Most bids on eBay for a Silver Age book

[sundrycollect]

There are about 19,000 auctions for Silver Age books on eBay right now. That's out of ~265,000 total Silver Age listings...so less than 10% of total listings are auctions. eBay should get back to it's roots...but that is another topic!

 

ANYWAY...this book, Action 252 (origin/first appearance of Super Girl), has the most bids with 54 (15 bidders): http://ebay.to/1zDf61q

 

There is a Hulk #1 right behind with 48 bids (14 bidders): http://ebay.to/1u1G02f

 

 

[Phicks]

I heartily agree that they are way too many "Buy It Now"s, which are mostly over priced books that get listed again, and again, and again, and never sell.

 

But what is much more preventable is that about half the eBay books listed under "Silver Age" are much more recent. I am interested in 1960s comics, and really have no patience to be wading through hundreds of listings for Jim Lee X-Men and Deadpool's first appearance. If you are a seller, please take the time to list your comics in the correct age.

[gadzukes]

Heck, I see modern books listed under "Platinum". A seller is really limiting themselves if they list in the wrong categories.

[Johnny U]

I heartily agree that they are way too many "Buy It Now"s, which are mostly over priced books that get listed again, and again, and again, and never sell.

 

But what is much more preventable is that about half the eBay books listed under "Silver Age" are much more recent. I am interested in 1960s comics, and really have no patience to be wading through hundreds of listings for Jim Lee X-Men and Deadpool's first appearance. If you are a seller, please take the time to list your comics in the correct age.

 

But how else can they get people to look at their 90's dreck?

 

 

 

 

 

 

[jimjum12]

I heartily agree that they are way too many "Buy It Now"s, which are mostly over priced books that get listed again, and again, and again, and never sell.

 

But what is much more preventable is that about half the eBay books listed under "Silver Age" are much more recent. I am interested in 1960s comics, and really have no patience to be wading through hundreds of listings for Jim Lee X-Men and Deadpool's first appearance. If you are a seller, please take the time to list your comics in the correct age.

 

..... THAT'S my peeve. It's a shame that eBay doesn't police that..... it's infinitely annoying.... likewise with the huge numbers of SA books in the GA section. GOD BLESS...

 

-jimbo(a friend of jesus) (thumbs u

[mysterio]

I heartily agree that they are way too many "Buy It Now"s, which are mostly over priced books that get listed again, and again, and again, and never sell.

 

But what is much more preventable is that about half the eBay books listed under "Silver Age" are much more recent. I am interested in 1960s comics, and really have no patience to be wading through hundreds of listings for Jim Lee X-Men and Deadpool's first appearance. If you are a seller, please take the time to list your comics in the correct age.

 

..... THAT'S my peeve. It's a shame that eBay doesn't police that..... it's infinitely annoying.... likewise with the huge numbers of SA books in the GA section. GOD BLESS...

 

-jimbo(a friend of jesus) (thumbs u

 

eBay employees almost certainly know less about the comics than the people listing them, so they're incapable of policing it even if they were inclined to (which they aren't). I rarely use the age designations for searches unless I'm really looking for something to do, as they have to be the least effective way to actually find books in those eras. I still think putting "CGC it" in titles to clog searches for actually slabbed books is the worst infraction on eBay, but YMMV.

[Johnny U]

I heartily agree that they are way too many "Buy It Now"s, which are mostly over priced books that get listed again, and again, and again, and never sell.

 

But what is much more preventable is that about half the eBay books listed under "Silver Age" are much more recent. I am interested in 1960s comics, and really have no patience to be wading through hundreds of listings for Jim Lee X-Men and Deadpool's first appearance. If you are a seller, please take the time to list your comics in the correct age.

 

..... THAT'S my peeve. It's a shame that eBay doesn't police that..... it's infinitely annoying.... likewise with the huge numbers of SA books in the GA section. GOD BLESS...

 

-jimbo(a friend of jesus) (thumbs u

 

eBay employees almost certainly know less about the comics than the people listing them, so they're incapable of policing it even if they were inclined to (which they aren't). I rarely use the age designations for searches unless I'm really looking for something to do, as they have to be the least effective way to actually find books in those eras. I still think putting "CGC it" in titles to clog searches for actually slabbed books is the worst infraction on eBay, but YMMV.

 

 

[sundrycollect]

A little surprised that this book is leading the way now with 57 bids and 12 bidders. Tales of Suspense 59 in CGC 7.5

 

http://ebay.to/1zqhE2z

 

A closer look shows that most of the bids are from one guy bidding $5 at a time. I would just snipe it instead of bidding 20 times. To each his own, I guess.

[darkstar]

A little surprised that this book is leading the way now with 57 bids and 12 bidders. Tales of Suspense 59 in CGC 7.5

 

http://ebay.to/1zqhE2z

 

A closer look shows that most of the bids are from one guy bidding $5 at a time. I would just snipe it instead of bidding 20 times. To each his own, I guess.

 

The auction was shilled. The incremental bids by the legitimate bidder and winner of the auction show up like that because the 2 feedback shill bidder e***n kept incrementally bidding into him trying to find his ceiling.

[goldust40]

A little surprised that this book is leading the way now with 57 bids and 12 bidders. Tales of Suspense 59 in CGC 7.5

 

http://ebay.to/1zqhE2z

 

A closer look shows that most of the bids are from one guy bidding $5 at a time. I would just snipe it instead of bidding 20 times. To each his own, I guess.

 

The auction was shilled. The incremental bids by the legitimate bidder and winner of the auction show up like that because the 2 feedback shill bidder e***n kept incrementally bidding into him trying to find his ceiling.

 

Pretty blatant shilling.

[Buzzetta]

A little surprised that this book is leading the way now with 57 bids and 12 bidders. Tales of Suspense 59 in CGC 7.5

 

http://ebay.to/1zqhE2z

 

A closer look shows that most of the bids are from one guy bidding $5 at a time. I would just snipe it instead of bidding 20 times. To each his own, I guess.

 

It's actually an effective bidding strategy.

[JTLarsen]

A little surprised that this book is leading the way now with 57 bids and 12 bidders. Tales of Suspense 59 in CGC 7.5

 

http://ebay.to/1zqhE2z

 

A closer look shows that most of the bids are from one guy bidding $5 at a time. I would just snipe it instead of bidding 20 times. To each his own, I guess.

 

It's actually an effective bidding strategy.

 

How so? I don't see it.

[ttfitz]

A little surprised that this book is leading the way now with 57 bids and 12 bidders. Tales of Suspense 59 in CGC 7.5

 

http://ebay.to/1zqhE2z

 

A closer look shows that most of the bids are from one guy bidding $5 at a time. I would just snipe it instead of bidding 20 times. To each his own, I guess.

 

The auction was shilled. The incremental bids by the legitimate bidder and winner of the auction show up like that because the 2 feedback shill bidder e***n kept incrementally bidding into him trying to find his ceiling.

 

If you look a little closer (turn on automatic bids), the winning bidder DID bit up $5 at a time on Feb 3rd, until he got to $167.50 and became the high bidder over 6**s. Then on Feb 4th, e**n placed a bid of $252 which made him the high bidder at $170.

 

Then on the 6th (final day of the auction), a**q returns, does his $5 at a time bidding, until he hit $230 and still wasn't winning. Time running out, he made his last bid with less than 20 seconds left, bidding something over $257, and winning the auction over e**n's $252 bid.

 

I call "no shill."

[darkstar]

A little surprised that this book is leading the way now with 57 bids and 12 bidders. Tales of Suspense 59 in CGC 7.5

 

http://ebay.to/1zqhE2z

 

A closer look shows that most of the bids are from one guy bidding $5 at a time. I would just snipe it instead of bidding 20 times. To each his own, I guess.

 

The auction was shilled. The incremental bids by the legitimate bidder and winner of the auction show up like that because the 2 feedback shill bidder e***n kept incrementally bidding into him trying to find his ceiling.

 

If you look a little closer (turn on automatic bids), the winning bidder DID bit up $5 at a time on Feb 3rd, until he got to $167.50 and became the high bidder over 6**s. Then on Feb 4th, e**n placed a bid of $252 which made him the high bidder at $170.

 

Then on the 6th (final day of the auction), a**q returns, does his $5 at a time bidding, until he hit $230 and still wasn't winning. Time running out, he made his last bid with less than 20 seconds left, bidding something over $257, and winning the auction over e**n's $252 bid.

 

I call "no shill."

 

Uh, well you would be wrong.

 

Not shilled?

 

 

Ok.

 

Same user bidding up all of those listings from the same seller. I guess the bidder was just looking for silver age comics and a winter coat at the same time, right?

 

Oh wait, here is another of the same seller's listings. With another low feedback bidder who in addition to looking for high grade comics was also in the mood for a watch.

 

http://offer.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewBids&item=221678298927&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2565

 

http://offer.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewBidderProfile&mode=1&item=221678298927&aid=t***y&eu=&bidtid=1515828250012&view=NONE&ssPageName=PageBidderProfileViewBids_None_ViewLink

 

Here is another one of his shills:

 

http://offer.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewBidderProfile&mode=1&item=221677498375&aid=j***3&eu=&bidtid=1515131100012&view=NONE&ssPageName=PageBidderProfileViewBids_None_ViewLink

 

He has more shilling IDs than he has items for sale.

[ttfitz]

A little surprised that this book is leading the way now with 57 bids and 12 bidders. Tales of Suspense 59 in CGC 7.5

 

http://ebay.to/1zqhE2z

 

A closer look shows that most of the bids are from one guy bidding $5 at a time. I would just snipe it instead of bidding 20 times. To each his own, I guess.

 

The auction was shilled. The incremental bids by the legitimate bidder and winner of the auction show up like that because the 2 feedback shill bidder e***n kept incrementally bidding into him trying to find his ceiling.

 

If you look a little closer (turn on automatic bids), the winning bidder DID bit up $5 at a time on Feb 3rd, until he got to $167.50 and became the high bidder over 6**s. Then on Feb 4th, e**n placed a bid of $252 which made him the high bidder at $170.

 

Then on the 6th (final day of the auction), a**q returns, does his $5 at a time bidding, until he hit $230 and still wasn't winning. Time running out, he made his last bid with less than 20 seconds left, bidding something over $257, and winning the auction over e**n's $252 bid.

 

I call "no shill."

 

Uh, well you would be wrong.

 

Not shilled?

 

 

Ok.

 

Same user bidding up all of those listings from the same seller. I guess the bidder was just looking for silver age comics and a winter coat at the same time, right?

 

Oh wait, here is another of the same seller's listings. With another low feedback bidder who in addition to looking for high grade comics was also in the mood for a watch.

 

http://offer.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewBids&item=221678298927&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2565

 

http://offer.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewBidderProfile&mode=1&item=221678298927&aid=t***y&eu=&bidtid=1515828250012&view=NONE&ssPageName=PageBidderProfileViewBids_None_ViewLink

 

Here is another one of his shills:

 

http://offer.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewBidderProfile&mode=1&item=221677498375&aid=j***3&eu=&bidtid=1515131100012&view=NONE&ssPageName=PageBidderProfileViewBids_None_ViewLink

 

He has more shilling IDs than he has items for sale.

 

Forgive me, I didn't dig into him and his bidding in other auctions, I only looked at the reason you gave for this being a shill bidder.

 

I should have said, "You are wrong about the bidding of e**n on this auction being an indication of shilling, because he did not keep 'incrementally bidding into him trying to find his ceiling.' It was the winning bidder who kept incrementally bidding until he found the ceiling."

 

Your additional evidence here, now, would certainly point to that being a shill account, I would agree. Although even the bidding you have pointed out looks like a strange sort of shilling to me - more a free "reserve price" than anything.

[sundrycollect]

Interesting stuff. If the shill wins...then that is sort of defeating the purpose. In this situation this guy may often get close and then go over the high bid..."Doh!".

 

That's what I don't get. If you don't know the high bid...shilling is going to be hard.