I am just getting back into the collecting game and figuring out the finer points of Ebay bidding on cards. I often check the bid history to see if something is fishy. If you click on the number of bids followed by each bidder's partially hidden name you can see the % of bids that each bidder has placed with that seller. I recently saw one that placed 58% with the seller, something that definitely raised a red flag. While this does suck as a bidder looking for a good price, as we all know nobody can force you to spend more than you are willing to spend so you can just drop out of the bidding even if frustrated. One can also take some comfort in the knowledge that a seller has to pay a % to Ebay each time an item is sold, so if one continually sells to him/herself they will lose money each time.
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