I'm still scratching my head why?

Last night I was on eBay bidding on a comic that I needed to nearly complete a set I am building. The title and price are unimportant but the story behind the whole auction is so here goes.

About a week ago I was on eBay searching for CGC graded books when the book in question popped up and it was an auction style listing. The book was CGC graded 9.8 universal with Off white to white pages with a shipping fee. Now there was another book just like it on eBay but CBCS graded 9.8 with white pages with free shipping but as a buy it now price. I said to myself ok this is good right? I'll will bid on the CGC auction because I'm sure it will go for less that the CBCS because it has OW/W pages and it has a shipping charge right? So I placed a bid the last day of the action for the book and my bid was just under a $1 of what the other buy it now price was of the CBCS graded book was. There was still a few hours left to the action so I went out to do things around town and just randomly checking on the auction status. I had had noticed little increments bids going up but nothing near half of what the buy it now price was and what I had bid.

Fast forward now to the last few seconds of the auction the book is holding at the same price it had been for the last 2 hours and I thought oh yeah this book is mine right? Wrong! I had been outbid by a sniper bidder in the last few seconds of the auction not only by 1 but 2 bidders. I was a bit dissapointment and more shocked than anything. How could an equally graded book but with worse page quality book with a shipping fee of over $12 go for more than an equally grade but better page quality book with free shipping go for more? It just doesn't make sense unless egos are involved here and they just want to feel good that someone else was denied the chance to own it. I don't know I don't have the answer cause it still baffles me.

Thanks for reading and have a great new year!

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