PWCC Auction Archive vs. eBay Market Price Research for "Unpaid" items

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Originally Posted by pspa123

Hmmm... I was always told it was just people spending up for nice cards, and all those bidding histories were not suspicious.

Sadly so many people fell into this utopian mindstate and chose to turn a blind eye to the obvious just because the easy cash was rolling in.

Or the all-too-familiar 'no such thing as shilling since your high bid is as much as you're willing to pay.' lol.

Originally Posted by superdan49

I'm sure a subpoena for these eBay records is in the works. All true identities for the masked eBay ID's found on Vintage Card Prices for the unpaid auctions listed here in Post #27 will be the key to determining the criminality of this.

Also, could this also constitute fraud against eBay? After all, they wouldn't get their commission for any unpaid auctions, right?

IP records may be more revealing than the info on the accounts themselves, considering how many people use bogus accounts just for this purpose.


Yep. The most disgusting part of this entire equation is PWCC is practically in bed with Ebay, and has been for awhile now. They are their top card consignor and get all the special perks from giant front page banner ads to special pricing structures. People can say that baseball cards make up such a small segment of Ebay's total revenue, but that's a load of wash. PWCC moves millions of dollars a year, and Ebay certainly cares, as a nice chunk of that is going into their pockets.