Hi All, been a Zippo collector for a while and am a member of several lighter collector clubs. Over the years I have met great collectors that have the same interest and made many friends, for me and others it's fun of the game. Another fun part of it, is buying, selling and trading, makes it possible to keep your hands on many pieces and moving on to others (well, of course there is this thing in collecting that makes me want to keep every piece for the collection, but sometimes I just have to let some go). Anyways, in every collecting community there are some sharks. Ebay being the source of finding cool pieces 80% of the time, some are killing the game for other collectors. What I mean by that is the find people posting a regular auction style listing, and they see the seller is not really sure about what he is selling and talk them into putting a what seems to the seller as a "reasonable BIN price", but in most cases it ridiculously low, which doesn't give other interested parties/collectors a fair chance.
There are other situations, where the seller has a higher BIN price than the buyer wants to pay for and the buyer negotiates to lower it, that I think is fair, if it's within a reason, it's the same as a "manual" best offer option. Again, I am sure many of us love the hunt of a good or even excellent deal and the excitement of finding a great BIN deal and I don't think there is anything wrong with getting those, but in a legit way, where the seller doesn't do research of what he is selling or just wants to sell and item for a low price and initially puts a low BIN price without any "shark's" manipulation.
I am new to watch collecting and the community, the above is solely my personal opinion and would love to hear other's opinions.
-ZippoGuy A.K.A Henry
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