A Refreshing Craigslist Experience

I believe I am becoming more and more cynical when it comes to finding anything decent being sold on Craigslist.  All too often, I find myself emailing a seller and agreeing to their asking price only to find that they are now selling to a highest bidder because of the high amount of emails they received.  Even worse is when you agree to a set price only to learn that the seller was offered a higher price, and you can either match the "new" price or it's going to the mystery bidder.

I miss the days when the first email agreeing to the asking price won the item.

Anyways my cynicism was dealt a mighty blow last week when I stumbled across the Craigslist post below:

This is a large lot of US silver coins. 11 liberty/peace dollars, 134 half dollars, 107 quarters, and 315 dimes. All pre 1964. I'm also adding a 2 uncirculated silver liberty dollars, and a bunch of buffalo nickels. 
please note that the coins are a mix of loose and in books - the books are not full - the coin totals are as above. If I go by the silver melt value (as of june 8th) this should go for $2820. 

What was it that made this particular Craigslist post so special?  I'll tell you.  First, the seller knew the approximate melt value of the coins, and still was offering the collection at a discount (approximately 18x face value).  Second, the seller agreed to sell to the first person to email her.  I was the second person to email and was promised the collection if the other person failed to buy them.  However, at around 18x face value I didn't stand much of a chance of getting the coins.

I think anyone would feel pretty salty about missing such a wonderful deal on a very nice looking coin collection, especially if you were off by one email.  But at the same time I was happy to see moral and ethical behavior hasn't been completely drained from Craigslist.

It would have been extra nice to interact with this seller and also win the coins, but since I couldn't have both, I'll settle for the refreshing experience and hopefully snag a collection like this in the future.

Happy coin roll hunting!