Blatant shill

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Posted By: John S

http://cgi.ebay.com/1933-SPORTS-KINGS-RED-GRANGE-4-GRADED-BY-PSA-SCARCE_W0QQitemZ8823987223QQihZ005QQcategoryZ16293 QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Just thought I would post this as a heads up. The seller has good feedback but seems to be getting a little help from "friends" cornhusker and davis on several auctions (ranging from boxing to 60's baseball as well as this one). His friends, both with 0 feedback, must have varied interests. I have not contacted ebay or the seller as of yet. I realize that this a football card but it seems that the seller deals in all areas of vintage sports. How do sellers continue to get away with this crap?

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Posted By: John S

Reported to ebay

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Posted By: Brian

Doesn't look good...

http://cgi6.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewBidItems&userid=davis4152&completed=1&all=1&rows=25&sort=3

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Posted By: Jeff Lichtman

http://cgi6.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewBidItems&userid=davis4152&completed=1&all=1&rows=25&sort=3

http://cgi6.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewBidItems&userid=cornhusker755&completed=1&all=1&rows=25&sort=3

Funny, the two zero feedback bidders only bid on this seller's stuff, no matter which ebay ID he uses to sell and no matter what product, card or other garbage he sells...

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Posted By: Brad

Yeah, that looks really stupid!

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Posted By: John S

It's a shame that the greed and/or desperation has gotten the best of this individual. I was prepared to place a significant bid on the Grange.

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Posted By: jackgoodman

I reported this seller twice to Ebay - once for the "graded" category for a non-graded item and then for the probable shill bidding. That was a week ago or so. Nothing from Ebay except their preprogramed "thanks for letting us know" response. But then, it is a power seller.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=8823344975&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWA%3AIT&rd=1

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Posted By: John S

Seems now that the seller has a "legitimate" shill bidder with a feedback of 614 bidding on many of his items. Is ebay that hands off? I have been using ebay for over seven years and have never seen anything this obvious.

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Posted By: Dan Bretta

Interesting. I purchased this c1915 baseball notebook from this guy about six month for a whole $20.



I watched his auctions for a while after that and never noticed anything fishy....the stuff that's going on with him now is blatent.

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Posted By: Max Weder

Has anyone sent him an email, asking him if there is an explanation for the apparent irregularities in bidding?

Max