of all the times to curb my impulse buying..

OK, I do a lot of impulse coin buying, that is probably why I have dozens of coins that don't fit any particular"set" but they caught my eye at the time. Well this time I should have jumped.

I was perusing ebay yesterday, using their advanced search option to check out coins that fill holes in my albums or that elusive 1 I need to finish the main set I'm working on. My buffalo nickel album is just 3 coins shy of completion {criteria is full rims and 4 digit date} and low and behold one of the coins was there at a great price. I clicked and looked, and immediately became wary as the coin details looked to be F15-VF20 and the listing stated VG++.It met my criteria and had supersized photos which showed it to not be restored or acid treated date. I was confounded-rarely do I see one that is too good to be true, yet is still true. It had an opening bid at what was about half what it should sell for, and a buy it now which was still $100 below its "Trends" price. I stared and stared and finally placed the opening bid, telling myself if it was there today I would buy it. Alas, when I got home today I went to "My Ebay" set on purchasing my prize only to find that it was sold. Someone else saw it and did not hesitate on the "Buy it Now" option..now I'll be kicking myself every time I look at that hole, wondering why I hesitated this time when so often I don't..