The upside to "private bidders" on ebay

[FASTMAX]

Is there any??? A seller, otter99, has a couple of cards I would love to pick up but all his auctions are private bidders. You cant tell if there is any shilling going on. He has great feedback but still, why? Anyone ever deal with him/her?


Thanks in advance, Doug.

 

[cassijon]

otter99 is a high end buyer/cracker, im sure theres no shilling goin on there,

hes a friend of derek's (burebuyer)

 

[hederman]

I just tried to buy a nice Ersberg Cup patch off him. I was the high bidder (with a bid way over BV) for the entire auction until the last 6 hours, then suddenly the bids went into the hundreds of dollars. I had a feeling something fishy was going on so I backed off.
He does have 100% feedback but that doesn't say much when you can't tell who's bidding on the cards.

 

[xirxious]

I'm assuming he is a seeker for some high end collectors. They usually like to be 'catered to' and it keeps out chuckleheads that bid and don't pay. Its the same reasoning Christie's charges a large fee just to get an auction bidding card.

 

[geerhed19]

I've bought off him in the past with no issues, was only a couple of times and they weren't high dollar cards but all went smooth.

 

[JoelCarry]

Well myself i do not like private bidders when i am bidding on cards for the reason you mentioned that it makes it hard to tell when you are getting shill bids.
I recently was bidding on a card of theirs and a similar card (same player , same set and imo similar patch quality)
The other went for $103ish and theirs ended at $168. Do not know of anything fishy per say can not tell with private bidders.
Shortly after i was able to trade for the same card and just as good patch quality so i could care less.
It was the first time i was bidding in an auction with private bidders and i can honestly say it left a bad taste in my mouth.

 

[tkmullin]

I've bought literally 100's of cards from him (I believe his name is Ted)... you will have NO ISSUES!