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Old 09-02-2013, 05:51 PM
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Default Nobody cares about ebay shill bidding but

First the bid history

http://offer.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.d...m=380705786534

Then the bidder



Bid History: Details



Bidding Details


Bidder Information
Bidder: n***1( 12Feedback score is 10 to 49)
Feedback: 100%Positive
Item description: Item Title: 1965 Topps #350 Mickey Mantle HOF New York Yankees PSA 8 NM-MT CENTERED
Bids on this item: 1

30-Day Summary
Total bids: 34
Items bid on: 12
Bid activity (%) with this seller: 79% Help
Bid retractions: 5
Bid retractions (6 months): 23


But I am sure Rick will clean it all up.
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Old 09-02-2013, 06:31 PM
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LOL also looks to have been bid up to $995 by another "real" bidder-

s***o ( 0 ) New eBay Member (less than 30 days)
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Total bids: 22
Items bid on: 7
Bid activity (%) with this seller: 100%
Bid retractions: 0
Bid retractions (6 months): 0
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Old 09-02-2013, 06:37 PM
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Forward this information to the winning bidder...
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Old 09-02-2013, 07:15 PM
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In no way is shill bidding acceptable or should be condoned.
I just wonder how Rick is supposed to:
a-know about everyone that happens
b-stop it
when
c-he is running, per an email I recently had with him, 1 million worth of auctions a month
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Old 09-02-2013, 07:45 PM
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In no way is shill bidding acceptable or should be condoned.
I just wonder how Rick is supposed to:
a-know about everyone that happens
b-stop it
when
c-he is running, per an email I recently had with him, 1 million worth of auctions a month
these numbers get sillier and sillier every time they get communicated.

so now he does 12 million dollars a year on ebay?

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Old 09-02-2013, 07:46 PM
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these numbers get sillier and sillier every time they get communicated.

so now he does 12 million dollars a year on ebay?

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Has 1milliom in sales a month. Gross. Not net.
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Old 09-02-2013, 07:31 PM
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So it's ok to say I am too busy to do my job? The person running the auction benifits by the Auction price as much as the person who consigns the Item. It is up to him to keep the auctions fair.

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Old 09-02-2013, 07:34 PM
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So it's ok to say I am too busy to do my job? The person running the auction benifits by the Auction price as much as the person who consigns the Item. It is up to him to keep the auctions fair.

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Old 09-02-2013, 07:42 PM
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Agreed, and if he's pulling in that much $$$, he damn sure can afford to pay people to come up with solutions.
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Old 09-02-2013, 07:45 PM
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Agreed, and if he's pulling in that much $$$, he damn sure can afford to pay people to come up with solutions.
Again
How would you begin to combat the issue?
And I would dare say its an issue with any large consignment seller or auction house.
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Old 10-03-2013, 06:16 AM
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LOL, PROBSTEIN strikes again ! why do legit bidders still bid on his auctions ?
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Old 09-02-2013, 08:02 PM
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No need to wait. You ask consigners to sign an agreement that says if the shill the auction that he will refund the bidders money past the first bid from the consigner and charge them full commission on the auction. Then they will be banned from bidding or consigneing to his future auctions. And yes he is large enough and this is important enough that he or one of his employees should look at each auctions results.
If enough shill bidding could be proved to EBAY they would have no alternative but to ban him from their site. Then everybody loses. But he has to run a fair site if he cant then ultimatly he will lose the ability to run his business on EBAY.
Based on the information posted here I would never consign or bid on any of his auctions and I am not happy saying that because I have things to sell and he gets decent prices, and many times he posts items that I would like to own.
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Old 09-02-2013, 08:10 PM
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No need to wait. You ask consigners to sign an agreement that says if the shill the auction that he will refund the bidders money past the first bid from the consigner and charge them full commission on the auction. Then they will be banned from bidding or consigneing to his future auctions. And yes he is large enough and this is important enough that he or one of his employees should look at each auctions results.
If enough shill bidding could be proved to EBAY they would have no alternative but to ban him from their site. Then everybody loses. But he has to run a fair site if he cant then ultimatly he will lose the ability to run his business on EBAY.
Based on the information posted here I would never consign or bid on any of his auctions and I am not happy saying that because I have things to sell and he gets decent prices, and many times he posts items that I would like to own.
Fair enough points and well explained.
I don't think Rock is involved in the shilling. I do hope it can be addressed.
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Old 09-02-2013, 07:41 PM
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So it's ok to say I am too busy to do my job? The person running the auction benifits by the Auction price as much as the person who consigns the Item. It is up to him to keep the auctions fair.

Jonathan Sterling
Then explain how someone who runs the enormous amount of auctions he does can combat shill bidding?
Ill wait for a while because I'm not sure you nor anyone else can figure out how he can.
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Old 09-02-2013, 07:49 PM
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Then explain how someone who runs the enormous amount of auctions he does can combat shill bidding?
Ill wait for a while because I'm not sure you nor anyone else can figure out how he can.
I'll tell you one thing he can do. He can block shill bidders when the evidence is pointed out to him. He can also block them as consignors. I guess money trumps that though, right?

Besides, it's not anybody's responsibility to explain to Rick how to stop shill bidding on his auctions. He's the owner, it's his responsibility. And the excuse of time constraints, ignorance or anything else for that matter is not valid.
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Old 09-02-2013, 07:55 PM
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I agree he can block it when brought to his attention. Hopefully he will, is, and does so in the future.

I find your second statement interesting.
Last week in the card doctor thread you were talking about how to improve the hobby by outing card doctors, shill bidders etc. (which btw I agree with) but yet you, in this thread, put the onus squarely on Rick to do just what you were yelling from the mountain tops about.

I think it is all of our jobs to help clean up and preserve this hobby of ours.

Please don't take my comments as being accusatory or combative. They are neither. I haven't posted here much because I'm newer to cards. But this topic and the one you and others were discussing earlier last week is very much like a topic that was of enormous importance in comics starting about 8 years ago when such things as trimming, pressing, CPR (crack press and resub) online sellers shenanigans etc came to light. I was on the front lines then and so I have some knowledge of what is appearing to be brought to the front via this board.
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Old 09-02-2013, 08:07 PM
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I find your second statement interesting.
Last week in the card doctor thread you were talking about how to improve the hobby by outing card doctors, shill bidders etc. (which btw I agree with) but yet you, in this thread, put the onus squarely on Rick to do just what you were yelling from the mountain tops about.
The onus is on Rick. It's his business, it's his responsibility to combat shill bidding. When he doesn't, then others have the right to point it out when we see it. Is that really difficult to understand?
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Last PSA 8 sold for $1125 by PWCC. We all know how strong his prices bring....Our do we??

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Old 09-02-2013, 07:54 PM
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5 retractions on the card now.

Bid retraction and cancellation history

Bidder Action Date of Bid and Retraction
Member Id: n***1( 12Feedback score is 10 to 49) Retracted: US $1,136.00
Bid: Aug-27-13 16:42:18 PDT
Retracted: Aug-27-13 17:05:33 PDT
Member Id: n***1( 12Feedback score is 10 to 49) Retracted: US $1,221.00
Bid: Sep-02-13 15:04:21 PDT
Retracted: Sep-02-13 15:05:55 PDT
Member Id: n***1( 12Feedback score is 10 to 49) Retracted: US $1,219.00
Bid: Sep-02-13 15:07:17 PDT
Retracted: Sep-02-13 15:23:41 PDT
Member Id: n***1( 12Feedback score is 10 to 49) Retracted: US $1,211.00
Bid: Sep-02-13 16:22:45 PDT
Retracted: Sep-02-13 16:24:08 PDT
Member Id: m***m( 2 ) Retracted: US $1,461.00
Bid: Sep-02-13 18:49:15 PDT
Retracted: Sep-02-13 18:50:22 PDT
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Old 09-02-2013, 07:56 PM
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5 retractions on the card now.

Bid retraction and cancellation history

Bidder Action Date of Bid and Retraction
Member Id: n***1( 12Feedback score is 10 to 49) Retracted: US $1,136.00
Bid: Aug-27-13 16:42:18 PDT
Retracted: Aug-27-13 17:05:33 PDT
Member Id: n***1( 12Feedback score is 10 to 49) Retracted: US $1,221.00
Bid: Sep-02-13 15:04:21 PDT
Retracted: Sep-02-13 15:05:55 PDT
Member Id: n***1( 12Feedback score is 10 to 49) Retracted: US $1,219.00
Bid: Sep-02-13 15:07:17 PDT
Retracted: Sep-02-13 15:23:41 PDT
Member Id: n***1( 12Feedback score is 10 to 49) Retracted: US $1,211.00
Bid: Sep-02-13 16:22:45 PDT
Retracted: Sep-02-13 16:24:08 PDT
Member Id: m***m( 2 ) Retracted: US $1,461.00
Bid: Sep-02-13 18:49:15 PDT
Retracted: Sep-02-13 18:50:22 PDT
Then someone needs to bring it to Ricks attention.
And eBay as well. Although with eBay Im not sure if they would ban that ID.
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