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46 star flag

It pays to count your stars! I listed a 48 star flag on eBay last week. At least I thought it was a 48 star flag. I know that when the stars all line up it is usually a 48 star flag. I just glanced at it quickly. I bought it at the local estate auction as a 48 star flag because apparently the auctioneer did the same thing I did. Looked at it very quickly.

A few hours after I listed the flag, I got an email question. The person pointed out that this was a 46 star flag, not a 48. Boy was I happy! I was able to change the listing title in time to reflect the new information. A few things went in my favor. First of all, if anyone had placed a bid on my auction before I received this info, I would not have been able to change the listing. Then, the kind person who sent me the info had not bid on my auction. I do not know whether on not this person intended on bidding or not BUT they could have bid before sending me the info and then they would definitely have had an advantage. They would have known it was a 46 star flag and no one else would have known from the title (since I can‘t change it after there is a bid placed) and they probably could have gotten the flag for a very reasonable price.

Thank you kind person for not bidding, so I could change my title and attract a lot more bidders! I think I paid between 1 and 5$ for the flag. I started the listing at 5.00. By the time it ended, I had over 30 people watching it and it ended at 76.00. There was a little damage to it but not much.

So the lesson here is, count your stars before you list your flag! The 46 star flag has a few rows slightly askew to make up for the fact that there are not 6 rows of 8 like a 48 star flag has. If you have good eyes, you can see in the photo that there are only seven stars in the 2nd and 5th rows.

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