Got Sniped, Then Won

5,4,3,2,1 VICTORIOUS! Time for the confetti and eBay auction win dance. That's how I felt when I had won a Andre Williams card I really wanted to add to my collection, the 2014 Black Gold Sizeable Signatures. But, upon going to pay for the card, somehow in those last five seconds I had been outbid by fifteen cents. I had waited a whole week and I was outbid by fifteen cents. I had no notice of being outbid. That's when I realized, I must have been sniped. Not something I had ever been before.

The card I had been sniped out for was only went for $3.55 and that was the cheapest I had ever seen one of those go for. Most were selling between $5-$10, not something I wanted to invest into it. Like I have stated before, I like to use any eBay funds I get sparingly. So I started to add a few cheaper ones to my watch list and waited days til they were close to ending. I put my bid on the Black Gold card at $1.26 with eight hours to go and watched it like a hawk all day.

Those eight hours seemed like an eternity............................................................................................

Then it came, I was still in the lead, those final five seconds again. 5, 4, 3,....should I bid this up one more time just in case? No, I will let it be.........................2, 1. I saw no other bid. It said $1.26. I refreshed. $1.26. I checked my cart, it was in there, for $1.26. Wow. So I not only was victorious in scoring this card for WAY CHEAPER, but I also became victorious over the sniper. I guess it shows that patience pays off.

And here is the beautiful addition. All in it's $1.26 glory and its reminder of how it came into my collection.