PWCC Auctions - Mystery Bid Post Auction?

[JimmyArcher]

Went to bed last night thinking I had won a T205 Cicotte at $105. Auction for the individual card had closed and didn't appear that any additional bids could be made.

Woke up this morning and found that somehow I had been outbid and the auction had closed at $155.

[bobbyw8469]

Originally Posted by JimmyArcher

Went to bed last night thinking I had won a T205 Cicotte at $105. Auction for the individual card had closed and didn't appear that any additional bids could be made.

Woke up this morning and found that somehow I had been outbid and the auction had closed at $155.

I am thinking they are pushing these up to meet hidden reserves. No one is to question anything they say or do. Me personally, I will pass. The last guy I remember doing stuff like that was the Battlefield guy who took his auctions off Ebay (after he was booted off).

[bobbyw8469]

There is zero way to see the bid history or anything??? Someone got an email that he won at one price, then got an invoice for a HUGE markup!!! That doesn't look good.

[carlsonjok]

Originally Posted by bobbyw8469

There is zero way to see the bid history or anything??? Someone got an email that he won at one price, then got an invoice for a HUGE markup!!! That doesn't look good.

Near as I can tell, no. Granted, I didn't actually enter any bids.

I have placed a bid on a card that closes on Friday. I'm 99.9% sure I won't win it, so I guess we'll see if actual bidders have access to bid history that the peanut gallery doesn't.

[ngrow9]

FWIW, I won two >$100 items last night (both graded Auth, so I wasn't worried about card doctoring issues). I bid as I went along, rather than place an auto bid, and the invoice listed both items for my final/winning bid price.

[JimmyArcher]

In addition to the Cicotte that I didn't end up winning, I also bid on a cheap 1989 Topps set. Received an email last night stating I had won with a bid of $10, and similar to the example above, I received my invoice this morning and the bid total was showing as $12.

$12 just happened to be the max bid I had entered.

And to answer the question about bid history, I haven't been able to find a bid history for either the auctions I lost or the auction I won.

[savedfrommyspokes]

I won 2 items, and received an email titled "Congratulations! You Won!".

The price in the email for the first item matched the winning bid I had seen last evening and was indeed below my max. The price in the email for the second item was less than half of the final price, as well as below the overtime price, and was equal to my max bid (actual final price was about 10% below recent sales of the same item).

My guess is some glitch occurred with their system sending out these "you won" emails with incorrect prices.

[hcv123]

Originally Posted by JimmyArcher

In addition to the Cicotte that I didn't end up winning, I also bid on a cheap 1989 Topps set. Received an email last night stating I had won with a bid of $10, and similar to the example above, I received my invoice this morning and the bid total was showing as $12.

$12 just happened to be the max bid I had entered.

And to answer the question about bid history, I haven't been able to find a bid history for either the auctions I lost or the auction I won.

They didn't thoroughly test their new shilling platform....errr auction platform?

[mintacular]

Originally Posted by JimmyArcher

In addition to the Cicotte that I didn't end up winning, I also bid on a cheap 1989 Topps set. Received an email last night stating I had won with a bid of $10, and similar to the example above, I received my invoice this morning and the bid total was showing as $12.

$12 just happened to be the max bid I had entered.

And to answer the question about bid history, I haven't been able to find a bid history for either the auctions I lost or the auction I won.

I think this got buried in the lede, PWCC is now auctioning off $10 '89 Baseball Sets? My have the mighty have fallen....

[mrreality68]

Originally Posted by bobbyw8469

I am thinking they are pushing these up to meet hidden reserves. No one is to question anything they say or do. Me personally, I will pass. The last guy I remember doing stuff like that was the Battlefield guy who took his auctions off Ebay (after he was booted off).

+1 from their time on Ebay their reputation and now on there own site and hearing these type of things.

I am staying on the side lines on their auctions

It is a shame they do have some cards at times I would love to get.

But not worth it to me