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jelloslug

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Re: Turbo Gouging on Ebay ( r.i.p. - gouging much )
« Reply #3735 on: January 17, 2013, 11:06:52 AM »
This is an awesome deal on Dragon Sprirt, the card still has the plastic cover!

http://www.ebay.com/itm/TurboGrafx-16-Dragon-Spirit-Video-Games-/130836854540?pt=Video_Games_Games&hash=item1e767bf70c

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Re: Turbo Gouging on Ebay ( r.i.p. - gouging much )
« Reply #3736 on: January 23, 2013, 02:10:30 PM »
^ how much does that game usually go for? I don't have that one yet

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Re: Turbo Gouging on Ebay ( r.i.p. - gouging much )
« Reply #3737 on: January 23, 2013, 03:04:48 PM »
^ how much does that game usually go for? I don't have that one yet
I got a brand new copy for $30 last year.

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Re: Turbo Gouging on Ebay ( r.i.p. - gouging much )
« Reply #3738 on: January 24, 2013, 12:24:22 AM »
^ how much does that game usually go for? I don't have that one yet
Used: $15 or so tops.  I bought a new copy just recently for $14+shipping. I have 2 extra copies just laying around....

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Re: Turbo Gouging on Ebay ( r.i.p. - gouging much )
« Reply #3739 on: January 31, 2013, 12:11:19 PM »
plcards back up to his old tricks again..bought the game for $40 via BIN, tried reselling it but when he couldn't flip for a profit he used his mult account to make sure he didn't lose money..

http://feedback.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewFeedback2&userid=cars856&ftab=AllFeedback&rt=nc

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-/121027407438

Relists 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=item1c2e9e3064

FYI: 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_ViewLink

I reported the auction to ebay



Brief history of plcards:

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Quote from: sirhcman on October 16, 2012, 11:16:55 AM
Quote from: FiftyQuid on October 16, 2012, 10:56:54 AM
Quote from: sirhcman on October 16, 2012, 10:09:10 AM
Shill 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=item20cc47949d

Report item here: http://ocs.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ReportItemMember&items=140866196637&seller=plcards&active=1&state=1

Category: Listing practices
Reason for Report: Fraudulent listing activities
Detailed Reason: Seller is using other accounts to inflate item price

Where 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***a

plcards name is hidden on bids with c***d

If 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 cars856


cars856 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=FeedbackLeftForOthers

Lastly 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=FeedbackAsSeller

Be 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=nc

At 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.


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Re: Turbo Gouging on Ebay ( r.i.p. - gouging much )
« Reply #3740 on: January 31, 2013, 02:22:54 PM »
Is there any hope for these artificially inflated prices to crash?

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Re: Turbo Gouging on Ebay ( r.i.p. - gouging much )
« Reply #3741 on: January 31, 2013, 02:52:13 PM »
Is there any hope for these artificially inflated prices to crash?

Yes. We must all take our collections to eBay and sell super cheap. This will reset the market.

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Re: Turbo Gouging on Ebay ( r.i.p. - gouging much )
« Reply #3742 on: January 31, 2013, 03:11:16 PM »
Yes. We must all take our collections to eBay and sell super cheap. This will reset the market.

Haha, you go first. :D

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Re: Turbo Gouging on Ebay ( r.i.p. - gouging much )
« Reply #3743 on: February 12, 2013, 11:06:51 AM »
What the heck, he says it is NEW even though it has scratches, supposedly his cat did it.. :shock:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/New-TurboGrafx-CD-System-Ultra-Rare-Must-Have-All-Collectors-Complete-/111012211712?pt=Video_Games&hash=item19d8d7ec00

This guy is nuts.

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Re: Turbo Gouging on Ebay ( r.i.p. - gouging much )
« Reply #3744 on: February 12, 2013, 01:26:47 PM »
Saw that one go up earlier today and was like WTF?

This one is the same setup (albiet, not "new", but neither is the one posted above really) for 1/5 of the cost...

http://www.ebay.com/itm/TurboGrafx-16-Black-Console-NTSC-w-CD-Drive-In-Box-In-Case-w-Foam-Tested-/281052262817?pt=Video_Games&hash=item41700531a1

Its like people don't do any price research before posting shit on ebay
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Re: Turbo Gouging on Ebay ( r.i.p. - gouging much )
« Reply #3745 on: February 12, 2013, 04:00:24 PM »
What the heck, he says it is NEW even though it has scratches, supposedly his cat did it.. :shock:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/New-TurboGrafx-CD-System-Ultra-Rare-Must-Have-All-Collectors-Complete-/111012211712?pt=Video_Games&hash=item19d8d7ec00

This guy is nuts.
Part of me wants ebay to ban BIN and require all auctions to start at 0.99 USD.

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Re: Turbo Gouging on Ebay ( r.i.p. - gouging much )
« Reply #3746 on: February 12, 2013, 04:03:20 PM »
What the heck, he says it is NEW even though it has scratches, supposedly his cat did it.. :shock:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/New-TurboGrafx-CD-System-Ultra-Rare-Must-Have-All-Collectors-Complete-/111012211712?pt=Video_Games&hash=item19d8d7ec00

This guy is nuts.
Part of me wants ebay to ban BIN and require all auctions to start at 0.99 USD.


Yeah because all the good deals that can be had on items not related to some video game platform is a bad thing.............
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Re: Turbo Gouging on Ebay ( r.i.p. - gouging much )
« Reply #3747 on: February 13, 2013, 02:24:17 AM »
This guy is nuts.




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Re: Turbo Gouging on Ebay ( r.i.p. - gouging much )
« Reply #3748 on: February 13, 2013, 04:17:42 AM »
What the heck, he says it is NEW even though it has scratches, supposedly his cat did it.. :shock:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/New-TurboGrafx-CD-System-Ultra-Rare-Must-Have-All-Collectors-Complete-/111012211712?pt=Video_Games&hash=item19d8d7ec00

This guy is nuts.


I agree.  Ever notice how the item location always seems to be the St. Louis area?  This guy has posted a lot of outrageous stuff in the past.

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Re: Turbo Gouging on Ebay ( r.i.p. - gouging much )
« Reply #3749 on: February 13, 2013, 06:56:26 AM »
Bosnacmb never ceases to amaze me.  Between him and the guy who claims to not speak english well......
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