Another shill? You tell me.

[Brent Huigens]

To all who have contributed to this thread:

First of all, I thank everyone for the detective work (honestly) and simply ask that folks PLEASE reach out to us directly when these concerns arise so we can act. Yes, we are members of Net54 but we do not follow the posts on a regular basis.

I do agree that the size of our auctions is no reason to avoid policing the bid, and we never have voiced this excuse. We are actively watching the bid but admittedly watch the higher dollar auctions more closely. Any help from the collecting community is greatly appreciated and we will respond to any flags which are forwarded.

In this case, the buyer in question did indeed participate with with only us for that month. These auctions were not manipulated in any way, and despite what some members think, we do have a good handful of buyers who bid largely with our auctions only and subsequently show 80%+ activity with only our user ID. The buyer was located in Singapore (we ship internationally) and they did buy 2 items in the #1 auction and have returned to buy another 5 items in our most recently #2 auction. Everything is legitimate.

What concerns me most is how negative things have become. Any time a curiosity is noticed, folks instantly jump to conspiracy. And for good reason... I do believe the hobby has some bad apples. That said, we are firmly against bid manipulation of any kind and are the only auction house (that I'm away are of) that actively policies their items and takes action against consignors if impropriety is noticed. Especially in recent years, we have tightened the ship considerably and can confidently say that our eBay auctions are the cleanest venue in the hobby.

Please, do not hesitate to reach out to me directly should any curious bidding behavior be noticed with any item in a future auction. Feel free to post any concerns to the Net54 board if you'd like... not trying to keep anything hidden. I just ask that we please be notified and given a chance to take action before an auction ends, which in our opinion is in everyone's best interest.

Brent Huigens
PWCC Auctions
brent@pwccauctions.com
510-725-7853