joey12508
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When is someone going to post some new Diffractors? I haven't picked up any in quite awhile...
i have been looking but havent seen any of my guy in a while. i only have 3 so where the f*** are they?
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When is someone going to post some new Diffractors? I haven't picked up any in quite awhile...
One day I would like to finish offmy second 90 card 1998 Topps TEK DIFFRACTOR set1998 Topps TEK Diffractor want list (Set #2) 16 out of 90 to complete set 9,13,14,15,16,30,45,51,57,61,66,67,74,78,80,85........................................... Havent made but one card dent in it for the past year
Whoa... now Jeter's going for $100? That's an $80 flip for the seller...
Derek Jeter 1998 Topps Tek Diffractor Card 14 79 Diffractors Yankees Refractor | eBay
I'm tempted to sell mine now... buy me some toys! :mrgreen:
Curious how legitimate that is. Since ebay now took away the transparency to see how many bidders bid on a particular auction its real easy for sellers to manipulate perceived values by using shill bidders to bid prices up. Watch this Jeter card get listed again in next few days.
I remember in the good ole days on ebay when you could go in through the back door and contact other bidders bidding on cards from sets I was working on and trade off our dupes to help each other out. My 1998 TEK master set would never have been completed if that ebay back door option of contacting other set builders was not available. Maybe that would have been a good thing..lol
Curious how legitimate that is. Since ebay now took away the transparency to see how many bidders bid on a particular auction its real easy for sellers to manipulate perceived values by using shill bidders to bid prices up. Watch this Jeter card get listed again in next few days.
Carl is right about this. I remember back in 2003/2004 complaining to eBay about a seller "idahoesc" -- this guy is still around -- who had two other user names he used to pump up bids on his high-end (anything over about $20.00) cards. I proved this to eBay with examples of auctions where the shill bid was a bit too high and won the auction. Mutual feedback was exchanged among these various user names too. The seller would just re-sell that same card a couple of weeks or months later. I also contacted a dozen or so of the buyers I knew who were taken in by the shill bids, and at least several of them also complained to eBay. I also complained to the Better Business Bureau and the police in his home town -- Idaho Falls as I recall. eBay never did anything about idahoesc that I know of, and he was still pulling the same scam for many months thereafter.
Maybe there was a real deep pockets Jeter collector that "had to have" that Jeter diffractor, I could have used it myself, but I think it's about as likely that the seller has bought the card himself through a shill user name, bidding just a bit too high for the market, and the card will be re-sold later this year. You used to be able to check that stuff out. Now you can only see the sold for price, not the real user id of the buyer or of the other bidders. eBay has managed to completely protect these fraudulent sellers.
Not disputing what you are saying but why would a 'shiller' hit a BIN on his own auction?
3rd one down under the search "1998 tek jeter" sold listings shows that it was sold as a BIN.
Whoa... now Jeter's going for $100? That's an $80 flip for the seller...
Derek Jeter 1998 Topps Tek Diffractor Card 14 79 Diffractors Yankees Refractor | eBay
I'm tempted to sell mine now... buy me some toys! :mrgreen:
Ive decided to go for a second Bonds 1998 TEK set but only under the condition that I can buy them for a buck each. Contact me via email or PM if you have some to part with for a buck each. Yes I know Im overpaying for them at a buck each but maybe one day all his steroid enhanced HR records will be recognized as valid.