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<p>[QUOTE="Mikeysmint, post: 395528, member: 15154"]I do not know where this question fits since I am new to CoinTalk, so feel free to move or delete.</p><p><br /></p><p>I just started collecting coins and starting with wheats. I do not have a collection of wheats piled up yet but am anxious to get started. So I have turned to ebay to start my pile. I have been looking at the bulk options and I know that they are a scam and all common. Thats alright by me, I just like wheats. However I am noticing a weird trend or patten that I have to inquiry about:</p><p><br /></p><p>On all the wheats I see listed on ebay, either bulk, or in shotgun rolls are being bid on by people with the ebay names such as r***r or a***j, etc, etc. Every single bid is by these buyers! Did I miss something? Am I this new to ebay that I dont know how this works? Can anyone shed light on this subject? </p><p><br /></p><p> My only guess is that its a tight knit community of sellers who have separate names that bid on eachothers auctions to artificially drive up the price so suckers like this guy (me) have to shell out more money for an everyday common coin.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Mikeysmint, post: 395528, member: 15154"]I do not know where this question fits since I am new to CoinTalk, so feel free to move or delete. I just started collecting coins and starting with wheats. I do not have a collection of wheats piled up yet but am anxious to get started. So I have turned to ebay to start my pile. I have been looking at the bulk options and I know that they are a scam and all common. Thats alright by me, I just like wheats. However I am noticing a weird trend or patten that I have to inquiry about: On all the wheats I see listed on ebay, either bulk, or in shotgun rolls are being bid on by people with the ebay names such as r***r or a***j, etc, etc. Every single bid is by these buyers! Did I miss something? Am I this new to ebay that I dont know how this works? Can anyone shed light on this subject? My only guess is that its a tight knit community of sellers who have separate names that bid on eachothers auctions to artificially drive up the price so suckers like this guy (me) have to shell out more money for an everyday common coin.[/QUOTE]
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