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Old 02-13-2013, 10:02 AM
dodgerfanjohn dodgerfanjohn is offline
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Originally Posted by 36GoudeyMan View Post
I join the earlier poster who said that you should bid what you are willing to pay. If its shilled beyond your top bid, then it will come back around again and perhaps your same bid on a re-listing might get it that time. Shilling is a very bad thing for sellers and buyers alike, as shown by the hesitancy to buy from Probstein despite 80,000+ feedbacks and 100% rating (IIRC).
Well this leads into the problem that Paul(Bubble Bath Girl) points out, which is......these prices that have been shilled up get recognized as legit sales in price guides or even for people doing a ebay search on past sales....and they are not in fact. But prices potentially and falsely get nudged up higher overall due to "ghost" sales where a shiller is the primary bidder.
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