05-12-2003 12:33									#1
	$13,100 M:TG theme deck Lose 30 kilos (of popups)

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dl...gory=49191&rd=1

Someone has entirely too much time & money on thier hands.

	05-12-2003 20:07									#2
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Something very fishy about this whole thang.

	06-12-2003 06:02									#3
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Can that possibly be real?

	06-12-2003 09:36									#4
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Beats me. Someone's going to be mighty pissed if it isn't.

	07-12-2003 04:10									#5
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What kind of idiot would spend $13,000 on something described in all caps and with multiple exclamation marks?

	07-12-2003 04:26									#6
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The same kind of idiot that buys flawed magic cards over eBay?

	07-12-2003 09:07									#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.

	07-12-2003 11:08									#8
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Crikey.

	07-12-2003 15:14									#9
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Surely someone wont send $13,000 without verifying the authenticity; it looks very suspicious to me.

	07-12-2003 15:38									#10
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First this:

quote: 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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	07-12-2003 19:13									#11
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The seller seems all right, it's the whole bidding process that stinks to high heavens.

	07-12-2003 19:48									#12
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Unbelieveable that someone actually wants to use 13.1 grand on such a thing...

	07-12-2003 21:30									#13
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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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quote: Originally posted by Urban Ranger 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??

Asmodean

	08-12-2003 01:46									#15
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Why would they do that?

	08-12-2003 01:51									#16
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quote: Originally posted by DrSpike 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 

	08-12-2003 02:23									#17
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[un-pc] Maybe he's schizophrenic........Damn that guy outbid me again *reaches for wallet*. [/un-pc]

	08-12-2003 08:21									#18
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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.

	08-12-2003 08:56									#19
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quote: Originally posted by Urban Ranger This part is particularly questionable: code: 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?

	08-12-2003 09:44									#20
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quote: Originally posted by Urban Ranger This part is particularly questionable: code: 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.

	08-12-2003 13:30									#21
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quote: Originally posted by DrSpike [un-pc] Maybe he's schizophrenic........Damn that guy outbid me again *reaches for wallet*. [/un-pc]

Asmodean

	08-12-2003 13:36									#22
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quote: Originally posted by Jaguar Warrior You mean in about 3 minutes.

Oh, that's right.

	08-12-2003 17:02									#23
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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.

	08-12-2003 17:08									#24
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quote: 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.

	08-12-2003 19:30									#25
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Wow we've found Skanky's specialist subject.

	08-12-2003 20:08									#26
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Yeah...Skanky is going for an MOA.

(Master of Online Auctions)

Asmodean

	08-12-2003 20:16									#27
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* Skanky Burns looks at his eBay account.

1 star. Something is amiss here.

	09-12-2003 04:24									#28
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Give me a link and I'll rate you

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	23-12-2003 11:10									#29
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My apologies for resurrecting the thread after such a long time.

Last week, Randy Buehler of Wizards of the Coast R&D wrote in his weekly column on MagicTheGathering.com that this misprinted theme deck is for real.

	23-12-2003 12:42									#30
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Which leads to the question, why the opening bid was so low?