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<p>[QUOTE="Juan Blanco, post: 1648987, member: 41665"]I wonder if "Best Offer Accepted" is a shill-bidding ruse. Take the spectacular auction which gets no feedback/nor recorded sale-price. How can we know IF the product ever "sold" in the first place, let alone what the sale-price was? </p><p><br /></p><p>For example:</p><p><a href="http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?type=3&campid=5335874456&toolid=10001&mpre=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.com%2Fitm%2F1970s-LEGO-14K-SOLID-GOLD-25-YEARS-EMPLOYEE-SERVICE-2X4-BRICK-ULTRA-RARE-%2F221148102615" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?type=3&campid=5335874456&toolid=10001&mpre=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.com%2Fitm%2F1970s-LEGO-14K-SOLID-GOLD-25-YEARS-EMPLOYEE-SERVICE-2X4-BRICK-ULTRA-RARE-%2F221148102615" rel="nofollow">http://www.ebay.com/itm/1970s-LEGO-14K-SOLID-GOLD-25-YEARS-EMPLOYEE-SERVICE-2X4-BRICK-ULTRA-RARE-/221148102615</a></p><p><br /></p><p>That art-bar perhaps sold for ~$ 2,000 - 3,000., NOT $15,000. We know the "buyer" didn't leave any feedback - so maybe the sale was never completed? Authencity of the object was unsustantiated, very dubious.</p><p><br /></p><p>It was discussed here - some CTers <i>desperately </i>wanted to believe it was genuine Lego and sold for thousand$. <a href="http://www.cointalk.com/t218193/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/t218193/">http://www.cointalk.com/t218193/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>With eBay and 'odd spectaculars' DOUBT FIRST and verify, obviously.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Juan Blanco, post: 1648987, member: 41665"]I wonder if "Best Offer Accepted" is a shill-bidding ruse. Take the spectacular auction which gets no feedback/nor recorded sale-price. How can we know IF the product ever "sold" in the first place, let alone what the sale-price was? For example: [URL="http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?type=3&campid=5335874456&toolid=10001&mpre=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.com%2Fitm%2F1970s-LEGO-14K-SOLID-GOLD-25-YEARS-EMPLOYEE-SERVICE-2X4-BRICK-ULTRA-RARE-%2F221148102615"]http://www.ebay.com/itm/1970s-LEGO-14K-SOLID-GOLD-25-YEARS-EMPLOYEE-SERVICE-2X4-BRICK-ULTRA-RARE-/221148102615[/URL] That art-bar perhaps sold for ~$ 2,000 - 3,000., NOT $15,000. We know the "buyer" didn't leave any feedback - so maybe the sale was never completed? Authencity of the object was unsustantiated, very dubious. It was discussed here - some CTers [I]desperately [/I]wanted to believe it was genuine Lego and sold for thousand$. [URL]http://www.cointalk.com/t218193/[/URL] With eBay and 'odd spectaculars' DOUBT FIRST and verify, obviously.[/QUOTE]
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