Is this a Shill bid?

RLinn

to avoid listing a reserve price?
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jmwarren

my guess would be YES, due to the number of auctions "tax_doctor" has bid on from that seller.

Placid

I don't think so.
He might be a non-payer thou too early to tell.

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RLinn

I have occasionally been leery of buying through eBay because I hear a lot of horror stories about unscrupulous sellers (and buyers). I am trying to learn how to analyze sellers prior to bidding and buying from them. I appreciate the sleuthing techniques I am picking up on this forum.

DrawTwo

I see no reason to believe so. This is a high quality item being sold by a seller with over 3000 transactions and with 0 negs and 0 neutrals.

TheNumish

If you see something you like you can always ask forum members if they have dealt with seller. You'll get the straight answer. Unfortunetly there are a lot of guys that sell sub quality coins with great feedback.

cdmead

The seller is Martin Paul who is very well known in numismatic circles.

BTW, anyone else find the statement:

PLEASE NOTE THAT IF ANYONE CONTACTS YOU TO DISREGARD OUR INSTRUCTIONS ON PAYMENT PLEASE REPORT THEM IMMEDIATELY TO US AND CALL US AT (508) 877-9855 AND ASK FOR DEBBIE, MARIA OR MARTIN. THANK YOU!

curious?

Rampage

cdmead.....A statement like that in that auction would make me just stay away from it. Rampage!

RELLA

Rampage;

Just sounds to me like they are trying to avoid fraud from "lookalike" scammers trying to collect on other people's auctions; not something that should make one stay away from the auction. Just my opinion on it though...why does it make you leery of the auction?

RELLA

Dog97

Other than being a new eBayer that has bid on a lot of PCGS & NGC gold what looks like a shill? Bidding on 3 auctions from the same seller does not make a shill. If that was the case he would be shilling for verypq and coin-and-stamp-deals too because he has bid on several of their auctions.