Auction Houses and blind bidding

[MattyC]

But if the seller of the Ryan wanted to shill it to value X on eBay, couldn't he do it just as easily through a shill or friend's account? Six here and a half dozen there, seems to me. A clever shiller can use a very convincing, inconspicuous account, rendering an eBay auction as compromised as any other.

When it comes to a card depreciating from AH to eBay, you can definitely choose to view that as proof supporting your position, but that is also conveniently ignoring all the other factors that could be contributing to the price drop.

End of the day, I just love cards and try and not to let stuff like this chafe me about my hobby. Life outside cards presens enough headaches.