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General Philatelic/Gen. Discussion : Ebay Transaction - Can this be Real?

 

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Snick1946
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12 Jul 2016
11:05:16am
http://www.ebay.com/itm/huge-stamp-collection-/252394420206?hash=item3ac3e137ee%3ag%3a4igaaoswb9xxpisb&nma=true&si=ykcxsihbx3pko6uwziuxsg8w8yg%253d&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557&rmvSB=true

Went for $30,000. No way this is anything other than money laundering.

Am I missing something obvious?
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BermudaSailor
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12 Jul 2016
11:41:02am
re: Ebay Transaction - Can this be Real?

Agreed!

From what I could see it is all modern inexpensive stuff. The reference to early 20th and 19th century material is not borne out with photos.

David

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Tom in Exton, PA

12 Jul 2016
03:19:41pm
re: Ebay Transaction - Can this be Real?

Oh man, somebody's cat is bidding again! Surprise

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12 Jul 2016
03:29:52pm
re: Ebay Transaction - Can this be Real?

More likely an attempt at a schill bid from a less than skilled seller. Wait till he gets eBay's request for their cut of the sale.

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Tom in Exton, PA

12 Jul 2016
04:28:28pm
re: Ebay Transaction - Can this be Real?

I just did some snooping. Seller has been on eBay about a year. Bought items from two sellers, and only sold this one item. Total feedback 3. Weird, I seem to remember that you needed a specific feedback number to sell.

Lot was listed at a $20,000 start price and a Buy It Now at $30,000. In the text seller says "First $25,000 takes it". Bidder hit the Buy It Now. Buyer is no newbie, with 1156 feedback.

I can't see anyone buying a collection from those few photos. I don't see any mounts on the black pages, so stamps could all be hinged, or worse yet, licked and stuck to the pages! I dunno!

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12 Jul 2016
06:01:34pm
re: Ebay Transaction - Can this be Real?

"I seem to remember that you needed a specific feedback number to sell"



Only if you want to list at fixed price, or BIN as we now know it.

Based on the images, I would say that this sale didn't 'actually' happen, as eBay is infested with deranged and/or fraudulent sellers. Mind you, some buyers need to be on some sort of medication.


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12 Jul 2016
07:51:21pm
re: Ebay Transaction - Can this be Real?

Wonder what the seller fee is going to be on this?

As for cats bidding, that did happen once to me. I was in the midst of placing a bid when I got distracted and my cat walked across the keyboard and I saw I'd bid several million dollars on a $5 cover. I got a popup saying I was not authorized to execute a bid in that amount.

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JF0505

12 Jul 2016
08:58:25pm
re: Ebay Transaction - Can this be Real?

Simple Math

Apparent CV $120,000
13,000+ WW stamps
Average CV $9-$10 each

CV of stamps shown - $0.10-$0.20 each

I don't care about the seller's stamps
I need to find that dealer who offered $15,000+ - I have some bargains for him





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12 Jul 2016
10:21:16pm
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" ... I need to find that dealer who offered $15,000+ - I have some bargains for him ...."

He is probably down by Adams Street setting up his toll booth.

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12 Jul 2016
11:05:16am

http://www.ebay.com/itm/huge-stamp-collection-/252394420206?hash=item3ac3e137ee%3ag%3a4igaaoswb9xxpisb&nma=true&si=ykcxsihbx3pko6uwziuxsg8w8yg%253d&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557&rmvSB=true

Went for $30,000. No way this is anything other than money laundering.

Am I missing something obvious?

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BermudaSailor

12 Jul 2016
11:41:02am

re: Ebay Transaction - Can this be Real?

Agreed!

From what I could see it is all modern inexpensive stuff. The reference to early 20th and 19th century material is not borne out with photos.

David

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Tom in Exton, PA
12 Jul 2016
03:19:41pm

re: Ebay Transaction - Can this be Real?

Oh man, somebody's cat is bidding again! Surprise

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smauggie

12 Jul 2016
03:29:52pm

re: Ebay Transaction - Can this be Real?

More likely an attempt at a schill bid from a less than skilled seller. Wait till he gets eBay's request for their cut of the sale.

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Tom in Exton, PA
12 Jul 2016
04:28:28pm

re: Ebay Transaction - Can this be Real?

I just did some snooping. Seller has been on eBay about a year. Bought items from two sellers, and only sold this one item. Total feedback 3. Weird, I seem to remember that you needed a specific feedback number to sell.

Lot was listed at a $20,000 start price and a Buy It Now at $30,000. In the text seller says "First $25,000 takes it". Bidder hit the Buy It Now. Buyer is no newbie, with 1156 feedback.

I can't see anyone buying a collection from those few photos. I don't see any mounts on the black pages, so stamps could all be hinged, or worse yet, licked and stuck to the pages! I dunno!

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Ningpo

12 Jul 2016
06:01:34pm

re: Ebay Transaction - Can this be Real?

"I seem to remember that you needed a specific feedback number to sell"



Only if you want to list at fixed price, or BIN as we now know it.

Based on the images, I would say that this sale didn't 'actually' happen, as eBay is infested with deranged and/or fraudulent sellers. Mind you, some buyers need to be on some sort of medication.


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12 Jul 2016
07:51:21pm

re: Ebay Transaction - Can this be Real?

Wonder what the seller fee is going to be on this?

As for cats bidding, that did happen once to me. I was in the midst of placing a bid when I got distracted and my cat walked across the keyboard and I saw I'd bid several million dollars on a $5 cover. I got a popup saying I was not authorized to execute a bid in that amount.

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JF0505

12 Jul 2016
08:58:25pm

re: Ebay Transaction - Can this be Real?

Simple Math

Apparent CV $120,000
13,000+ WW stamps
Average CV $9-$10 each

CV of stamps shown - $0.10-$0.20 each

I don't care about the seller's stamps
I need to find that dealer who offered $15,000+ - I have some bargains for him





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Silence in the face of adversity is the father of complicity and collusion, the first cousins of conspiracy..
12 Jul 2016
10:21:16pm

re: Ebay Transaction - Can this be Real?

" ... I need to find that dealer who offered $15,000+ - I have some bargains for him ...."

He is probably down by Adams Street setting up his toll booth.

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".... You may think you understood what you thought I said, but I'm not sure you realize that what you think you heard is not what I thought I meant. .... "
        

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