New and Shiny - Market Manipulation

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by swarmee

I believe it was pump and dumped by the youtube personalities like Geoff Wilson and Gary Vee. Yes, the cards got paid for, but they were a result of a vicious cycle of shill bidding over the course of a couple years.

Ah OK. So real sales, but at prices that were the end result of prior manipulation. I don't understand the whole influencer culture. All I know is that people send me countless youtube videos of guys with beards and tshirts taking about the modern card market.

[Tabe]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

Ah OK. So real sales, but at prices that were the end result of prior manipulation.

I think they were the START of manipulation. The money was in the hundreds of sales that came after.