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Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth
There is no visibility into auctions that don't get paid for. There never has been in AHs (except when you see the same card available for less within a week LOL). On ebay, there isn't any now, particularly with the removal of IDs and the inability of a seller to leave negative feedback.
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Which leads us to the real strategy of the buyers group. Pump up a bunch of high end vintage cards to 3-6X average price through string bidding or shilling, while never paying for the cards and retracting all those bids. Watch VCP swallow the data and recalculate inordinately high average prices; then sell your own supply that you bought last year at the new fictitious VCP average.
IMO, the real issue here is VCP needs to find a way to eliminate any auction that hasn't been completed (paid for). Start with ebay, then go from there to AH's. I know easier said than done, but maybe ebay and VCP can partner up.