Insurance

Yep, it sounds like you're all set. Just be sure to get the exact shipping entered once you know it.

I was finally going to use it on a vase I wanted today. I had a snipe in for $50 more than the current dipsticks that were in a mini bid war about 15 minutes before the auction ended, which ran it up another $75. I felt safe knowing that my bid was $50 more than the guy that just upped his bid. Needless to say another 2 other snipers came along and bid $120 more than mine

I've been getting searches forever on these and I've only seen 2 of these vases come up in about 3 years and they're worth about $800-1000 I think. The seller had it up for $200 starting bid with no reserve. I was feeling lucky since up until the last day it had had no bids.

Oh well. I thought I might get a good deal on it. It had about 200 counter hits so I knew it was likely to get sniped. I was just hoping to get a good deal and finally have an item worth insuring. Oh well, I probably didnt need to spend it on a vase anyways. If things hold true I wont see another one for about 18 months so I'll have plenty of time to stew about it.

Snipster, welcome to the forum!

Sara, I would insure it and probably still end up with ulcers worrying about a vase like that. More than the shipping, I would worry about not actually seeing it before the purchase!

I've seen it before in a gallery. Although each is hand blown and painted and unique I still felt that I'd be happy buying it on eBay. I feel good that 2 other people both sniped way more than me even though the price had only been $200 the whole auction.

The winner had spent almost $2000 yesterday alone on items from the company that made the vase. I checked back and they'd won like $6-8k in times in the past 3 months. Hopefully they only want 1 of those vases because I can't compete against a collector like that.

Thanks, Sara B and Serenity. It's good to know I can insure things via Auctionsniper when the seller himself doesn't offer this option. Bye for now!