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Originally Posted by HRBAKER
No Scott.
I am willing to give the vast majority of the members of this forum credit for believing shilling their own auctions is wrong.
What I will say is that I believe the majority of hobbyists aren't bothered enough by the misdeeds of others to stop doing business with them. And I think they (the others) know this and have counted on it for years.
There's just something about this stuff of ours.
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I give them credit for understanding that shilling is wrong, but I still believe that most of them do it. And I do believe that plenty of forum members believe it's okay - while they haven't stated it outright, I think the discussions we've had about crooked ebay sellers have told us a lot about what people here are willing to do in order to get top dollar for their consignments.
As far as being bothered by the misdeeds of others, I have no idea who in particular are shilling their own auctions, and it's really impossible to stop doing business with all hobbyists. If we stopped doing business with any Auction House that permitted it, we would have to stop doing business with all auction houses, as it's impossible for them to keep consignors from getting their friends to shill for them. That would leave you just trading with your most trusted friends and buying cards at flea markets.
I think the Legendary convictions were a good start. But I don't know, any more than you do, which auction houses are still shilling their own auctions.
11-21-2014, 07:26 PM
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