Disturbing.......

[benchod]

What auction house?
Very unethical and probable hidden reserve

[YankeeCollector]

Originally Posted by benchod

What auction house?
Very unethical and probable hidden reserve

It was NOT SportscardLink and they told me if I went one more bid, I would get the card.

[wonkaticket]

Ok...so what auction house?

[doug.goodman]

In my opinion...

You shouldn't even start a thread like this without going all in with the information.

And, the title should be "Disturbing..." not "Interesting..."

Doug

[YankeeCollector]

[QUOTE=doug.goodman;946070]In my opinion...

You shouldn't even start a thread like this without going all in with the information.

And, the title should be "Disturbing..." not "Interesting..."

Doug[/QUOTE


I was asking if anyone has ever heard of this before. Its not easy to figure out which auction it was. It was not ebay or Sportscardlink. It was a Joe Jackson card and I was told if I made one more bid, the card would be mine. I now believe there was probably a hidden reserve because how would they know that I wouldnt have gotten outbid.

[glchen]

From the information provide, the following auction house is outed:

Vintage Authentics: Link

[YankeeCollector]

In my opinion, I dont know if this is possible but there has to be a way where Auction Houses do not what the ceiling bids are on their items.

[Matt]

Originally Posted by glchen

From the information provide, the following auction house is outed:

Vintage Authentics: Link

That site seems to be using the same software that many of the other auction sites use; granted, the others don't send the email, but should we be uneasy that the software lets the auction owners see the max bids?

[rainier2004]

Originally Posted by YankeeCollector

It was NOT SportscardLink and they told me if I went one more bid, I would get the card.

Is there a problem with sportscardlink auction house? I registered, bid and won last night. I am missing something?

[Zach Wheat]

Originally Posted by rainier2004

Is there a problem with sportscardlink auction house? I registered, bid and won last night. I am missing something?

Steve,

I think you are fine. I have never had any problems with SportsCard Link Auctions. They are referring to another auction house...coincidentally the two auctions ended at the same time.

Zach

[Anthony S.]

Yeah, quick FYI, "game worn jersey" may simply mean that Steve Jensen wore that jersey to a game.

[drc]

Steven, I didn't interpret that he was saying or insinuating anything against Sportslink. I think he was just weeding out active auctions.

[doug.goodman]

Originally Posted by Anthony S.

Yeah, quick FYI, "game worn jersey" may simply mean that Steve Jensen wore that jersey to a game.

Hilarious!

[E93]

Originally Posted by rainier2004

Is there a problem with sportscardlink auction house? I registered, bid and won last night. I am missing something?

Sportscardlink is not the auction house in question. Sportscardlink is run by Chris Porter whom I have known for years and believe he runs an honest business. I have only had the best dealings with Chris.
JimB

[barrysloate]

Doesn't Josh Nathanson run Sportscardlink? Josh used to live just a few blocks from me, but I'm wondering if he left Brooklyn and moved to Maine.

[atx840]

Totally different situation. My sportslink win from last night is already in the mail.

But I just got a call that a few hours after I paid with CC, about 2k in transactions went on my CC for UK online shops and about 4 others declined. First time I used my CC online in a while.

[Exhibitman]

Does your CC offer Shopsafe, Chris? Mine has a service called "Shopsafe" where you can log into the CC company web site and get a temporary card number with a spending limit you can set for a single use. I use it whenever I do online shopping after an incident several years ago similar to yours. It is really great for not worrying about the security at the merchant sites.

[zljones]

Originally Posted by atx840

Totally different situation. My sportslink win from last night is already in the mail.

But I just got a call that a few hours after I paid with CC, about 2k in transactions went on my CC for UK online shops and about 4 others declined. First time I used my CC online in a while.

Is that because you paid through the sportslink site or did that happen unrelated, I only ask because I won an auction last night and paid by credit card too.

[E93]

Originally Posted by barrysloate

Doesn't Josh Nathanson run Sportscardlink? Josh used to live just a few blocks from me, but I'm wondering if he left Brooklyn and moved to Maine.

I don't know Josh Nathanson, but I believe Chris was hired last year to run the card side of it. Isn't there a related comic division?
JimB

[barrysloate]

Yes Jim. Josh is a big time comic book dealer. My understanding is Josh is still the owner of the baseball card division, but I may be out of the loop on this. I went onto his site recently and saw the phone number and address was for Maine. Don't know if he took the business north, or if he is still located in Brooklyn.