If this isn't shill bidding!

[egbeachley]

I like how he listed them on 8-20-11, just minutes after they were "sold" at a high price. Check out the Koufax, Aaron, and others.

http://www.ebay.com/csc/battlefield0...&_sop=16&_sc=1

[npa589]

Wow....

If enough people report this, they have to take a look at it. That's as obvious as it gets, and that's only these past 2 weeks.

[calvindog]

Get that guy an application to work at Legendary! Doug's not going to be around forever, you know.

[mintacular]

I have seen many of this guy's listings and I have no doubt there is something fishy going on, EX/EXMT cards worth $5 are selling for $20+, if it's too good to be true it is....definately shilling going on IMO

[YankeeCollector]

Originally Posted by calvindog

Get that guy an application to work at Legendary! Doug's not going to be around forever, you know.

I'm kind of new to the hobby, does Legendary shill?

I was suspicious but is it true?

I had a max bid on the York caramel set at 4750 and the bid was at 4500 and it was bid up to 4750 with 30seconds left.

[calvindog]

Originally Posted by YankeeCollector

I'm kind of new to the hobby, does Legendary shill?

I was suspicious but is it true?

I had a max bid on the York caramel set at 4750 and the bid was at 4500 and it was bid up to 4750 with 30seconds left.

Yes, the Pope is Catholic. And Legendary engages in fraud. As did Mastro its predecessor company. And the principals of Mastro are under federal criminal investigation for their fraud.

[smtjoy]

Lots of shilling going on for sure- I am avoiding a number of auctions going right now for E120's that look very much like they are being bid up, imo. No proof but hard to bid on stuff when buyers with 8 feedback are placing over 100 bids on the same seller cards.

[ValKehl]

Hi Scott - Thanks for your observations re the E120s. I wasn't aware of this, as I am bidding on only the E120-Courtney card, as it is the only one I need to complete a Wash. Senators E120 subset. And, I note that this bidder with the 8 feedback (who has topped my bid) has been a registered eBay bidder for less than 30 days. I'll probably bid again on this Courtney card, but thanks to your warning, I'll be sure to restrain myself from going crazy on it.
Best,
Val

Originally Posted by egbeachley

I like how he listed them on 8-20-11, just minutes after they were "sold" at a high price. Check out the Koufax, Aaron, and others.

Unless I'm missing something, the Koufax and Aaron "re-lists" don't really appear to be re-lists; the cards in the scans for the auctions ended on the 27th are clearly different than the ones from the auctions that ended on the 20th. The auction descriptions are also slightly different. It's possible the seller had 2 high-grade copies of each card, and ran the auctions consecutively (at least that's what I would assume until seeing actual evidence to the contrary).

[npa589]

Something is definitely fishy... and I feel this guy needs to be reported

Here:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/HANK-AARON-1...item1e6682d81f

http://www.ebay.com/itm/HANK-AARON-1...item1e665d06ba

http://www.ebay.com/itm/HANK-AARON-1...item1e66309450



I've been watching him for a while, and he usually spreads his repeats out, as he did with the Walter Johnson. When he finally gets a price that's astronomically to his liking, then he moves on to his next victim.

[itjclarke]

Originally Posted by egbeachley

http://www.ebay.com/csc/battlefield0...&_sop=16&_sc=1

I posted on the T202 Cobb earlier this month, and looked again at its bidding history. 3 bidders, including high bidder have 100% bidding activity with him. Two have minimal feedback but one had 177 feedbacks.. have those accounts been linked for a while?? Another two bidders have 66% and 68% percent with him. Gotta think they all had something to do with this twice wrinkled card selling for more than the last PSA 5 sold for!! and $500-$600 more than recently sold PSA 4s. I know none of this is new and all his auctions get way more than market, but I'd watched this one closely while it was active. Maybe some of these 60%-100% guys are just loyal buyers, but I have to think most or all have been bidding all his auctions up.