Situation: A seller listed 2 nice coins in one listing for an opening bid of $47.95 on a 1 day listing. I put in a $56 max bid. The coins are worth approx. $80 FMV. PCGS slabbed Ikes - MS67 1972-S x 2 coins.
No reserve auction.
With only 1 hour 51 minutes left, I go to bed at 5 am -- thinking I got this one in the bag with an end time of 7 AM and no other bidders at $47.95.
Log on this morning with a notification that seller made me an offer to sell for $67.95 -- pull up new listing and find that it has been changed to a BIN-only with a $67.95 BIN and no bidding.
Pulled my bidding history and saw that a random account suddenly put in a $68.95 bid and won the auction within the last couple of minutes.
Quote:
****** ( 4617Feedback score is 1000 to 4,999) US $68.95
Nov-22-15 06:23:56 PST
****** ( 4617Feedback score is 1000 to 4,999) US $68.95
Nov-22-15 06:20:52 PST
****** ( 4617Feedback score is 1000 to 4,999) US $68.95
Nov-22-15 06:20:13 PST
****** ( 4617Feedback score is 1000 to 4,999) US $60.60
Nov-22-15 06:19:40 PST
paralyse-auctions ( 387Feedback score is 100 to 499) US $55.98 Nov-22-15 02:00:50 PST
Magically, I immediately received a second-chance offer for $1 lower than the winning bid right after the sale.
Quote:
You have received a second chance offer for this item from XXXXXXX. This offer expires on Nov 23, 2015 07:47:55 PST
Needless to say, what was a great buy at $47.95 is not so great at $67.95 + shipping.
Seller is sub 100 feedback but all feedback is 100%.
Thanks for any input - AB
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Posted 11/22/2015 2:35 pm
