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Shill bidding gone horribly wrong.

hetmanhetman Posts: 118
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Here I was merely trying to help out an old gentleman--a member in good standing.....and look what happened, to my dismay....

I need some professional help....


When will I learn? I most certainly don't need, or even want this hunk of metal. imageimage

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  • cachemancacheman Posts: 3,121 ✭✭✭
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    pay his fees, provide positive feedback to each other, and make a mental note not to do it again...
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  • tbirde56tbirde56 Posts: 2,161
    Giveaway time!
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  • 0john00john0 Posts: 485
    If you are going to help out somebody in that manner, I would suggest not waiting until the final 24 hours of the auction.Give yourself plenty of time to have someone top your bid.

    Another possibility: You could ask Wybrit to offer it as a 2nd chance to the person who lost. Wybrit would only be out $5

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  • AskariAskari Posts: 3,713 ✭
    Live by the shill, die by the shill.
    Askari



    Come on over ... to The Dark Side! image
  • MacCrimmonMacCrimmon Posts: 7,058 ✭✭✭
    Have the elderly gent see if ronbrom will take it at $225 (assuming EG wants to even sell it at that price), and you pay EG his additional final value fees combined.
  • XpipedreamRXpipedreamR Posts: 8,059 ✭✭
    Am I misunderstanding the situation here?


    You didn't want the coin, but you were only bidding the price up against legitamite buyers? And now that you won, you don't want to buy the coin?



    I think that is really sleazy. You should buy the coin, then crawl under a rock. I hope you get a negative for the transaction.





    Does anyone here think that this shouldn't be reported to eBay?


    (not that they'll do anything of course)
  • spinaker2000spinaker2000 Posts: 4,329 ✭
    Just think of it as a long term investment. image
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  • bozboz Posts: 1,405 ✭


    << <i>You should buy the coin, then crawl under a rock >>



    Xpipe,
    Not that this shtuff doesn't go on all the time. It is sleazy and really whizzes me off too.
    I'm with ya man.
    The great use of life is to spend it on something that will outlast it--James Truslow Adams
  • AethelredAethelred Posts: 9,291 ✭✭✭
    You got that coin for a great price, buy it and consider that you got a great deal!image
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  • ajaanajaan Posts: 17,620 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Mark said it best.

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  • wybritwybrit Posts: 6,988 ✭✭✭
    I think I'll just neg 'im for the fun of it!image
    Former owner, Cambridge Gate collection.
  • spinaker2000spinaker2000 Posts: 4,329 ✭
    sounds like a good subject for a contest/giveaway!! image With "hetman" supplying the giveaway coin of course!! image
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  • XpipedreamRXpipedreamR Posts: 8,059 ✭✭
    OK, could somebody fill me in please?




    Is this a joke, or shill bidding or what's the deal?







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  • AethelredAethelred Posts: 9,291 ✭✭✭


    << <i>I think I'll just neg 'im for the fun of it!image >>



    He should neg you for your failure to get more bids!
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  • StorkStork Posts: 5,207 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Is this a joke, or shill bidding or what's the deal? >>



    I think (though I may be the only person here who doesn't know who Hetman really is) that a bid was placed without an expectation of a win.

    I often see the SSP threads, take a look, see something I wouldn't mind having and throw down a bid. I don't expect to win, but if I do, it wouldn't bother me. It's not shilling because I would make the buy, I might get something cheap, and if it helps move an auction along, that's okay. I don't think I'm hurting other bidders because I'd be happy to take the auction at my token bids.


    Cathy

  • vrtech99sbossvrtech99sboss Posts: 333


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    << <i>I think I'll just neg 'im for the fun of it!image >>



    He should neg you for your failure to get more bids! >>



    I believe I saw a familiar name in the bidders list, Aethelred! Were you playing the shill game too!? image
    ~Debbie~
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  • AethelredAethelred Posts: 9,291 ✭✭✭


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    << <i>I think I'll just neg 'im for the fun of it!image >>



    He should neg you for your failure to get more bids! >>



    I believe I saw a familiar name in the bidders list, Aethelred! Were you playing the shill game too!? image >>



    No, I would be happy to buy 100 of these at the price I bid!image
    If you are in the Western North Carolina area, please consider visiting our coin shop:

    WNC Coins, LLC
    1987-C Hendersonville Road
    Asheville, NC 28803

    wnccoins.com
  • vrtech99sbossvrtech99sboss Posts: 333


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    << <i>I think I'll just neg 'im for the fun of it!image >>



    He should neg you for your failure to get more bids! >>



    I believe I saw a familiar name in the bidders list, Aethelred! Were you playing the shill game too!? image >>



    No, I would be happy to buy 100 of these at the price I bid!image >>



    image I thought I'd mess with you! Glad you're a good sport! image
    ~Debbie~
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  • wybritwybrit Posts: 6,988 ✭✭✭
    Pity there aren't 100 of them about in that shape.
    Former owner, Cambridge Gate collection.
  • AethelredAethelred Posts: 9,291 ✭✭✭


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    << <i>I think I'll just neg 'im for the fun of it!image >>



    He should neg you for your failure to get more bids! >>



    I believe I saw a familiar name in the bidders list, Aethelred! Were you playing the shill game too!? image >>



    No, I would be happy to buy 100 of these at the price I bid!image >>



    image I thought I'd mess with you! Glad you're a good sport! image >>



    Who said I was a good sport?image
    If you are in the Western North Carolina area, please consider visiting our coin shop:

    WNC Coins, LLC
    1987-C Hendersonville Road
    Asheville, NC 28803

    wnccoins.com
  • MacCrimmonMacCrimmon Posts: 7,058 ✭✭✭


    << <i> Pity there aren't 100 of them about in that shape. >>

    Och! Should I bury that original roll back of the stables? image
  • vrtech99sbossvrtech99sboss Posts: 333


    << <i>

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    << <i>I think I'll just neg 'im for the fun of it!image >>



    He should neg you for your failure to get more bids! >>



    I believe I saw a familiar name in the bidders list, Aethelred! Were you playing the shill game too!? image >>



    No, I would be happy to buy 100 of these at the price I bid!image >>



    image I thought I'd mess with you! Glad you're a good sport! image >>



    Who said I was a good sport?image >>



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    ~Debbie~
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  • hetmanhetman Posts: 118
    Thank you all for your kind (and surprisingly witty) remarks. I believe that Ms. Stork sums up my situation best.
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