Thai Grifters Hit Parker 75s

June 10, 2008

Take from me pal, All have been said and investigated Do Not put your penny on any pens....... They are just photos cope from here and there. Trust me for once.

The saying goes " been there, was there and die there " That's me.

June 11, 2008

I just bought an item from another of these sellers with 'flexible' sales practices.

Take a look at these bids: Sleezy Shills

The bidder m**k (0) with that zero feedback is no doubt a shill of the seller. They used it to bump up the price early in the bidding and then again to push the older bid of a legitimate bidder.

The only way to 'beat' these sellers is to bid at the last possible minute (I got in 4 seconds before close), which prevents any more stink bids going in. If you exceed the fake bid, you get it, if you don't, expect a second chance offer, often very quickly after the auction ends - much too quickly for a real bidder to have declined/defaulted.

The only reason I bid on this was because it is a rare piece going for about $75 below normal price. Now we'll see if I get it, or if it gets 'lost'. If it doesn't turn up I'll be out some time and will get my money back as I pay via Paypal with a credit card. The final price was probably close enough to the seller's expectations (judging by the stink bidding) to make them happy, though, so I anticipate this one may come through.

If you want to play their game, do not bid before the very end of the auction, and always use Paypal.

June 13, 2008

I got real excited and bid on 4 pens and a watch since the rating was 97.8. then some of the resting brain cells kicked in, I saw some shill bids and I googled her and what do you know s/he has had a special mention here so I complained to ebay and also emailed him/her retracting my bids.

June 17, 2008

Now it's here:

stockzen

I was about to jump on one of these 75 T1 :/

June 19, 2008

...and another one:

sl-silver-boy

:hmm1:

June 19, 2008

I got real excited and bid on 4 pens and a watch since the rating was 97.8. then some of the resting brain cells kicked in, I saw some shill bids and I googled her and what do you know s/he has had a special mention here so I complained to ebay and also emailed him/her retracting my bids.

Yup, if you want to bid on her/his listings decide what your maximum will be and bid it in the last 10 seconds of the auction. Otherwise you will be subjected to shill bidding to try and get you to raise your bid.

June 20, 2008

One more: ksirasuk9

July 2, 2008

There are a flood of Thai sellers right now - all with low feedback - all selling some nice looking pens including a bunch of PFM and IIRC even some Pilot stuff. I just avoid them altogether.