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JohnGaunt
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Posted: Thu Mar 01, 2007 12:27 pm

deimos3428 wrote:Hopefully you're correct, as "Bidder 9" ended up winning, which would be one of the hypothetical shill accounts. Keep a lookout for this exact set again, and then we'll bust him.

Or you will get this letter. I am next in line with my tracking bid? Ummm . . . From: [removed by me]@hotmail.com> To: [removed by me]@yahoo.com Subject: eBay Second Chance offer Item :
** expired/removed eBay auction **
Date: Thu, 01 Mar 2007 16:47:00 +0000 Hello , I started the eBay Second Chance Offer because the wining bidder was unable to purchase the item, due to fake and funny bidders and you are next in line, so this offer lets you buy the product at a good price. Check it here: (DUNGEONS AND DRAGONS FANTASY GAME RULES 3 VOL. SET 1974 ) Item Number:
** expired/removed eBay auction **
If you are interested in making a secure deal via eBay's safest transaction, I will wait your email back so we can make the deal asap. Thank you verry much and please conact m asap !! God bless your family !!

napoleonsdad
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Posted: Thu Mar 01, 2007 1:07 pm

Hopefully you're correct, as "Bidder 9" ended up winning, which would be one of the hypothetical shill accounts. Keep a lookout for this exact set again, and then we'll bust him.

Usually I can't ever tell when an item has been shilled but this one is about as obvious as they come. Even with ebay's new enhanced shilling policy (aka privacy policy) this one is easy to tell.

killjoy32
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Posted: Thu Mar 01, 2007 4:25 pm

well i agree - was as obvious as they come

shame tho

Al

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FormCritic
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Posted: Fri Mar 02, 2007 1:41 am

Thank you for taking the time to write to eBay's Safe Harbor department.
Shill bidding is a serious offense and we will investigate your report
as soon as possible, usually within 24 hours.

We will investigate the accounts for possible shill bidding by looking
at the information you have provided as well as our internal records. We
will also compare this to bidding patterns and any other activity that
may have occurred involving the reported accounts.

If we are able to find evidence of shill bidding, our actions can range
from issuing an educational alert, a temporary suspension, or in some
cases an indefinite suspension. The type of action that we take depends
on the specific situation surrounding an individual account. Things such
as the existence of a previous warning, the nature of the offense and
the length of time as a community member will all be taken into
consideration. Repeated violations of policies will often result in the
suspension of a member's account.

Sometimes, what appears to be shill bidding may actually be a legitimate
bidding activity. This can occur for a number of reasons, for example, a
bidder may bid almost exclusively on one or two sellers whom they have
come to trust. If we find there is not enough evidence of shill bidding,
we may not take action against any of the reported accounts.

We assure you that we will thoroughly examine your report. Please keep
in mind that due to our privacy policy you will not receive specific
details of our actions. In certain circumstances, we may contact you by
email if we need further information. We pledge, though, that an eBay
Safe Harbor representative will quickly review your report of shill
bidding and apply our guidelines fairly.

**Please do not respond to this email as your reply will not be
received.

We know your time is valuable and we appreciate you taking a moment to
express your concern to us. Thank you for helping to keep eBay a safe
and reputable forum in which to conduct business.

Regards,

The eBay Safe Harbor Team

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Winterwords
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Posted: Fri Mar 02, 2007 2:20 pm

D&D board game on BIN of £51...

** expired/removed eBay auction **

Here's a copy of the message I sent to the seller...

"Hi there, I was wondering how you came to the value this item on a BIN price of over £50 when you can still buy this game from places like the discount bookstore "The Works" in the UK for £10?"

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Xaxaxe
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Posted: Fri Mar 02, 2007 2:25 pm

To be fair, he does appear to also be offering one of the two expansion sets (which can be difficult to find).

That's a fairly fun game, BTW; I have no idea why it was offered strictly to the UK/Europe markets. I had to pay some hefty dollars to get my copy shipped to the colonies.

napoleonsdad
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Posted: Fri Mar 02, 2007 10:25 pm

http://cgi.ebay.com/D-D-ADVENTURE-GAME- ... dZViewItem

Retail price $9.95. :roll:

Tharizdun
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Posted: Sat Mar 03, 2007 2:03 am

I kinda like the graphics in his auction though

aia
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Posted: Sat Mar 03, 2007 5:22 am

napoleonsdad wrote:
** expired/removed eBay auction **

Retail price $9.95.

youre right but then you'd consider additional 40 bucks for the nice graphic tool license in order to get the cool image for the auction... then 50 bucks are a reasonable price!

Winterwords
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Posted: Sat Mar 03, 2007 7:53 am

His response

"they call it ebay"

I'm so tempted to throw in a bid to push it close to the reserve limit. He knows he's taking advantage of people & trying to rip them off.

Mars
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Posted: Mon Mar 05, 2007 12:29 am

Here's a good one:

http://cgi.ebay.ca/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie ... 0086732040

I guess he needs to pay for living on the Candian Riviera.

gyg
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Posted: Mon Mar 05, 2007 12:32 am

Mars wrote:Here's a good one:

** expired/removed eBay auction **

I guess he needs to pay for living on the Candian Riviera.

ACK! - Must be a mistake - he's got another one on at $5.86!

You can never have too much of something you didn't need in the first place.

lucyjoyce
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Posted: Mon Mar 05, 2007 6:53 am

Mars wrote:
I guess he needs to pay for living on the Canadian Riviera.

Ha! I used to live on the Redneck Riviera (Florida panhandle Gulf Coast). I wonder where the Canadian Riviera is?

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Mars
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Posted: Mon Mar 05, 2007 8:23 am

Thee he fixed it. I guess it was 20 cent listing day.

gyg
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Posted: Mon Mar 05, 2007 10:54 pm

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/TSR-AD-D-1993-RUB ... dZViewItem

Is this a special-limited editon or something?

You can never have too much of something you didn't need in the first place.

Blackmoor
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Posted: Mon Mar 05, 2007 11:26 pm

gyg wrote:
** expired/removed eBay auction **

Is this a special-limited editon or something?

Oh yes, very hard to complete set. One ruby card was put in each pack at the time, this set probably cost a fortune to complete

Games can get you through times of no money but money can not get you through times of no games!!

gyg
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Posted: Tue Mar 06, 2007 12:37 am

Blackmoor wrote:
Oh yes, very hard to complete set. One ruby card was put in each pack at the time, this set probably cost a fortune to complete

wow - though still not the most worthwhile use of $400!

(I've just looked in my 'games' folder that I have sitting next to me on the desk at work - Hoody Frickin' hoo - I have 411 & 421 - Rich beyond dreams of avarice!!)(I recently dragged out all of the FR/AQ ones from my sons 'lost shoebox of crap unwanted cards' and put them in card pockets to use as dividers - thinking about it this is sadder than buying $400 of these cards!!!)

You can never have too much of something you didn't need in the first place.

Blackmoor
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Posted: Tue Mar 06, 2007 1:42 am

gyg wrote:
wow - though still not the most worthwhile use of $400!

(I've just looked in my 'games' folder that I have sitting next to me on the desk at work - Hoody Frickin' hoo - I have 411 & 421 - Rich beyond dreams of avarice!!)(I recently dragged out all of the FR/AQ ones from my sons 'lost shoebox of crap unwanted cards' and put them in card pockets to use as dividers - thinking about it this is sadder than buying $400 of these cards!!!)

I agree that there are better things to spend $400.00 on, the guy must have thousands of the regular set though.

Games can get you through times of no money but money can not get you through times of no games!!

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