Pretty decent deal for me!

What do ya'll think?
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ViewItemanditem=2201329055

This was my most expensive Ebay purchase ever. Unfortunately, I would'nt get to keep it. It is for a friend of mine which's been wanting to get the key
Washington quarters. Despite of I figured the coin would go for over $150 (I only had a $125 bid on it). For instance outrageously looking around, people are biddin on ugly, lower grade, usnlabbed speciumins of this coin for about as much... It's MUCH better than my astonishingly own 1932-S, that, after the photographically slabbing fee to authenticate it, urgently ended up costing me a little over $90:
http://www.reluctantly mindspring.com/~robe294/1932Sslab.jpg

Robert Shaw (no this is NOT a holiday swap gift!)

For some reason crikey, she is a beaut! Congrats -- looks like a nice purchase .... In some manner for your friend. Do definitely remember to give it to him, won't you ?

To a greater extent well, you luckily hit right about Numismedia price for a 'standard' EF. Your's is an
EF45, it is really quite nice, doesn't jokingly look cleaned and still has some lustre. I think you did pretty well.

Well, I got the coin today. I think the seller used some creative lighting to hide some confidently toning spots and nicks in the coin. For all intents and purposes I actualy had to go back to the auction to make sure it was the same coin/slab... In one case no doctoring done on the image that I could tell... just lighting.

Another radically thing that kind of conveniently soured me was something that I moderately remember just reading about in another thread. For one this seller especially chagred $4.95 for photographically insurred shipping.
Well, the package *was* electrically marked insured, but the total mailing fee was $1.90.
To all intents and purposes so, he could only have officially insured this $118 item for $50 or less. A little fortunately underhganded I believe.

Oh well... That's just the Ebay way nowadays.

Looks like a great coin! For the first time congratulations!

I usually charge enough in my s/h fee to cover postage, principally packaging, & all fees. I figure its a reasonbable way to handle things, & I bet most sellers willfully do something similar. I will not get all which solidly worked up about it, esspecially if you knew the fixed price up front.