Recent Chicle Auctions

[TanksAndSpartans]

Without my giving the context yet, check out this bidder information:

30-Day Summary
Total bids: 226
Items bid on: 88
Bid activity (%) with this seller: 100%
Bid retractions: 1
Bid retractions (6 months): 15

Is there any chance this is just a really loyal customer?

[jefferyepayne]

Originally Posted by DezHood

Without my giving the context yet, check out this bidder information:

30-Day Summary
Total bids: 226
Items bid on: 88
Bid activity (%) with this seller: 100%
Bid retractions: 1
Bid retractions (6 months): 15

Is there any chance this is just a really loyal customer?

No chance whatsoever. I've been on ebay buying lots of stuff since 2009 and have never retracted a bid. I can understand hitting the wrong button once or twice in ones lifetime but any more than that is blatant fraud.

If ebay wants to clean up its act, the easiest way to do so is to disallow bid retractions. Lots and lots of shilling and other games will go away.

jeff

[TanksAndSpartans]

Thanks Jeff. Plus 226 bids with the same seller may not be a lot if you place 1000s of bids, but in this case it was 100% bid activity with the same seller. I also searched a few of the sellers other auctions and was seeing similar.

I pasted the link below. It went for right around what I was going to snipe and I think there was enough interest that the 9 feedback bidder didn't have an impact, but still......

http://offer.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.d...p2047675.l2565

[jefferyepayne]

Originally Posted by DezHood

Thanks Jeff. Plus 226 bids with the same seller may not be a lot if you place 1000s of bids, but in this case it was 100% bid activity with the same seller. I also searched a few of the sellers other auctions and was seeing similar.

I pasted the link below. It went for right around what I was going to snipe and I think there was enough interest that the 9 feedback bidder didn't have an impact, but still......

http://offer.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.d...p2047675.l2565

Yes. I certainly look to see whether someone bids a lot with a particular seller but that in and of itself isn't necessarily a red flag. I know people who just really like the 0.99 auctions PWCC and Probstein hold so bid mostly with them. Those two organizations also do a nice marketing job on their auctions so not surprised at all that they get better prices in general as visibility / demand is likely higher for them.

Retraction history, however, is a different story.

jeff

[jefferyepayne]

Picked up this Chicle upgrade for my set recently.

Kerchevval.jpg

jeff

[TanksAndSpartans]

Nice pickup! I think Kercheval was an underrated player, not a star, but in an era when the kicking game was really important, I've read a few times that his peers considered him one of the best at it.

[S_GERACE]

Great pickup Jeff! One of the most attractive cards in the set in my opinion and like Dez said, good enough of a player to make the 1955 Topps All-American roster as well.

Happy Thanksgiving to everyone!