great books & even greater frustration

Just added Thor 221 & 222 in 9.4. And I have bids on Thor 225 9.6, 226 9.4 & Journey Into Mystery 125 9.0. Found an Avengers 42 in 9.4 which is high on my interest radar. And found an auction for Avengers 48 9.6 which I will most probably end up bidding way too much for and still get sniped at the end. So is the life I suppose....

Actually this might be a good time to vent about a very frustrating thing that happened a few weeks ago. I was mere seconds away from owning a Defenders 10 9.6 when I got sniped (as usual) and then minutes after the auction closed the same book was posted as a Buy it now by the "winner" (a comic shop) 150$ higher than the closing (obviously some dealer collusion but whatever). I guess they didnt learn the lessons of the 90's where artificially inflating market value just leads to the market crumbling. Hope I'm wrong....