If this isn't shill bidding!

[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

[xdrx]

Now that you guys have me looking at bidders and histories and stuff oin ebay I am seeing some listed as "private listing - bidders' identities protected". What's up with that?

[smtjoy]

Your welcome Val, good luck on it.

I avoid all the private bidders, imo a very good chance they are shillers from past experiences, it just lets them cover their tracks so you cant see what percent of their bids are with the seller.

[D. Bergin]

I have a regular customer who is a private bidder.

He's a holdover from the old Ebay days and I don't think he's embraced sniping programs, no matter how many times I've told him about them. His reasoning to me for being a Private Bidder, is he's paranoid of other bidding competitors tracking his bids and bidding against him.

He's got 100% perfect feedback and he always pays within hours of winning auctions. He's just a bit particular about certain things I guess.

Also, you can check bid percentages on private bidders just as you can on any other bidders. At least I was able to when I tried it.