Thread: shill bidding..
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Old October 25th 07, 04:43 PM posted to alt.collecting.autographs
Gummby3
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Default shill bidding..

That's what blew my mind about BF's latest rant tangent. Not once did the
words "avoid the seller" or "don't buy from this seller" ever appear in your
messages. As with any other non-profit consumer advocate, you are giving
warning signs to look out for. You could yell at the top of your lungs to
not buy from sellers, but it is ultimately up to the individual buyer as to
whether he/she will heed the warnings or learn from the burn of a rip-off.
If someone touches matches enough, they'll eventually (hopefully) learn that
it hurts. Until they experience it personally, as with the kids/teens
mentality, they feel that they are invincible and can't possibly be hurt by
faceless sellers because it "won't happen to me". All I can say is keep on
keeping on. If you see something off somewhere, keep being the wolf and
stir up all of us sheep to a potential problem.

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Mike
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"Sue H" wrote in message
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As for this guy, he stuff that I looked at was seemingly authentic
(which is amazing as this and Luis Vuitton etc are forged a lot like
the autographs are). To be honest, I could still buy the three bags I
was looking at at his price because they are still "deals" by all
means. They retail about 3 times what they are about to sell for but
by auctions end, they'll still be about half price. But that's not
the point. The point is to rid Ebay of liars and theives and NOT to
give them your business. I am not saying do NOT buy from this guy; I
am simply warning people that if you do bid, to be very careful
because I BET you will see that new ID pop up with that 0 feedback
outbidding you and bidding a LOT to up the price... just be aware of
that. Is he worse than a forger? Probably not. But still, he's
trying to work a scam maybe so be careful.



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