52 Mantle -- Shilling?

[Hammerin'Hank]

Originally Posted by MattyC

In conversations with fellow collectors, I have learned some guys like to bid on eBay with newer, lower feedback accounts for two reasons-- it keeps people off the trail of what they are collecting, and it actually makes rival bidders think shilling might be going on, and thus might deter competition. Some guys might see the low feedback and think, "Ah: shilling, I'll stay away." All kinds of gamesmanship out there, I suppose. I personally just put in my best snipe and let the chips fall.

This is very true based on may experience.
The most expensive cards I have sold on Ebay were to bidders with very little history or very little recent history.

It scares me at first because I think they may never may pay...........but they always do.