AT WHAT PERCENTAGE DO YOU SUSPECT SHILLING?

[The_ReverendAct2]

I bid on a card that has a tight sell range and the card is now over that range. A sleeper prospect sbut not an unknown. The high bidder has a couple of bids and 14 rating w/ 40% of bids with user. I suspect shilling so am done bidding. if he cancels bids all will be canceled right? when do you suspect shilling?

 

[pujolsjunkie]

I bid on a card that has a tight sell range and the card is now over that range. A sleeper prospect sbut not an unknown. The high bidder has a couple of bids and 14 rating w/ 40% of bids with user. I suspect shilling so am done bidding. if he cancels bids all will be canceled right? when do you suspect shilling?

I don't get people that bid on cards they want before the last minute of the auction.

 

[aw00d05]

I bid on a card that has a tight sell range and the card is now over that range. A sleeper prospect sbut not an unknown. The high bidder has a couple of bids and 14 rating w/ 40% of bids with user. I suspect shilling so am done bidding. if he cancels bids all will be canceled right? when do you suspect shilling?

I don't get people that bid on cards they want before the last minute of the auction.

+1, unless you don't have a sniper and aren't going to be around, but that's a low percentage of people.

 

[The_ReverendAct2]

I bid on a card that has a tight sell range and the card is now over that range. A sleeper prospect sbut not an unknown. The high bidder has a couple of bids and 14 rating w/ 40% of bids with user. I suspect shilling so am done bidding. if he cancels bids all will be canceled right? when do you suspect shilling?

I don't get people that bid on cards they want before the last minute of the auction.

+1, unless you don't have a sniper and aren't going to be around, but that's a low percentage of people.

i don't use snipe so I usually put in a bid just to mark. If I want it, trust me I usually put a significant bid in and if I don't win that was the most I was going to pay anyway. But the question still stands, what percentage do you suspect shilling?

 

[pudge1760]

I am one who usually has a very limited budget. I bid whenever I find a card that I want, no matter how much time is left. I put in the most I am willing to pay and if I win, I win. If I do not win then it just was not meant to be. I think if you put in the most you are willing to pay and then get outbid then someone just wanted the card more than you. They valued that card higher than you did.

 

[ChasHawk]

Nobody is realing answering the OP though, and I would like to know this as well.
What %, and how do you know for sure if something is being shilled?

 

[bradical]

I am pretty sure I got shilled right here:

http://offer.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... r_ViewLink

 

[pudge1760]

I am pretty sure I got shilled right here:

http://offer.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... r_ViewLink

I was actually all set to bid on that last night, and when it jumped up that high I was like, whoa. I won the Blue 9.5 from that seller last night.

 

[ChasHawk]

I am pretty sure I got shilled right here:

http://offer.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... r_ViewLink

Did you get a second chance offer? If not, you may have just gotten outbid.

 

[pujolsjunkie]

There's no set percentage to say "THAT'S SHILLING!!!!!"

A guy may go on ebay, find a card, bid, and then look at the person's other items and bid on those. It isn't all swindlers out there.

 

[Gwynn545]

I just found a card I wanted for .01...wanted to bid .54...and "accidently" bid $54.00! I am glad they aren't all shill bidders! got it for .01! :lol:

 

[scotty21690]

Nobody is realing answering the OP though, and I would like to know this as well.
What %, and how do you know for sure if something is being shilled?

46%.

 

[justinmandawg]

So there is this one player that a certain person has been selling for quite a while, very slowly. I was only bidding on his items for a couple months because nothing else was showing up that I wanted. I'm sure it looked messed up but if anyone knew either of us, I hope they'd think differently.

 

[matfanofold]

E-bay as a whole, I would say less then 0.1%.


E-bay's baseball card(and related) auctions? I would guess >10%.