Shill bidding on Ebay Baseball

[Shoeless Moe]

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...m=290559989903

So this guy will have to pay the insertion fee and the final cost fee when he wins his own ball right?

Why did this even approach $900 real dollars?

[HRBAKER]

Paul,
He's very fortunate. Two ball collectors awoke from a long hibernation and joined ebay within the last 30 days. It's like a harmonic convergence. Sometimes you just have to be in the right place.

[thetruthisoutthere]

The third and fourth highest bidders will be receiving a "Second Chance Offer" immediately after the auction ends. I hope they realize what is going on and refuse the "Second Chance Offer."

I can't count the number of times during the past two years that I noticed I was bidding against shills and I'd push it just enough not to win and stick the seller with the "Final Bid Fee."

[sphere and ash]

It is impossible to know for certain without seeing it in person, but I believe the ball is a recently made reproduction. I asked the seller for additional images and information, but received no response. The one distant image and inability to return the baseball added to my suspicion.

[BrandonG]

That ball is a replica, and I assure you boys it won't be paid for by the top 3 or 4 bidders, haha!

I tried, and so did other guys to get it pulled but eBay lacked any action, wonder why. It was up under a different description with more pictures last week, got pulled and the crook of a seller relisted it. Any way we can make sure this seller: bjett (31) gets an ear full?

[Shoeless Moe]

What?!?!?!!?!?!?

[Leon]

If anyone is worried about this ball actually being sold in that auction all they have to do is look at the bidding history....LOL.....

[thetruthisoutthere]

Originally Posted by Leon

If anyone is worried about this ball actually being sold in that auction all they have to do is look at the bidding history....LOL.....

Ditto, Leon.

[sphere and ash]

Originally Posted by BrandonG

That ball is a replica, and I assure you boys it won't be paid for by the top 3 or 4 bidders, haha!

I tried, and so did other guys to get it pulled but eBay lacked any action, wonder why. It was up under a different description with more pictures last week, got pulled and the crook of a seller relisted it. Any way we can make sure this seller: bjett (31) gets an ear full?

BrandonG,

Are you the owner of Pastime Baseballs? I believe Pastime Baseballs produced this ball. If so, it would be helpful if you could alert this board when you see baseballs produced by Pastime Baseballs offered as authentic.

[BrandonG]

No I am not, but I like to consider myself somewhat of an expert on vintage baseballs and I could tell right off the bat that this ball wasn't real. It just pissed me off that the guy didn't respond to a couple of my emails. Lol. But in the future if I spot one I'll definitely make a post.

[gnaz01]

Maybe Coaches Commode bought it and will age it with a "mint"Christy Mathewson autograph on the sweet spot that will sell for $411.00