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Originally Posted by Qcards
I will vouch for Rick's character here. I have consigned many items with him and have been paid promptly and in full for every auction.
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Devil's advocate here. How does being paid on time vouch for his character? I mean, if there IS shill bidding going on, that should not impact on how he pays his for the items consigned to him. In fact, when you think about it from the BIDDING side, his model would HAVE to rely on keeping consignors happy, since that provides MORE opportunity to make MORE money from shill bidding.
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Originally Posted by Qcards
What benefit is it for him to have things shilled if he ends up winning things accidentally?
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How does he win things accidentally? What about the constant bid retractions? The shills retract until the non-shill wins. So how does he end up winning the item??? Even if he did, it's his cost of doing "business". Sometimes you lose, but most times you win. And enough to cover any "losses".
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Originally Posted by Qcards
I would say to those doubters that you should use his service first before criticizing.
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Again, CONSIGNMENTS to him have NOTHING to do will shill bidding (if that is going on). But I'm sure there are consignors that don't care about shill bidding since THEY make more money too. Not saying YOU do, just saying...
DISCLAIMER: I am
NOT claiming that this is being done, just pointing out how vouching as a consignor doesn't
PROVE anything is on the up-and-up when it comes to bidding.