No worries. Emotion is generally a bad thing when it comes to my buying habits.
Auction Sniping
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No gambling involved with what I do. I throw what I'm willing to pay in the last seconds. Yay if on the low, no surprise if it reaches my max.?I need to get you on a poker table. I love people that bet with their heart.
Major shopaholic myself. Nothing like the rush of a purchase.❤
same here..
come up with that max amount.. let her ping in the last 3 seconds.. if I lose, it's more than I wanted to pay anyways!
bigtime.. one of my biggest problems
Here's an example of my situation. I collect Ben Wade pipes, among others, and I've always wanted one of those fabulous but hard to find French goose-neck bents. They rarely come up for auction. The shank is also cracked, and the seller mistakenly posted it as a Danish pipe.
Out the door the price climbed to $140. Literally after just a few days.
Now, what's "sniping" on an item like that going to look like? I'm still following it out of morbid curiosity but I can't conceivably bid on a pipe that, to my mind, is actually probably worth no more than $140.
Here be the link.
Out the door the price climbed to $140. Literally after just a few days.
Now, what's "sniping" on an item like that going to look like? I'm still following it out of morbid curiosity but I can't conceivably bid on a pipe that, to my mind, is actually probably worth no more than $140.
Here be the link.
I see auctions like that all the time... high bids with no sense.
then you might see an unsmoked one go under the radar for peanuts.
Interesting pipe. By the shape along I'd have said Kriswill. What year is it?
There was a rather nice patent era one that went for $188.00 earlyer this week on eBay.
Did you see it?
Wow, there was a time this would be unthinkable. All the dollars must be going to vintage tobaccos.
I was tempted enough to place a bid but maxed my bid at less than the winning bid.
Savinelli Punto Oro 904 with Vulcanite instead of acrylic. I have a problem with them.?
I've picked up nine or ten more since that photo was taken.
They went unsmoked for a few years, so yep, clutter. Plus, three 904/9004s fit in the area occupied by either meer.And yet those poor lonely 2 or 3 meers got designated as "clutter".
Working on a 31 day set and as a bonus, I've only paid more than $30 for three of them.?Ummm,
Broseph.....
You have a problem.... ?
I appreciate the satisfying symmetry of this picture.
Here's another auction. A "JT COOKE OKF 2008 XL PANEL" that has 8 days left on it, and the current bid is $326.
It's too bad, really. I think of all the artisan pipes I'd like to acquire, JT Cooke really has excellent stout classic shapes. But the auction prices are just over the top.
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It's too bad, really. I think of all the artisan pipes I'd like to acquire, JT Cooke really has excellent stout classic shapes. But the auction prices are just over the top.
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A 31 day set ladies and gentlemen!!!
And this is the same guy who insists briars need not be rested.
They don't need rest, I just like the shape. There will be more than thirty-one if I find more from different lines, or the elusive 914.A 31 day set ladies and gentlemen!!!
And this is the same guy who insists briars need not be rested.
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