Can't fight City Hall- eBay protecting their large sellers (probstein content)

[1952boyntoncollector]

Bidder Information
Bidder: 0***r( 336Feedback score is 100 to 499)
Feedback: 100%Positive
Item description:
Item Title:
1974 Topps #281
Bids on this item: 1

30-Day Summary
Total bids: 1733
Items bid on: 1709
Bid activity (%) with this seller: 99% Help
Bid retractions: 0
Bid retractions (6 months): 0

I was about to bid on this auction ..

anything fishy with a 99% bidding history on 1733 total bids?

[bnorth]

Originally Posted by 1952boyntoncollector

Bidder Information
Bidder: 0***r( 336Feedback score is 100 to 499)
Feedback: 100%Positive
Item description:
Item Title:
1974 Topps #281
Bids on this item: 1

30-Day Summary
Total bids: 1733
Items bid on: 1709
Bid activity (%) with this seller: 99% Help
Bid retractions: 0
Bid retractions (6 months): 0

I was about to bid on this auction ..

anything fishy with a 99% bidding history on 1733 total bids?

It depends if it is a Problemstein auction yes. If it is another large seller that has a banner ad on this site no. I don't get it but that is the general consensus.

[D. Bergin]

Originally Posted by 1952boyntoncollector

Bidder Information
Bidder: 0***r( 336Feedback score is 100 to 499)
Feedback: 100%Positive
Item description:
Item Title:
1974 Topps #281
Bids on this item: 1

30-Day Summary
Total bids: 1733
Items bid on: 1709
Bid activity (%) with this seller: 99% Help
Bid retractions: 0
Bid retractions (6 months): 0

I was about to bid on this auction ..

anything fishy with a 99% bidding history on 1733 total bids?

That's one I'd be concerned with. Not the original post that started this.

It's either a super loyal customer, a bottom level bidder throwing in lowball bids on nearly everything to see if anything sticks and living vicariously through the auctions process (notice hardly any more bids then items bid on), or a shilling consignor setting his own reserve, one bid at a time, on Probsteins auctions.

Only Probstein and the consignor knows if it's the last one, thanks to Ebay's recent trend into "privacy".............but if it is a consignor there's no way Probstein DOESN'T know who it is, based on the large volume of items involved here........it would be hard to claim it's too much work to suss out the consignor.

Looking through a bit of the history it looks like he's a heavy bidder on 1974 Topps hi-grade PSA cards. He has won some auctions and has not pulled any bids. Probstein would know if he's not paying for his auctions.............or if he is and they're from a consignor willing to take a loss to protect his cards, he'd know that to.