When I miss an e-bay auction (forgot to go in at the last minute to bid, or get outbid by $2 or the like), I tell myself that the other bidder probably had a much higher maximum set, so to actually win it, I would have had to bid well over my max.
Tell yourself that it probably would have been bid up to $45K if you'd jumped in. It's cold comfort, but it's better than beating yourself up.
On the plus side, with what seems to be a depression of prices in today's economy, if you bide your time, you'll probably find an even better deal comes along.
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