Am I missing something here? Is this really THAT SPed?

[Satan81]

I would never spend over 100$ on a piece of cardboard with ink on it....lol

[jsokol1626]

Another possibility is that both bidders intentionally "stuck it to" the seller. In other words, niether ever intended to buy the card and for some reason placed bids that would prohibit a legit sale to a third bidder. Some interesting things going on with the seller's feedback too. I can understand the nuclear theory, but surely bids over $8,800 for this card are beyond that reasoning.

Also, note that the high bid was placed before the second highest bid so that rules out one buddy helping another as the second bidder did nothing more than drive up the final value.

[hossa18sens]

That's an example of what happens when two people "go nuclear" with their bids. Dude A enters a bid so large that no matter what, he'll win. Doesn't matter if he has to pay $40 or $120, he gets it because people tire out and realize that it's not the only copy out there and give up bidding after a while.

Dude B does same as Dude A in the final seconds to ensure that no snipers come along and scoop him with .1 seconds left.

Do not expect to see this end with the seller getting paid.

I agree 100%. I have a friend that does this (maybe not that high a bid lol). But if he wants a card bad enough he will drop a big bid just to confirm he gets it... doesn't always work.

[ericsnewmsn]

It seemed to be something along those lines, but I wanted to share and clarify!
Thanks!

[RGM81]

I agree 100%. I have a friend that does this (maybe not that high a bid lol). But if he wants a card bad enough he will drop a big bid just to confirm he gets it... doesn't always work.

I once put a bunker-buster bid (not quite nuclear LOL) on a Gorges card /5 that I really wanted "just to be safe" and make sure I didn't get sniped. Ended up needing all but $3.25 of that supposed "padding" bid.

[centrehice]

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Could also be a Double-Shill, to gain interest to the card for when it lists again.

Nobody's mentioned this one.


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