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HankronA practical problem in these situations (as Brian touched on) is that when you email a bidder you can't be certain that it's not a shiller. Likely one way to contact the seller is to contact all the bidders.
There's all one can do for these immature bidders (I think 'immature' is the opperative word). What really chaps my hide is when you tell someone somethings a fake, and detail why, and they still proceed to buy it. I think we should do the best we can, but, in the end, it's their money and if they want to throw it down the toilet (and a few monthes down the road almost invariably exclaim 'How could I have been so stupid. Why didn't anyone try to tell me something') it's a free country. I tend to find my time better and more enjoyably spent with beginners and experienced people who express a genuine interest in the material (these are people who as a question other than just 'What's it worth?') than those blindly trying to get a steal on eBay. I can think of better things to do than baby sitting adults.