Those are the kind of auctions which a few friends and I privately have lots of emails about. Maybe, If someone has more than a few (say 3) bid retractions in the last year they should be blocked, then taken on case by case basis to be let back to bidding. That would hinder the assault somewhat. It seems there is no good justification for the quantity of bidders with many, many bid retractions. And especially when they bid on a particular person/company auctions for a large percentage of their bids. Yuck and a lot of it from what I see. *And of course these comments are not meant to be aimed solely at Brent (Hey Brent) as they are across the board.
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Originally Posted by Exhibitman
One thing I've noticed that certainly causes me to place small incremental bids is the eBay app. When I am on my phone and decide to bid, the small incremental bid is a single screen touch to repeat and I often find myself making several bids that would look like shill bids if the bid increment and frequency were the tests.
I think the focus has to be on unusual outcomes in eBay auctions that are spurred by bidders with low feedback and/or lots of bid retractions. I tend to be suspicious when an auction on a common card gets a flood of bids from those two types of bidders. I'll give you an example. I am currently watching a PSA 9 Evander Holyfield RC (item #351764801461) in a PWCC auction. Not picking on you, Brent, you just happen to have one going. One sold on June 11 for $241.50. Another sold on June 26 for $40.98. The VCP average reported price for the card over the last four years is $141.24 over about a dozen sales. PWCC's is at $62 and ends tomorrow. The bidding has been driven by a bidder with seven retractions in the last six months. That screams shill bidding to me, especially when a comparable card (a modern 9; really an interchangeable card) barely brought $40 three days ago.
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