I'd love everyone's thoughts. Here's what happened.

[EYECOLLECTVINTAGE]

Originally Posted by Stampsfan

Especially when you have listed exactly what you're looking for. Not hard for someone with an already dubious reputation figuring out how to take advantage.

So he does have a dubious reputation? I don't know him.

[1952boyntoncollector]

If you are prepared to pay $150, is your fault. You got what you paid for.

If you wanted to see if any shilling was going on, you could of max bid lower on some of the items say '40 bucks' and see if that winner was also the guy bringing up your other cards and see if magically that item went for sale again...

[EYECOLLECTVINTAGE]

Originally Posted by 1952boyntoncollector

If you are prepared to pay $150, is your fault. You got what you paid for.

If you wanted to see if any shilling was going on, you could of max bid lower on some of the items say '40 bucks' and see if that winner was also the guy bringing up your other cards and see if magically that item went for sale again...

Thanks buddy!

[KMayUSA6060]

Pulling all of the facts together, it absolutely sounds sketchy.

I don't ever put a high bid on any item. If I bid early on an item, it's to guarantee that I get notifications for when I get outbid and when it ends. If I don't get outbid, I know I got the card at a steal of a deal. Otherwise, I only snipe at the end at a price I'm comfortable with.

Also, I do not like Probstein. I had one encounter with him and it was enough to always second guess targeting any of his auctions.

[D.P.Johnson]

Originally Posted by EYECOLLECTVINTAGE

So he does have a dubious reputation? I don't know him.

There are lots of previous threads regarding Problemstein...

[HercDriver]

I am in the vast minority in my mindset on auctions. I bid on the first day, whatever I want to pay, then I never go back and look at it again. I do the same thing with my investments...I buy five stocks every year, and never look at them until the next year. I've never regretted it...

Cheers,
Geno

[NiceDocter]

Ive won way way way too many auctions at my TOP SECRET NOBODY ELSE KNOWS SWEAR TO GOD QUADRUPLY ENCRIPTED HIGHEST POSSIBLE bid to ever again offer a penny more than I would be thrillled to pay!!! I suggest you do likewise and you will have no regrets!

[bn2cardz]

Originally Posted by D. Bergin

How to you get shilled up on a snipe?

Memorabilia is volatile. Something that sells for $10 today could sell for $100 tomorrow could sell for $10 the day after that.

Tickets and stubs are a niche market. All depends on who's looking for something on a particular day.

I'd guess you were outbidding somebody previously and they upped their game knowing you might be in the mix on similar stuff.

I was thinking this combined with the tax return season. It could be someone that was interested and suddenly had the extra funds at this time.