Do I smell a shill?

[kimik]

Check out the pics of this NM copy of Iron Man #55 and then look at the bidders:

 

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2194127811&category=33817

 

If this is not a shill, then we have two insufficiently_thoughtful_person speculators going head to head.

[Rip]

The two names suggest they may be the same person...

First we have

4949comics

Then we have

comic4848

 

But who knows??

 

 

[wormboy]

Check out 4949's feedback. 8 positive, 4 negative.

[kimik]

A little funny, isn't it?

 

At first when I saw this auction I was just going to post something on how foolish speculators are for paying top dollar for a clearly overgraded book. However, upon checking out the bidders I found that the two ids were a little too similar for comfort. Who knows what is going on, but if it is not a shill then someone is going to get ripped off royally with this purchase.

[shiverbones]

hey f whether or not its a shill, what about NM missing a corner?!?!?! I wish all these people would just go away....my head hurts.....

[shiverbones]

oh, and i think it has to be a shil. I recently won a raw IM55 (about a month ago) on ebay that looked flawless except for 1 stress and it ended at $91. It sat at $50something until the end too. There is no way this book suddenly has that much interest.

[shiverbones]

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[supapimp]

double posting? as for sudden interest? that's called sniping....everybody does it.

[Aces]

This is NM!?

 

 

Only a shill could think it was...

[shiverbones]

ooops, sorry for the double double post post

i know what sniping is, thats what i pay esnipe for my point was the book has gone this high even before its final moments, which to me seems like an attempt to make the auction stand out with a high price without actually having to sell it....hence shilling! A shilling for your thoughts...

[Darthdiesel]

Maybe it's situated "relatively close" to a diner mint or peppermint candy?

[BachelorOfComix]

"THIS COMIC WAS STORED IN AN ALMOST INVIORMENTIALLY CONTROLLED SPACE, SMOKER FREE, ALMOST POLLUSION FREE"

 

"NEAR MINT CONDTION"

 

 

[DiceX]

"THIS COMIC WAS STORED IN AN ALMOST INVIORMENTIALLY CONTROLLED SPACE, SMOKER FREE, ALMOST POLLUSION FREE"

 

"NEAR MINT CONDTION"

 

 

 

I give it a POS 4.5

[Aces]

I'm thinking more GVG 3.0.

 

That's one of the worst "NMs" I've ever seen.

 

Even that guy (eBay name starts with an S) people here always make fun of isn't this bad.

His NMs are usually VGF.

[Aman619]

I couldnt do business with anybody stupid enough to spell like that!!

 

"Ill be coming 'round the conor, when she comes!!"

[uluru]

"NEAR MINT CONDTION"

 

 

yea sure..

[Rickdogg]

This person may be utilizing Crack Wizard's "conditional" grading scale..."Would be a perfect 9.8 NM/MT if it didn't have jizz stains on the front cover and major tears and chips"