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Posted By: Jodi Birkholm

Good tips. Keep 'em coming. Maybe we should compile everything from this thread and put it in a special area on the site. It would be of great benefit to first-time eBayers and new collectors. Here are a couple more:

--Be wary of out-of-focus pictures or pics that are cropped in a way that you might suspect the seller to be hiding a flaw or blemish.

--This is kind of an expansion on one of my previous thoughts. Check the seller's past listings. Are they offering baseball memorabilia along with Billy Mays household products, gold bullion from the Atocha and Thighmasters? Has the same bidder successfully won one of each? This is an obvious sign of shill bidding.