06-03-08, 09:43 AM
Don't think I've ever experienced something like that, but I remember a buyer doing something stupid (well, IMO anyway...LOL...):
Some time ago there was a pair of Unions on the bay with an opening bid of $400 and a BIN of $440. I wanted to make sure they were 100% legit and emailed back and forth with the seller (who was very helpful) and when I was convinced I was going to use the BIN only to find out someone had just placed a bid. The auction ended the day after so I thought f*ck and went for a last second bidding as I usually do. I wanted to make sure nobody else was going to win them and placed a bid higher than the $440 and won them (as nobody else bid), and found out the bid of the other guy was $439.99. I'm sure he felt home safe as the BIN was $440, but c'mon, why risk it if your max bid is $0.01 away from the BIN price anyway? I mean, I understand if he could have saved himself more than $40, but I'm fairly certain he wished he had used the BIN instead when he found out he lost the auction...
Some time ago there was a pair of Unions on the bay with an opening bid of $400 and a BIN of $440. I wanted to make sure they were 100% legit and emailed back and forth with the seller (who was very helpful) and when I was convinced I was going to use the BIN only to find out someone had just placed a bid. The auction ended the day after so I thought f*ck and went for a last second bidding as I usually do. I wanted to make sure nobody else was going to win them and placed a bid higher than the $440 and won them (as nobody else bid), and found out the bid of the other guy was $439.99. I'm sure he felt home safe as the BIN was $440, but c'mon, why risk it if your max bid is $0.01 away from the BIN price anyway? I mean, I understand if he could have saved himself more than $40, but I'm fairly certain he wished he had used the BIN instead when he found out he lost the auction...
Superstars are indeed super...