1925 S RPM 1 - should be an affordable example.

[WaterSport]

https://www.ebay.com/itm/U-S-COINS-1925-s-LINCOLN-CENT-SELLING-ENTIRE-COLLECTION-penny-set-NO-RESERVE/223951481116?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649

[kloccwork419]

Very nice. GOing thru all his listings. He has some really nice early dates I need to fill holes. Hope I get most of them.lol

[jfines69]

At $4.25 on 2 bids... Nice looking coin... Hope I look that good at 95

[willbrooks]

I decided to bid on a bunch of his coins. I was winning each one as I went. But by the time I got through them to the end, I had been outbid on 5 of them.

Maybe Jason and I are fighting each other.

[kloccwork419]

You better stop it...NOW..lol. I'm bidding on about 25 of them. Just got outbid on about 15..so I think your right..we need to negotiate. I'm bidding on those under 1930. Not all of them but most..lol I really like the 1911. I'm backing out the 11S because its badly damaged, not worth it

[willbrooks]

Yeah, that was me. I am also after the early dates. Yeah. You outbid me on the 1911. I'll lay off that one for you.
I did not bid on the 11s.
Be picky, because I think some of them are cleaned.

[kloccwork419]

Just checked. I'm bidding on 28 and winning half..not too bad. Backed out of the 14S and the 09S. I'll PM you

[willbrooks]

Did you bid high on the 1914 too? That went past my limit.

[willbrooks]

Just checked. I'm bidding on 28 and winning half..not too bad. Backed out of the 14S and the 09S. I'll PM you

Sounds good. We'll work something out.

[willbrooks]

If anyone else is interested in bidding on this rpm, Jason and I are both out, so go for it!

[kloccwork419]

Over priced. Every coin listed is way over bid for a raw coin. Some have an old cleaning and the 11S is badly damaged over $50..Crazy prices

[Petespockets55]

Bidding FYI.
The big "bad" auction site is changing the bidder's id somewhat regularly from what I'm able to tell. They're pretty tricky. ("To keep things safe for everyone." It does help protect the seller from "collusion" on bidding. ) So we may be bidding against each other more than we realize.
I've been trying to keep track of members ID, with dates when able, to keep from driving up prices, just for the sake of following a coin by bidding. Both of your ID's have changed since January. (Others may already realize, the site doesn't allow you to see your own initials, just your screen name.)

"Current Bids ID", "Bid History ID", and "Feedback ID"

Three places I look include:
1)"Current Bids ID":
Click on "Bids". The "Bid History" page opens. [For demonstration purposes let's say a...r (1800*) is high bidder on the "Bid History" page]

2)"Bid History ID"
When you click on a...r , a page, "Bid History: Details", opens with a different ID. [a...o(1800*) in this case]

3)"Feedback ID"
Sellers Feedback page has a different ID for each buyer, than either of the 2 mentioned already. These can be cross-referenced if you know the winner's ID.
When I have looked by clicking on the "Item#", the "Feedback ID" is different than the "Winner ID" when "Bids" is clicked, if the seller even allows viewing the item purchased.

It keeps everyone guessing that is keeping track, as to who is bidding, and ultimately protects the seller with a more fair auction. (And therefore the auction sites bottom line.) Now if the site was more diligent about "shill" bidding by sellers to falsely increase their selling price, that would be good for buyers. I think this is the reason for a bidders ID to be seen. Buyers can use the info above to see if a seller is conducting "shill" (fake) bidding to drive up their sales price.

With all this being said, a fair auction for everyone really is the ultimate goal. (Knowledge or blurry images not with standing. ) Buyers want the lowest price & sellers want the highest.

A fair auction is the "happy medium" for both IMHO.

EDIT: I just noticed the auction may even be chaging the Bidders ID from one coin auction to the next with the same seller.

[kloccwork419]

Im outbid on all 28 coins I started except 1. Were both outbid by a new person now. I cant see anyone paying them prices for a raw coin. Some of them are higher than a graded one in the same condition. He can keep them

[WaterSport]

Some one that does not know what all of you have previously said, old cleaning, not worth the grade, etc. Good on all of you for pulling back. As another close collecting friend once told me. "Let it go, there will be another some day - after all, they made millions"

Bob

[willbrooks]

Some one that does not know what all of you have previously said, old cleaning, not worth the grade, etc. Good on all of you for pulling back. As another close collecting friend once told me. "Let it go, there will be another some day - after all, they made millions"

Bob

Exactly! Great advice. I usually use the track-and-snipe approach. I figure the fewer total bids, the better. But this time because of the high number of coins I was biding on, I just went through them and put in my max right away based on the grade of the coin and if it looked cleaned or gouged or whatever. I have since been outbid on all of them, which is fine because, as you say, there are other fish in the sea, and as Jason pointed out, you can find slabbed examples of some of these for less. I'm out on all of them.