ebay finds that PWCC engaged in shill bidding?

Fuddjcal · #1 08-17-2021, 02:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Carter08

I agree that eBay probably knew about it and its hand is being forced by an outside entity like the government doing an investigation. I called to ask about a large item I purchased a few months back just to see if they could tell me if I was up against a shill. End price was fine with me but it was trending so low and I feel like the seller had a fail safe in place. I also saw pwcc auction a Goudey Ruth two months in a row and couldn�t help but think they had a shill accidentally buy it.

At any rate, not sure if she�s right or actually knows all the details, but the eBay customer service rep said they are removing pwcc from the site completely and that will take some time to do. This was just a customer rep but that�s what she thought was happening.

a normal customer and they would just shut you down with No recourse. Maybe you'll believe me next time when I tell you it's all A "BILLION DOLLAR FRAUD"...Probably Multi Billions. I tend to think they are on a time out, maybe.

MINES_MINT · #2 08-17-2021, 02:35 PM

I just got off the phone with eBay and they are telling me that the email is "NOT LEGITIMATE". Apparently the source is not an official eBay email account, so I would avoid any and all links associated with the email.

I'm interested to see how PWCC responds.

ullmandds · #3 08-17-2021, 02:37 PM

the plot thickens! could it be from the taliban?

Jersey City Giants · #4 08-17-2021, 02:40 PM

I just got off with eBay and they said it was NOT REAL!!!!!!

Must be a real hater to take the time to do this.

Casey2296 · #5 08-17-2021, 02:40 PM

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Originally Posted by MINES_MINT

I just got off the phone with eBay and they are telling me that the email is "NOT LEGITIMATE". Apparently the source is not an official eBay email account, so I would avoid any and all links associated with the email.

I'm interested to see how PWCC responds.

I'm sure the Ebay investigation on how the e-mail got sent will be much more aggressive than their investigation into PWCC's practices.

Brian Van Horn · #6 08-17-2021, 02:47 PM

No e-mail notification so far. Hmmm.

toppcat · #7 08-17-2021, 02:55 PM

There's this now:

https://www.sportscollectorsdaily.com/ebay-accuses-pwcc-of-shill-bidding/

If booted from eBay will the National still welcome them with open arms?

glchen · #8 08-17-2021, 03:07 PM

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Originally Posted by toppcat

There's this now:

https://www.sportscollectorsdaily.com/ebay-accuses-pwcc-of-shill-bidding/

If booted from eBay will the National still welcome them with open arms?

Did Rich receive separate confirmation from ebay that this email was not a hoax before publishing it in SCD? The folks who called ebay have said that this email is not legitimate, and Rich's article seems to be copying directly from the email with no new information.

As another poster has said, ebay typically messages you in your ebay inbox in addition to any emails you receive. Therefore, if this email isn't also in your ebay messages, then it's more likely to be a hoax.

I did not receive this email, but I'm leaning towards that it is fraudulent.

The Nasty Nati · #9 08-17-2021, 03:10 PM

Anyone else felt it was strange that Brent wasn't at The National? At least I didn't see him.

Boccabella · #10 08-17-2021, 03:29 PM

The email was sent by eBay.

"The eBay spokeswoman told SC Daily that those auctions were being taken down and all active listings were in the process of being removed. All of PWCC’s Buy it Now listings had been removed as of Tuesday afternoon."

Tabe · #11 08-17-2021, 04:20 PM

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Originally Posted by glchen

Did Rich receive separate confirmation from ebay that this email was not a hoax before publishing it in SCD? The folks who called ebay have said that this email is not legitimate, and Rich's article seems to be copying directly from the email with no new information.

From the article:

"She did confirm the legitimacy of the notice sent to eBay users via email."

So, yes, Rich did confirmation from Ebay.

Redleg25 · #12 08-17-2021, 03:34 PM

No way ebay is doing this for "integrity". There has to be a back story for them to part ways with a client of that size. The only way today's large corporations turn away a money stream like that is if there's probability that they could lose more money by keeping it. Principles be damned. Execs would let Jeffrey Ebstein and Michael Jackson run the day cares in their office buildings if it helped their bottom line enough lol

Jersey City Giants · #13 08-17-2021, 03:31 PM

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Originally Posted by MINES_MINT

I just got off the phone with eBay and they are telling me that the email is "NOT LEGITIMATE". Apparently the source is not an official eBay email account, so I would avoid any and all links associated with the email.

I'm interested to see how PWCC responds.

The eBay customer service rep told me it cannot be real as eBay does not "out" sellers or bidders in a mass email.

I avoided clicking the link but did go through eBay's regular webpage to get someone from customer service to call me back. Took about ~35 minutes.

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