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The problem with this philosophy is that others don't live by it, and most of the time you will lose to one of them.
  And worse still, the giddy price will become the new baseline.
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Four phrases I nave coined that sum up today's hobby: No consequences. Stuff trumps all. The flip is the commoodity. Animal Farm grading. Last edited by Peter_Spaeth; 10-20-2022 at 11:53 AM. 
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10-20-2022, 12:09 PM
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I vote we kick them off the island.
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10-20-2022, 12:22 PM
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When you are buying, every stupid bidder is involved and escalates the price beyond all reason. When you are selling, all of these bidders are distracted by some other shiny bauble and you suffer a crime against humanity yourself.
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I truly believe that for many AH bidders (especially in the last two years and on big ticket items), they have more money than God and don't care what items cost.
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10-20-2022, 12:48 PM
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There are no set rules in this game. If you applied a strict, disciplined approach to what you would pay for quality Ruths and high end Mantle cards in 2017 the satisfaction you would have gotten from not "overpaying" would not have lasted long as you watched prices skyrocket from those levels.
You also have to decide what you want more, a good deal or the item. Prices for rare items are tough to predict because you never know when two buyers will decide they don't want to wait ten years for another shot. Personally I have more regrets over the items I didn't buy because I thought the price was too high than over the ones where I overpaid. Example: every Jim Thorpe I didn't buy.
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10-20-2022, 11:59 AM
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It’s always going to be a question of how comfortable you are with losing. Some of us don’t like losing, so we tend to throw caution to the wind to avoid that negative outcome, even if it turns out to be a Pyrrhic victory, with the cost of the item making a big dent in our resources.
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