So is this my first obvious shill?

[Lazlow]

So I was bidding on this today

http://www.ebay.com/itm/GEGARD-MOUS...-Topps-UFC-BLOODLINES-2013-RARE-/281254610222

- I jumped in with a couple hours left with a $50 max.
- Another bidder beat it with a $62 max
- So I bumped mine up to $66.80
- But I got beaten at the death and it went to the same other bidder for $67.80

However, two hours later I get a second chance offer for the same card at $66.80.

Given the time difference to California (where the seller is apparently located) and the usual delays in getting payment from buyers, I found this unusually prompt.

When I checked the other bidders history its appears they've only ever made 8 bids on 5 different items, all with the same seller.

Shill?

 

[Mr Paparazzi]

Yeah def shilled mate, it's happening everywhere now. Even some Australian seller I tried to buy off a couple of weeks ago had an over the top obvious account set up to up my bids lol.

 

[Jonathon M]

So I was bidding on this today

http://www.ebay.com/itm/GEGARD-MOUS...-Topps-UFC-BLOODLINES-2013-RARE-/281254610222

- I jumped in with a couple hours left with a $50 max.
- Another bidder beat it with a $62 max
- So I bumped mine up to $66.80
- But I got beaten at the death and it went to the same other bidder for $67.80

However, two hours later I get a second chance offer for the same card at $66.80.

Given the time difference to California (where the seller is apparently located) and the usual delays in getting payment from buyers, I found this unusually prompt.

When I checked the other bidders history its appears they've only ever made 8 bids on 5 different items, all with the same seller.

Shill?

Offer the seller what it would have gone for without the shill account....

 

[A1CardsandGaming]

The bids are one thing but what about the $160 postage cost

 

[Lazlow]

Haha yeah, I did a double take on that. But I was planning on having it posted to my comc mailbox either way.

Just gonna let this one go anyway. Mousasi ain't a main PC, and I don't want to reward sellers like this.