Candiman — What Did You Get?

[Exhibitman]

I'm not sure what is more offensive: their business model or them trying to fake us out.

[BLongley]

I just looked through closing prices.... wow! Some were pretty low... not sure the last time I saw a PSA 8 56 Topps Mantle sell for $6500! There were a lot of no bids on items (certainly understand no bids on their raw stuff).

Will this be the last Candiman auction?

[h2oya311]

thanks for the early morning laugh, guys!

[savedfrommyspokes]

Originally Posted by BLongley

I just looked through closing prices.... wow! Some were pretty low... not sure the last time I saw a PSA 8 56 Topps Mantle sell for $6500! There were a lot of no bids on items (certainly understand no bids on their raw stuff).

Will this be the last Candiman auction?

The 56 Mantle PSA 8 last sold for $8k, nearly a $1300 loss on that card.....this card must have been a "loss leader". I wonder when/where this card will resurface?

https://www.ebay.com/itm/1956-Topps-...4AAOSwheFapNVh

[brianp-beme]

What i got from Candiman Auction was an email from them about their auction closing. What they got from me was my prompt identification of this email as spam.

Brian

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by Exhibitman

I'm not sure what is more offensive: their business model or them trying to fake us out.

I vote for B.

[bobbyw8469]

I heard an old saying. "Burn me once, shame on you. Burn me twice, shame on me". I believed them at their word and gave them a chance in their inaugural auction. I got burned. I would be foolish to bid in anymore of their auctions. And that's all I have to say about that.

[Wite3]

Seriously,
It is not really over...their auction closing format is as follows...

1. Post a time and date of initial close
2. Last bidder (shill or otherwise) 10 minutes no bid, closes lot.
3. Auction continues on ebay with "unsold" sold lots-- or actual unsold lots--or lots that sold but were not paid for-- or lots that sold to a friend and he is auctioning it off for us lots-- or lots that did not meet the hidden reserve, etc....
4. Next auction will post soon and will include lots of lots of unsold material, new material, and material that was no paid for by our shill bidder last time...
5. It never ends!

[Peter_Spaeth]

The impulse to post a verse (again) is just too strong.

Go for me
Let me be
All your own candi candi
Candiman

Thanks for listening.

[Rookiemonster]

How did people get burned ? I must have missed it. I seen them talking about not being battlefield. I seen everyone talking about what the bought. So what happened after that?

[Marchillo]

Originally Posted by Rookiemonster

How did people get burned ? I must have missed it. I seen them talking about not being battlefield. I seen everyone talking about what the bought. So what happened after that?

One example is someone bid on an auction and ended up as the under bidder. That item was then listed on eBay around 10 days later along with a slew of other items. The assumption was they schilled their own auctions and claimed the buyer flaked on them.

People who received their winnings generally seemed content but mostly on lower priced items. This is what I remember from the other thread.

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by Rookiemonster

How did people get burned ? I must have missed it. I seen them talking about not being battlefield. I seen everyone talking about what the bought. So what happened after that?

There are maybe 3 threads, they won't take long to read.

[Yoda]

Well, I hope Candiman and their precedent flim flam operations, Battlefield and War Eagle, will now quietly go to the Hall of Shame where they belong, but somehow I doubt it. People like this don't know when to quit.