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Originally Posted by bubblebathgirl
I should believe you why?
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Originally Posted by bubblebathgirl
All you need to make an AH account is a credit card. So you can shill as much as you want during a run of auctions, not pay for anything, and the worst that happens is your account is blocked.
Next auction just sign up with a new CC or get your friend to.
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And that differs from eBay how?
Advance apologies for talking about non-vintage cards...
There is a running thread on freedomcardboard about a *ahem* gentleman who is always "winning" low numbered black-bordered parallels of the base Topps sets. He sets snipes and wins whatever cards come up for auction, but never pays for them. As each ID gets NARUed, he creates a new account using a slight variation of his first and last name - he has done this dozens of times. From what I can see, when eBay bans an account they also ban the IP address. All a savvy and nefarious douchebag has to do is use a proxy server and a new first/last name to set up a new account.
edit: I found a post in which he claimed to have set up over 500 different accounts over the years.
Point being, Paul can talk long and hard about the semi-transparency of eBay, but if someone wants to tamper with an auction, there is NOTHING that can be done about it.