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$13,100 M:TG theme deck
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...ory=49191&rd=1

Someone has entirely too much time & money on thier hands.
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Something very fishy about this whole thang.
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Beats me. Someone's going to be mighty pissed if it isn't.
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What kind of idiot would spend $13,000 on something described in all caps and with multiple exclamation marks?
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The same kind of idiot that buys flawed magic cards over eBay?
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Old December 7, 2003, 00:07   #7
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And here I thought forking over $100 for a box of Apoc series Magic cards was crazy.

Now I know why I stopped with Apoc.
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Old December 7, 2003, 06:14   #9
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Surely someone wont send $13,000 without verifying the authenticity; it looks very suspicious to me.
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If you are the winning bidder of this auction , payment is to be received no later than two weeks after close. Add $2.50 for first class airmail or $7.00 for express insured package with tracking number.


Yeah...those last $9.50 are very important when you charge $13,100 for the whole package.

Second: Seller has 99,2% positive feedback, so that has to go on the plus side.

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The seller seems all right, it's the whole bidding process that stinks to high heavens.
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Unbelieveable that someone actually wants to use 13.1 grand on such a thing...
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If the transaction actually goes through, the only thing I can thing of is a money laundering operation.
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The seller seems all right, it's the whole bidding process that stinks to high heavens.
Do you mean that one person bidding higher and higher, without anybody in between??

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Why would they do that?
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Why would they do that?
I don't know...but they did:
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trollandtoad_com( 853) $6,250.00 Dec-02-03 12:37:22 PST 
trollandtoad_com( 853) $5,500.00 Dec-02-03 12:36:50 PST 
trollandtoad_com( 853) $5,000.00 Dec-02-03 12:36:25 PST 
trollandtoad_com( 853) $4,000.00 Dec-02-03 12:35:57 PST 
trollandtoad_com( 853) $3,025.00 Dec-02-03 12:35:27 PST 
trollandtoad_com( 853) $2,500.00 Dec-02-03 12:35:03 PST 
trollandtoad_com( 853) $2,015.00 Nov-28-03 20:36:28 PST 
trollandtoad_com( 853) $1,000.00 Nov-26-03 13:11:18 PST
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[un-pc] Maybe he's schizophrenic........Damn that guy outbid me again *reaches for wallet*. [/un-pc]

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This part is particularly questionable:

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trollandtoad_com( 853) $6,250.00 Dec-02-03 12:37:22 PST 
trollandtoad_com( 853) $5,500.00 Dec-02-03 12:36:50 PST 
trollandtoad_com( 853) $5,000.00 Dec-02-03 12:36:25 PST 
trollandtoad_com( 853) $4,000.00 Dec-02-03 12:35:57 PST 
trollandtoad_com( 853) $3,025.00 Dec-02-03 12:35:27 PST 
trollandtoad_com( 853) $2,500.00 Dec-02-03 12:35:03 PST
Look at the timestamps. He pushed the price up $4000 in about an hour.
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This part is particularly questionable:

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trollandtoad_com( 853) $6,250.00 Dec-02-03 12:37:22 PST 
trollandtoad_com( 853) $5,500.00 Dec-02-03 12:36:50 PST 
trollandtoad_com( 853) $5,000.00 Dec-02-03 12:36:25 PST 
trollandtoad_com( 853) $4,000.00 Dec-02-03 12:35:57 PST 
trollandtoad_com( 853) $3,025.00 Dec-02-03 12:35:27 PST 
trollandtoad_com( 853) $2,500.00 Dec-02-03 12:35:03 PST
Look at the timestamps. He pushed the price up $4000 in about an hour.
Maybe he doesn't have the word troll in his name for nothing?
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This part is particularly questionable:

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trollandtoad_com( 853) $6,250.00 Dec-02-03 12:37:22 PST 
trollandtoad_com( 853) $5,500.00 Dec-02-03 12:36:50 PST 
trollandtoad_com( 853) $5,000.00 Dec-02-03 12:36:25 PST 
trollandtoad_com( 853) $4,000.00 Dec-02-03 12:35:57 PST 
trollandtoad_com( 853) $3,025.00 Dec-02-03 12:35:27 PST 
trollandtoad_com( 853) $2,500.00 Dec-02-03 12:35:03 PST
Look at the timestamps. He pushed the price up $4000 in about an hour.
You mean in about 3 minutes.
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[un-pc] Maybe he's schizophrenic........Damn that guy outbid me again *reaches for wallet*. [/un-pc]



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You mean in about 3 minutes.
Oh, that's right.
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He only increased his maximum bid - which means that the auction price was still just over $970 and someone would have to put their maximum bid over $6500 for them to start winning. His ratings history seems legit too, after a quick look.
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trollandtoad_com( 853) US $6,250.00 Dec-02-03 12:37:22 PST
trollandtoad_com( 853) US $5,500.00 Dec-02-03 12:36:50 PST
trollandtoad_com( 853) US $5,000.00 Dec-02-03 12:36:25 PST
trollandtoad_com( 853) US $4,000.00 Dec-02-03 12:35:57 PST
trollandtoad_com( 853) US $3,025.00 Dec-02-03 12:35:27 PST
trollandtoad_com( 853) US $2,500.00 Dec-02-03 12:35:03 PST
jltoolman( 9 ) US $10,000.00 Dec-02-03 12:15:02 PST
trollandtoad_com( 853) US $2,015.00 Nov-28-03 20:36:28 PST
trollandtoad_com( 853) US $1,000.00 Nov-26-03 13:11:18 PST
Actually, I just figured it out. He was a legit buyer who wanted this item fairly badly but quit once he discoverd it was very expensive. Above is the maximum prices put in order of when they were made.

Troll had already put a bid of 2k on when jltoolman outbid him. Over the course of a few minutes, Troll attempted to gain the lead in the auction again but gave up once his limit was reached, each time being told that he was still outbid.
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Wow we've found Skanky's specialist subject.

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Yeah...Skanky is going for an MOA.

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/me looks at his eBay account.

1 star. Something is amiss here.
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My apologies for resurrecting the thread after such a long time.

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Which leads to the question, why the opening bid was so low?
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