Dedicated buyer or cause for concern?

BicentenBen

I just noticed this id show up a few times in various auction bids and realized it only showed up on certain sellers lots and usually out bid me. Cause for worry in the shill territory? Anyone know this particular bidder? I'm not one to lay any accusations down, just curious if we have a highly dedicated buyer or what the deal is. 16 feedback, but 167+ total transactions. That's impressive.

Link

Do any of you routinely frequent just a single sellers auctions or do you bounce around a lot? I guess it's just foreign to me to spend so much with a single seller.

Thanks.

nankraut

It does seem more than coincidence

cullenbryant

if the right buyer/seller combo comes up i could see this type of activity.

for example: seller has raw coins by date and mint, each in an individual auction with a combined shipping offered.

buyer is looking to fill holes and goes through picking off the dates they need buy it now style.

it looks like a lot of auctions but the person may have only spent 100 bucks to fill in some lincoln cent holes?

relayer

TNFC is a major supplier and a great seller. Their eBay feedback would be a lot higher, except they probably have the most repeat customers on eBay (their average buyer buys 3.71 coins from them)

There are loyalists on eBay. I’ve got one now that has a feedback score of 35 – with 259 feedbacks, with maybe 50 or so from me. (He also has 2 negs so that'll teach him to stray)

People find a seller they like, put them on their favorites list and watch (and bid on) their auctions.

Stork

<< <i>each in an individual auction with a combined shipping offered >>


I do that alot...once I win an auction (often for a low priced darkside coin) I look through that seller's other auctions. I try to get at least 2 things when I do the low priced buying thing so I get the most bang for my shipping buck.

I also have a few sellers I probably look like a shill for. There's one guy (a boardmember) who I've bid on up to 10 or so of his auctions a week (he usually lists about 50-70 coins a week). I don't win as much anymore because apparently I'm now only one of many fans of his.

Michigan

<< <i>TNFC is a major supplier and a great seller. Their eBay feedback would be a lot higher, except they probably have the most repeat customers on eBay (their average buyer buys 3.71 coins from them)

There are loyalists on eBay. I’ve got one now that has a feedback score of 35 – with 259 feedbacks, with maybe 50 or so from me. (He also has 2 negs so that'll teach him to stray)

People find a seller they like, put them on their favorites list and watch (and bid on) their auctions. >>




I have a regular buyer in Germany that has an advanced collection in a very specific area of numismatics
that I sell a lot of. I have had probably 75 or more transactions with him over the past 3 years or so.

Loyal buyers are a sellers best friend.

Steve27

There's no smoking gun, but it could very well be a shill account. There seems to be no pattern to the purchases, but the real proof would be if something reappeared for sale which was already purchased via the other account.