T205 Harmon Left Ear Auction on eBay

[jayshum]

Originally Posted by BobC

Look at the underbidder with 1,318 feedback. He's had 136 bid retractions in the past twelve months. Does that seem a bit unusual/questionable to anyone? And the bidder with 80 feedback that won the auction, he has made 87% of his bids this past month all with this same seller. Something just doesn't seem right. That is a decent T205 card though.

I'm not sure about why there would be so many retractions, but this seller has listed a large number of T205s from a set break that are ending Thursday through Sunday so if the bidder is working on the set (like I am), it wouldn't be surprising that he has placed so many bids with this seller recently.

I have been bidding on some of the SPs and unfortunately, they got too high for my liking. I'm down to just needing a few to complete my set so looks like I may need to up my budget if I ever do want to finish the set.

[Leon]

Originally Posted by jayshum

I'm not sure about why there would be so many retractions, but this seller has listed a large number of T205s from a set break that are ending Thursday through Sunday so if the bidder is working on the set (like I am), it wouldn't be surprising that he has placed so many bids with this seller recently.

I have been bidding on some of the SPs and unfortunately, they got too high for my liking. I'm down to just needing a few to complete my set so looks like I may need to up my budget if I ever do want to finish the set.

I think ebay is fraught with friends protecting friends...but the T205s are rising with the tide.
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[BobC]

Originally Posted by Leon

I think ebay is fraught with friends protecting friends...but the T205s are rising with the tide.
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Good point. Been seeing a lot of strong bids lately for some of the variations and tougher cards in the set. Wonder why now and not earlier when everything started taking off over the past couple of years.

[T205 GB]

Originally Posted by BobC

Good point. Been seeing a lot of strong bids lately for some of the variations and tougher cards in the set. Wonder why now and not earlier when everything started taking off over the past couple of years.

Because T205's are the whipping post of tobacco cards. No love or respect from the majority. T205's should be highly sought after since the hobby has oppressed them for so long. lol

[BobC]

Originally Posted by T205 GB

Because T205's are the whipping post of tobacco cards. No love or respect from the majority. T205's should be highly sought after since the hobby has oppressed them for so long. lol

LOL

Andrew,

Couldn't agree with you more. And if you think they get treated badly in the hobby, just look at the T205s annoying little kid brother, the S74 silks. PSA won't even grade them. Ha! Some day.