Has Anyone Noticed on eBay?
badbluedog
Posts: 43
Over the past 5-6 months, I've been following fairly closely the eBay auctions of high-ticket baseball cards from the 1950s and 1960s - particularly Mantle cards.
In many of these auctions, I see bidders with IDs like 4***h and 3***1 - the use of three stars/asterisks between a number/letter on each end. These "star" bidders seem to be quite numerous, although I've never done a count of any kind. And many of them have a low, or relatively low, feedback count.
What I seemed to have noticed is that in auctions where a card sells at or way above the SMR value, the bidders are the "star" IDs. Once again, I haven't tracked these findings and I'm not accusing anyone of improprieties.
I am just curious as to whether anyone has noticed this and whether the three stars has any significance? I do know that I can't recall any "star" bidder driving up the prices of the high-ticket cards I offer for auction every now and then.
Thanks in advance for any input!
In many of these auctions, I see bidders with IDs like 4***h and 3***1 - the use of three stars/asterisks between a number/letter on each end. These "star" bidders seem to be quite numerous, although I've never done a count of any kind. And many of them have a low, or relatively low, feedback count.
What I seemed to have noticed is that in auctions where a card sells at or way above the SMR value, the bidders are the "star" IDs. Once again, I haven't tracked these findings and I'm not accusing anyone of improprieties.
I am just curious as to whether anyone has noticed this and whether the three stars has any significance? I do know that I can't recall any "star" bidder driving up the prices of the high-ticket cards I offer for auction every now and then.
Thanks in advance for any input!
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Still helps some scammers, but it also hurts some in other ways. I know when I used to bid on an item of over 200 dollars I would get 3 or 4 emails from scammers trying to sell me the same thing outside of Ebay.
Personally I would rather be "scammed" by a shill bidder than get a fake second chance offer or have people emailing me trying to sell me an item outside of Ebay they don't have.
I have really don't see how you can be shilled if you bid once and bid the maximum you are willing to pay for the item. Then again I snipe so shill bidding really does not come into play there either. Shill bidders prey on buyers that just want to win.
I have really don't see how you can be shilled if you bid once and bid the maximum you are willing to pay for the item. Then again I snipe so shill bidding really does not come into play there either. Shill bidders prey on buyers that just want to win.
If you bid your max early, a shill can run u up..............regardless if you are comfortable paying a max.
If you snipe, and have to set your snipe higher because the shill has run the bidding up you are still taking a hit.
cmon guys it really is easy to understand.
Steve