You don't understand collectibles at all. The whole point of collecting games is to keep them protected inside of their sealed tamper-proof cases.
Quote from: Black Tiger on December 17, 2012, 03:02:36 PMYou don't understand collectibles at all. The whole point of collecting games is to keep them protected inside of their sealed tamper-proof cases.Why don't they just dip the shit in carbonite and get it over with?
Quote from: sirhcman on October 16, 2012, 11:16:55 AMQuote from: FiftyQuid on October 16, 2012, 10:56:54 AMQuote from: sirhcman on October 16, 2012, 10:09:10 AMShill bidding has begun on the below auction auction. plcards is using his other name (cars856) to jack up price. cars856 is currently the high bidder. I recommend all my compatriots in this thread report the item for shill bidding!http://www.ebay.com/itm/The-Dynastic-Hero-TurboGrafx-16-Complete-TG-TG16-Turbo-Duo-/140866196637?pt=Video_Games_Games&hash=item20cc47949dReport item here: http://ocs.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ReportItemMember&items=140866196637&seller=plcards&active=1&state=1Category: Listing practicesReason for Report: Fraudulent listing activitiesDetailed Reason: Seller is using other accounts to inflate item priceWhere do you see cars856? I see 5***5 as the highest bidder. c*****6 is nowhere to be seen.You can't see it but if you look at other auctions cars856 has won off plcards you can conclude it.c****6 would not be what his hidden name is on there. cars856 name is hidden with 5***5. My name is sirhcman on ebay and when I make a bid mine is hidden with the following: i***aplcards name is hidden on bids with c***dIf you look at this item (http://offer.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewBids&_trksid=p2047675.l2565&rt=nc&item=120995198405) you can see that plcards sold it to 5***5. If you look at plcards feedback (http://feedback.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewFeedback2&userid=plcards&&_trksid=p2047675.l2560&rt=nc&iid=140866196637&sspagename=VIP:feedback&ftab=FeedbackAsSeller) you can see it matches to the second item which was won by cars856cars856 has been bidding on rc vehicles, football cards, and turbo games all being sold by plcards. Of cars856 bids over the past 30 days 84% of them have been to plcards account. With these factors, the 5***5 hidden name, the feedback for i****a being the same as cars856 it is stands to reason that it is one in the same.plcards sold baby formula to cars856 even.. http://offer.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewBids&_trksid=p2047675.l2565&rt=nc&item=140806008209 August 28th feedback: http://feedback.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewFeedback2&userid=cars856&ftab=FeedbackLeftForOthersLastly cars856 "sold" a fatboy front fender on ebay to plcards. It would be a lot of amazing coincidences if this wasn't shill bidding. Second item on the following link: http://feedback.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewFeedback2&userid=cars856&ftab=FeedbackAsSellerBe aware that plcards also opened up this account tp60000 and has started buying and selling under that name as well. http://feedback.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewFeedback2&userid=tp60000&ftab=AllFeedback&rt=ncAt the very least it could be 2 people working together but my suspicion it is one person. You can have two different names/addresses tied to each account and can even proxy or spoof your ip to make sure one isn't the same as the other. Either way it is shill bidding in my opinion and I believe the auction I spoke about prior should be reported.Hopefully all the gibberish above makes sense. If you guys don't approve that this should be in the ebay gouging thread I will delete, I just feel it my duty to help the thread rid ebay of this shill bidding crap on our beloved turbos.
Looks like our buddy plcards is at it again... "Sold" this item to himself since the bid didn't get up high enough: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Parasol-Stars-TurboGrafx-16-1991-Complete-Box-Rare-TG-TG16-Duo-/121027407438Relists the item today with Buy It Now/Best Offer once it fell off his ebay "sold" history: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Parasol-Stars-TurboGrafx-16-1991-Complete-In-Box-TG-TG16-Duo-/121041203300?pt=Video_Games_Games&hash=item1c2e9e3064FYI: He is now using a new name to shill bid his stuff up but I haven't figured it out yet.. the ebay hidden name is n***n (137). I guess after he was outed last time he changed names and smartly he isn't leaving himself shill feedback anymore so to cover his tracks.All of the bidding history on that account is to plcards own auctions (copy and paste link, hyperlink doesnt work): http://offer.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewBidderProfile&mode=1&item=121027407438&aid=n***n&eu=ruennMDeG7MoQl9fft72ZqmyB69TyRaY&view=NONE&ssPageName=PageBidderProfileViewBids_None_ViewLinkI reported the auction to ebay
Quote from: sirhcman on December 19, 2012, 06:58:39 AMLooks like our buddy plcards is at it again... "Sold" this item to himself since the bid didn't get up high enough: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Parasol-Stars-TurboGrafx-16-1991-Complete-Box-Rare-TG-TG16-Duo-/121027407438Relists the item today with Buy It Now/Best Offer once it fell off his ebay "sold" history: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Parasol-Stars-TurboGrafx-16-1991-Complete-In-Box-TG-TG16-Duo-/121041203300?pt=Video_Games_Games&hash=item1c2e9e3064FYI: He is now using a new name to shill bid his stuff up but I haven't figured it out yet.. the ebay hidden name is n***n (137). I guess after he was outed last time he changed names and smartly he isn't leaving himself shill feedback anymore so to cover his tracks.All of the bidding history on that account is to plcards own auctions (copy and paste link, hyperlink doesnt work): http://offer.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewBidderProfile&mode=1&item=121027407438&aid=n***n&eu=ruennMDeG7MoQl9fft72ZqmyB69TyRaY&view=NONE&ssPageName=PageBidderProfileViewBids_None_ViewLinkI reported the auction to ebayExpect this one to be relisted as well - http://www.ebay.com/itm/Soldier-Blade-TurboGrafx-16-Complete-TG-TG16-Duo-/121031817261?pt=Video_Games_Games&hash=item1c2e0ef82dSince he bought it here for $82+10 shipping. http://www.ebay.com/itm/281009048325?nma=true&si=MfJxjvm7fJSOgVcjvsC6XyEttAI%3D&rt=nc&_trksid=p4340.l2557&orig_cvip=trueI had contacted the seller, and asked what it came with, turned out it was CIB. Figured it would go cheaper due to the way it was listed. My bid didn't even get registered, it was too low. If a***o isn't one of his shills, he really lost out. Around $9-10 in fees, making it a net loss. EDIT: It turns out it was bought by http://myworld.ebay.com/hotgamer-us , a seller located in Illinois. So, it looks like our buddy plcards took a $10 hit on that one. Maybe a little schadenfreude, to go along with his shill bidding.
It's not about simply flipping each game for profit. Crooked resellers are thinking long term. They began nanipulating the market by buying up everything at or below average market price and began trickling games out strategically. It doesn't matter so much if they make a profit on every flipped game, what's important is that they keep demand and selling prices artificially high.
Has anyone here ever purchased anything that was graded?
I don't understand how you guys are reporting these people. I see the REPORT button, but once I get in there I'm force to use 4 separate drop-down's and none of them seem to apply to what I'm trying to report.
It's not like it matters - eBay doesn't give a f*ck.
