Anyone else done something this stupid?
part...@yahoo.com
I just got a package of my wins in Frank Robinson's latest auction,
there was one coin I had been hoping to acquire but also one coin I
didn't remember bidding on. I checked the lot number, checked the
original email of my bids, and... yes, I bid on (and won) the wrong
coin. I had meant to bid on lot 79, but instead bid on lot 70 and
never caught my mistake. To make it even worse, the bid I mistakenly
placed on lot 70 would easily have won lot 79.
Well, I did in fact bid on lot 70 and win, so I will honor my word and
pay for it. Unfortunately the coin doesn't really fit into my
collecting interests, so I guess I will have to resell it and probably
take a loss. Hopefully I will now remember to always check and
recheck my auction bids. Anyone else ever had this happen to them?
-Robert A. DeRose, Jr.
P.S. Anybody want a Miletos silver 1/12 stater, 6th century BC?
Going cheap, motivated seller :)
mazorj
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Define "cheap".
Reid Goldsborough
A similar thing I did once is place a bid through email for a lot of
one of the European auction houses. Because of language differences,
the person receiving it thought I was just asking about the coin (she
didn't read the whole email). I would have won a coin I wanted. Now I
always ask for an email confirmation of my email bids.
A similar thing I've done about a half dozen times is getting caught
up in other activities and not sniping at the end of an eBay auction.
Would have won coins I wanted in most of these auctions. I find real-
time sniping more fun than using a sniping program, though I use the
latter when I can't be at my computer.
I've bought coins I later didn't want, but only because I later
decided not to pursue the series as a collecting interest. Which
reminds me I should probably look into selling them.
--
Consumer: http://rg.ancients.info/guide
Connoisseur: http://rg.ancients.info/glom
Counterfeit: http://rg.ancients.info/bogos
Jud
parthi...@yahoo.com wrote:
>
> P.S. Anybody want a Miletos silver 1/12 stater, 6th century BC?
> Going cheap, motivated seller :)
Bob, have you contacted Frank? He is one of the best guys around. He
just MIGHT take it back!
part...@yahoo.com
Hi Jud,
Well, if I had discovered my error while the auction was still
ongoing, I probably would have done just that- explained my mistake,
and asked if it was possible to remove my bid on lot #70 and move it
to lot 79. But since the auction had already ended, I figured it was
too late to try and change anything, since my incorrect bid may have
influenced the other bidders' decisions, and removing just my bid
wouldn't be fair. So I have already sent in payment for the Miletos
coin.
Oh, and for Mr. Mazor- I paid $144 for the coin, and my quick
research suggests this is a reasonable-to-low price for this issue. I
want to recoup as much of that as possible, so "cheap" would be...
Okay, if anyone is truly interested in this coin, they can email me an
offer, and maybe I'll accept it. Otherwise, I'll just offer it around
at the next Baltimore coin show and get what I can from a dealer.
You can see photos of it on Frank's website (coin #70):
http://www.fsrcoin.com/5.jpg (obverse)
http://www.fsrcoin.com/6.jpg (reverse)
-Robert A. DeRose, Jr.