comes to hobby purchases.

Brian

brianp-beme 09-20-2025 12:50 AM
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Originally Posted by Fred (Post 2539599)
Nope, not happened for me, yet. I'm usually the opposite, I go to bed the high bidder and found I was the runner-up. What's that saying? Second place is the first loser.
To feel better when I end up as the underbidder, I like to think I am that all important guy who had the most influence in setting the price for the winning bidder.


Brian (I'm quite often a MIB - Most Influential Bidder). Below is a card, currently still owned (I believe) by another Net54 member, that I proudly wear the MIB moniker as the result of my bidding superpower 15 or more years ago.

Gorditadogg 09-20-2025 08:08 AM
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Originally Posted by D. Bergin (Post 2539584)
My fat fingers on the EBay app have caused me to win a few items lately for more than I’m comfortable paying I’m ashamed to say. Luckily none of them bit me too hard in the ass.



Last one was a $2845 bid for an item I meant to bid $28.45 for. That was a tough 20 minutes to sweat out before I won it for 55 and change.



Never had that issue on a desktop or if I remember to put a snipe in off EBay, but that app is gonna be the end of me someday if I don’t figure my sh&t out. :rolleyes:
I won a fat fingered bid on ebay a while back that was pretty funny. I bid 3.33 for a common 1966 Topps card, and found out I won it for 30.49. Looked back at the bidding and yep, I bid 33.33 by mistake. The underbid was 29.99, so that guy must have fat fingered a 2.99 bid.

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pawpawdiv9 09-20-2025 08:45 AM
I always get maxed bid up but still win
Doesn’t bother me as it was the most I wanted to go
A lil ot—did you ever?
Fart at a card show and walked away?


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