Screw it...now I am just upset after seeing the proof in the pudding. You guys be the judge and see for yourself the stuff we dug up:
So in addition to shipping my CUP card in a PWE, I think we have a shiller on our hands as well. I will admit that I cannot 100% confirm it, as there is not enough evidence to prove such an occurrence is happening, but it just looks too "neat."
Exhibit A: 11/12 CUP Dual NHL Logo Shields of Lance Bouma / Roman Horak sold on July 12. He WON this...for FREE...in
GB #2085.
Exhibit B: Auction shows a winning bid of $246.50 won by a member with 4 positive feedback.
Exhibit C: winning bidder has bid on 66% of his items, and only 1 bid on the Cup shield.
Exhibit D: Card is now up for auction yet again.
I took a look at both esper's feedback
received and feedback he
left for others and the sold auction doesn't come up...so I'm not able to prove or disprove that the item actually sold legitimately. However, the original auction ended on July 12...this new auction ends on July 20...that's a matter of 8 days and he runs his auctions for 7 days. To me, that says that he shill-bid his item to see if it would reach a certain amount. When it didn't, he simply listed it again almost immediately. How is he supposed to know that the 'buyer' wasn't going to pay in a day? It just all seems too fishy to me. A little too 'neat.' A little too convenient.
Got him again...now thrice:
Exhibit E: Card ended on June 30th for $355
Exhibit F: Card ended on July 14th for $332.25
Exhibit G: Card now up online for the 3rd time.
And now, for a 4th time:
Gotcha
