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Last I knew this was a 5k book in NM. Holy hell that went up fast  .Considering I have had over 100 hours of Groot-style tattoo work done, I feel like a gdamn fool not getting a copy of this 5 years ago.  https://www.ebay.com/itm/172515815431 |
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Maybe you should slab yourself  |
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Quote:Originally Posted by vacaboca Considering life insurance, my family would certainly make out pretty well if I were to be slabbed  |
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| Someone actually bought it. Final price was just slightly north of 80k. | ||
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| If it was mine to sale, I'd be ecstatic! But in all seriousness, that's ridiculously over the top. I don't see that value holding up and whoever paid that price is not the sharpest crayon in the box... On the other hand, if you have that kind of money to blow, who cares! | ||
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| Almost certainly shilled. | ||
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Quote:Originally Posted by DocBrown Nothin wrong wit a little bit o shillin  Heritage allows it, not sure why ebay frowns on it though. If you get caught with your pants down, gots to pay the man his premium. |
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Quote:Originally Posted by shrewbeer eBay used to allow shill bidding. Betcha didn't know that. However, both the shill and the "real" bidder are clearly playing games with each other by the end, and this isn't a real sale. It's one thing to have a "shill reserve" that is modest and reasonable...it's another to just be silly. And, though I didn't have to check, GPA doesn't record the sale, and reports it as fake...as well they should. |
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| Youre saying someone is reporting it as a "fake" sale?? | ||
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| @DocBrown Proof/Evidence? Or is this an "alt-fact"? | ||
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Quote:Originally Posted by DocBrown He's assuming. |
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Quote:Originally Posted by kaptainmykeOk but but assuming based upon what? Thin air? Glass ball? Lol  |
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| One of the two bidders was a new account only bidding on thIs item while the other bidder seems normally to bid on Pokémon trading card. Cannot take this auction seriously. Wouldn't be surprised if you see the presice same book back in the market shortly | ||
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| Right but at 80k the ebay fees are STEEP. Cant just do a fake action without price | ||
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Quote:Originally Posted by KingNampa The circumstantial evidence is pretty overwhelming. It doesn't take gorilla math to figure this one out. |
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| I checked GPA. The sale has yet to be listed. | ||
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poka private msg quote post Address this user | |
Quote:Originally Posted by shrewbeer I am sure there are ways around this. |
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Quote:Originally Posted by DrWatson Hey Doc, it's listed at the very bottom as a suspected fake sale with their reasoning. |
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Quote:Originally Posted by poka I don't know if it's changed, but I have had it before when someone cancelled a sale of mine after winning the auction from eBay, telling me their wife wouldn't allow them to buy the book. The sale was still listed on GPA with no details of the cancellation. |
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Quote:Originally Posted by Logan510 Are the reasons in line with above? |
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Quote:Originally Posted by Logan510 I didn't scroll to the bottom: (9.2) Actual sale/may not be genuien sale - final price bid-up by low feedback (non comic book) buyer/no positive feedback exchanged/publ 1960 $80,299 Feb-2017 |
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| So its "fake" just because the buyer has low feedback? And, if someone has evidence of a way of skirting ebay fees (which I'm skeptical exists espec on high value), I'm all ears. I have a few books I'd love to boost the value of |
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Quote:Originally Posted by shrewbeer Don't be purposefully obtuse. |
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| Skipping eBay fees...PM, "can we do a deal outside eBay?" or "what is your email address?" | ||
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Quote:Originally Posted by KingNampa You folks are a cynical bunch, aintcha? I take it none of you have and/or use GPA, huh...? Evidence that this "auction" result is fake: 1. Look at the bidding history. Notice that there are only two bidders after $5,800. A (presumably) real bidder, and the shill. Notice how the shill is bidding. People don't bid "99" increments because they want to win...they do it because they want to lose. They're trying to expose another bidder's high bid, without going over it. Whether they bid BEFORE or AFTER, it's still a shill bid. http://offer.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewBids&item=172515815431&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2565 2. The "winner" didn't leave feedback. Not proof, but certainly an indication. 3. The low feedback bidder bid on a single item...this one...in the last several months, making their bidding activity with this seller 100%, and on just this item. Again, not proof, but definitely an indicator. 4. GPA, which has access to the eBay database (that everyone can get access to), came to the same conclusion, as noted by others above. As for eBay fees, are you folks not aware that eBay fees are capped at $750 per item? And $250 for premium and higher store owners? And that it's fairly straightforward to apply for a fee refund when/if the "buyer" doesn't pay? http://pages.ebay.com/help/sell/fees.html http://pages.ebay.com/help/sell/credits.html Do your homework, people. |
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Quote:Originally Posted by DrWatson I'm really not. Maybe the sale situation seems obvious to you, but it's not to me. I thought ebay was flat percentage. In which case, who in their right mind shills up to 80k? Or even flat out fakes it to 80k? @DocBrown just pointed out that it's not flat percentage, which changes the game. In any case, if the person who bought it actually paid it, IMO the sale is LEGIT; shill on the other side or not. However, if the winner was the shill, then of course it's fake. |
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| IF the person who bought it actually pays for it. IF. That's a big keyword here. *munches popcorn* |
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Quote:Originally Posted by slym2none ...and if the two bidders are not connected - big if. Trust me - we will see that book again |
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Quote:Originally Posted by shrewbeer No biggie. If you don't know, then you don't know. It's also no big deal for the involved parties to just cancel the deal. That way, the seller can recoup his final value fees. |
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@DrWatson Simple cancellation of the deal kills the fees? I had no idea it was that easy to be shady on ebay, wth  . |
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