Phew... Dodged a bullet!
I am often making low (usually around spot price) bids on silver on eBay to try and snag a lucky buy. Most of the time I'm completely out bid, but that's no problem!
I'm pretty careful with the bids and what I bid on... But the other day, I was a little bit tired (lesson learnt, don't be ebaying when you are tired!) and put in a place holder bid of about 20 euros. I usually do these place holder bids just to keep track of items I am interested in, so they appear in my bidding queue. Sometimes, I just put in a tiny bid just to see where the bidding ends up.
Anyway, it was lucky that I hadn't placed a proper bid for these 10 Kookaburra coins. When I put the place holder bid, I had thought that they were silver... But they are actually silver plated (cunningly hidden in open sight on the description!).
Thankfully, someone ended up outbidding me, but I was really surprised by how much someone ended paying for interesting souvenirs with no real metal content!
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Good reminder as likely each one of us has been in a similar situation before, lesson learned and shared.
Yep... read properly before bidding! I got lucky this time!
I've seen too many cases like this. Unless it's furniture, silver plated doesn't mean much in terms of value. Unless its cooking utensils, it doesn't mean much in terms of purpose.
Glad you got outbid.
Me too... I'm a little surprised at how high it ended up going for! I guess I wasn't the only one that misread!
It might be a problem on my end, but I can't view your screenshot.
Namaste, JaiChai
Ah well... next time! I think it is working....
Nice one, you should read it very wisely to not make a bad business.
Nice one, you should read
It very wisely to not
Make a bad business.
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Yes... I got really lucky this time!
Doing just about anything while tired is a pretty bad idea. I am glad that someone had a higher bid 😎
Yep... although as a parent... that would often mean doing nothing!
Lucky escape there buddy! No more sleepy eBay for you! Haha
Heh... it wasn't the first time... and probably not the last time....
Haha, classic recurring issue 😜
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Silver plated??? Are those Perth Mint coins or copies?
I have no idea... I thought that they must be copies, but they look decent enough... but I'm not enough of an expert to know... does Perth Mint sell silver plated coins?
Glad you were outbid! I saw a guy doing spoof commercials the other day. He had bite coins - for people who couldn’t tell the difference between gold and gold foil wrapped chocolate coins! It was hilarious!
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LOL! One definitely tastes better than the other!
It's always good to dodge a bullet
Even better to not be in front of one!
Technically speaking, you should not be doing anything when you're tired...most if not all of the times you'll end up doing something really silly. Even if you know that it is not pure metal, you might still end up bidding it just because your brain misfired due to tiredness...
So, sleep...haha..
Yeah I know... but as a parent, I appear to be perpetually tired! Although, there are moments when it is worse than others...