Shill bidding or...

[Atarian7]

http://cgi.ebay.com/Atari-2600-Game-system...1QQcmdZViewItem

 

...just plain stupidity? Maybe some of those boxes are rare??

 

I've been seeing a lot of the medium sized lots with common/scarce games going for high prices. I wonder if this is a just a general trend or if there is a lot of shilling going on.

Edited January 6, 2007 by Atarian7

[guitarmas]

It does look like it.

[decypher]

Yep, looks like it to me.

[Starhopper]

. . .Or just a bunch of neophytes that don't know any better. Look at the bidding history. . . The last eBayer with experience stopped at $25.00 .

 

Of course, one or a couple of the newbies could be decoy accounts to pad the bid

[decypher]

Deff padding the bid

 

jim

[Dusk2600]

Coxteez yeah thats definatly a non-paying bidder

[Atarimania75]

I was watching this auction myself I guess someone really wanted that Bachelor Party in Box! I would have sold them one for $150 no problem. LOL

[Prodos8]

It's not even a heavy system and the winning bidder has no history. Definite shiller.

[lemoncurry]

eBay would disagree. The only other thing they have bid on was another 2600 system from a different seller.

 

I have reported what looks like shilling to me, such as an ID that only bids on a certain seller's auctions, and only has feedback from that seller, and the items get relisted not long after, and STILL eBay does nothing...

[Starhopper]

It's not even a heavy system and the winning bidder has no history. Definite shiller.

At that price, it'd be nice if it came with joysticks. Not too many paddle games in the mix.

[A.J. Franzman]

A wall wart and RF switchbox would be nice too.

[Prodos8]

At least it comes the the uber-RARE video touchpad for star raiders.

[Starhopper]

At least it comes the the uber-RARE video touchpad for star raiders.

Rare?