11-03-2025, 03:37 PM
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Eric Perry
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Join Date: Oct 2012
Location: Philadelphia Suburbs
Posts: 4,037
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Originally Posted by Mark17
I agree. A selling situation is, by definition, adversarial. The seller, naturally, wants the sale price to be the highest number possible, and the buyer, naturally, wants the price to be as low as possible. I've been involved with many such negotiations, and it is very easy for the situation to become testy. The seller values his item and wants to feel good about making a nice sale, and the buyer starts to point out flaws that should bring the number lower.
The OP may have lost out on a card, but, depending how he ultimately chooses to look at it and how he chooses to react, he may have saved a friendship.
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Bear in mind, that "friend" never even let him know the card was up for auction. The OP didn't find out until after it had sold.
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Eric Perry
Currently collecting:
T206 (136/524)
1956 Topps Baseball (198/342)
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