Mr Galli beats me out again . . .

[Terence McDonagh]

This time by a lousy $2 on a whole plate camera mislabeled as a 5x7. Bugger.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...m=160154048390

[Hugo Zhang]

No surprises. He beats me constantly over the years, always by a few dollars. I am so dispirited now and I don't buy lenses from eBay anymore...

[Dan Fromm]

If you guys would bid what the items were really worth to you, you'd win more often.

Bid low, pray, and then lament is a good way to avoid being stuck with much.

[coroner12]

Thank God he beat me. I didn't really want it, but the high bid was around $135 for so long I thought I'd try and steal it.

[Terence McDonagh]

I (snipe) bid what I'm willing to pay. It's not the "losing" but the frustrating regularity with which I come in second to Jim that irks me . . . every time I think I've found a nice mislabeled auction, in swoops Jim and presumably his little army of green fellows. They must be able to smell mislabeled auctions . . .

It IS good for my wallet though.

[lenser]

[russyoung]

Cheer up Jim will surely sell it one day and you can be the lucky new owner.
Russ

[Ernest Purdum]

I'm happy. I didn't bid on it and was hoping that somebody from the Forum would.

(Jim has outbid me on earlier occasions, though.)

[Eric James]

He'll may sell it to you "for a fair price", but I would guess that he'll hang on to the lens, for a while...

[Michael Graves]

Jim's beaten me. He's bought from me. It all works out in the end.