Advise needed; I thought I was getting shilled, but...

[spiral8]

A few nights ago I was bidding on an 00-01 SPGU Gretzky auto/jersey bronze /300. I put my bid up to $200 (card books for $300) Well, the winning bidder fell through immediately, and I was offered the card within mere minutes after the auctions end...I looked at the winning bidders feedback, and at the time it was low (2) but 100% and both items the person had previously bought were of the high end variety. I just rechecked their feedback (1 with a few negatives from different users) and it looks like they're well on their way to getting NARU'd. So now I'm left with a choice to pick up this pretty sweet Gretzky, but at $200 it ain't cheap.

What do you think I should do?

Thanks for the input!

 

[gamebreakers]

If I recall correctly, the seller is a board member.
It's definitely a nice card, with an affordable price for an auto jersey.

Personally, if you like the card as tradebait, I would value it more to the tune of $400.

Just me though.

Jeff

 

[newfiecomicguy1]

Not sure who it was because there wasn't any info included on the auction. If you are willing to pay that go for it, if not pass.

 

[xxcarlos20x]

Yeah, it does seem to be a board members auction. Anyhow, if you read the auction it say's paypal only auction.. either she informed him that she didn't have paypal, or 2 he looked at all of those negatives- sent her an email and said sorry about your luck and gave it to you instead. Either way, it doesn't seem to be a shill bid because she hasn't bid on any other auctions of his. Or maybe he was happy with the sale value, has a duplicate and is extending it your way. That's just my 2 cents.

Carlos

 

[quincy]

How badly do you want it at this time? Honestly, I think you'd be able to snag it for maybe $20-30 cheaper at a future date...if that's important. I'd probably just snag it and call 'er a day.