~~~~~eBay sellers and PRIVATE Listings~~~~~

[George_Calfas]

I have been watching an auction for the past week and have been on the fence about bidding in fear of a shill. Now I know that you should bid what you feel comforatable paying etc but at the end of the day we all would like to win a card below our max bid.

So I ask you, O'wise FCB community: do you bid on private listings, don't bid, don't care, or don't even notice some listings are private?

 

[IUjapander]

I've never understood the point of private listings since you can't see who is bidding anyway. Only one reason to do it in my opinion, and that is to shill.

 

[ASTROBURN]

Private? Didnt know it existed. Seems shady to keep it private. Im surprised its an option.

 

[michaelstepper]

I've never understood the point of private listings since you can't see who is bidding anyway. Only one reason to do it in my opinion, and that is to shill.

Agreed. I don't see any reason whatsoever do have private listings

 

[MansGame]

I don't understand private listings at all... Don't know how you go about doing them, their purpose, etc. Is there an additional fee? Do you have to qualify to have a private listing or why wouldn't everyone just do it?

 

[mlbsalltimegreats]

Stay away from those as these is something shady going on even if its not shilling, I could see if you were strictly a highend buyer and you don't want anyone knowing you ebay id even when feedback is left but as a seller you should not have things private unless your up to no good.

 

[chipperjfan10]

honestly never even noticed

 

[RStadlerASU22]

Except for shilling I wouldn't be worried. You should be protected with payment etc through PP / eBay. But if its an time that may come up again , I may pass on a Private one.


Ryan

 

[mrmopar]

Sniping keeps shillers out of the game, other than laying out a proxy bid that they would not mind if the card didn't sell for.

I agree though that a private auction can be shady and most i see seem to be somewhat questionable. You can't see exact bidders, but you can tell when one bidder is bidding and when it's numerous bidders in a normal auction and you can't in a private auction. Too much room for abuse.

 

[swish54_99]

How do you tell if it's private or not? Maybe I've been bidding on some and don't even notice, but it sounds like they are rare and not the norm.

 

[George_Calfas]

How do you tell if it's private or not? Maybe I've been bidding on some and don't even notice, but it sounds like they are rare and not the norm.

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