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That’s a great picture, sdduuuude. I’d guess your shock and confusion comes from the post by a “poway_seller.”

As insane as the original powayseller (note the different logon ID) was, she could at least spell. And she used capital letters and proper punctuation. This, I’m 99% sure, isn’t her. It’s somebody just throwing it out there and seeing what he/she gets.

Sounds like this new poway_seller might be just as nutty as the old powayseller, only this new one can’t spell or write very well.

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Well, it seems obvious to me what the story is with the high bidders failing ID checks, and I assume this is what you were implying:

Those bidders were the shills. They’d made a bid above the previous bid for the purpose of getting somebody else to outbid them. When nobody did, they “failed” their ID check and the unit was sold to the second highest bidder.

Really, what are the odds that a number of high bidders would have identified themselves as somebody else? That doesn’t even make sense. What buyer would do that and why? They wouldn’t. It’s a (legal) scam.

I don’t think the prices shooting up quickly has anything to do with it. I mean, when the price is below market, it’ll generally shoot up to near market value quickly even in a legitimate auction. But having multiple high bidders fail an ID check is an obvious scam. I don’t think that qualifies as a conspiracy theory so much as a blatent ploy by the auction company.

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Well, it seems obvious to me what the story is with the high bidders failing ID checks, and I assume this is what you were implying:

Those bidders were the shills. They’d made a bid above the previous bid for the purpose of getting somebody else to outbid them. When nobody did, they “failed” their ID check and the unit was sold to the second highest bidder.

Really, what are the odds that a number of high bidders would have identified themselves as somebody else? That doesn’t even make sense. What buyer would do that and why? They wouldn’t. It’s a (legal) scam.

I don’t think the prices shooting up quickly has anything to do with it. I mean, when the price is below market, it’ll generally shoot up to near market value quickly even in a legitimate auction. But having multiple high bidders fail an ID check is an obvious scam. I don’t think that qualifies as a conspiracy theory so much as a blatent ploy by the auction company.

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Well, it seems obvious to me what the story is with the high bidders failing ID checks, and I assume this is what you were implying:

Those bidders were the shills. They’d made a bid above the previous bid for the purpose of getting somebody else to outbid them. When nobody did, they “failed” their ID check and the unit was sold to the second highest bidder.

Really, what are the odds that a number of high bidders would have identified themselves as somebody else? That doesn’t even make sense. What buyer would do that and why? They wouldn’t. It’s a (legal) scam.

I don’t think the prices shooting up quickly has anything to do with it. I mean, when the price is below market, it’ll generally shoot up to near market value quickly even in a legitimate auction. But having multiple high bidders fail an ID check is an obvious scam. I don’t think that qualifies as a conspiracy theory so much as a blatent ploy by the auction company.

[zk]

Well, it seems obvious to me what the story is with the high bidders failing ID checks, and I assume this is what you were implying:

Those bidders were the shills. They’d made a bid above the previous bid for the purpose of getting somebody else to outbid them. When nobody did, they “failed” their ID check and the unit was sold to the second highest bidder.

Really, what are the odds that a number of high bidders would have identified themselves as somebody else? That doesn’t even make sense. What buyer would do that and why? They wouldn’t. It’s a (legal) scam.

I don’t think the prices shooting up quickly has anything to do with it. I mean, when the price is below market, it’ll generally shoot up to near market value quickly even in a legitimate auction. But having multiple high bidders fail an ID check is an obvious scam. I don’t think that qualifies as a conspiracy theory so much as a blatent ploy by the auction company.

[zk]

Well, it seems obvious to me what the story is with the high bidders failing ID checks, and I assume this is what you were implying:

Those bidders were the shills. They’d made a bid above the previous bid for the purpose of getting somebody else to outbid them. When nobody did, they “failed” their ID check and the unit was sold to the second highest bidder.

Really, what are the odds that a number of high bidders would have identified themselves as somebody else? That doesn’t even make sense. What buyer would do that and why? They wouldn’t. It’s a (legal) scam.

I don’t think the prices shooting up quickly has anything to do with it. I mean, when the price is below market, it’ll generally shoot up to near market value quickly even in a legitimate auction. But having multiple high bidders fail an ID check is an obvious scam. I don’t think that qualifies as a conspiracy theory so much as a blatent ploy by the auction company.

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“of course Hillary would be a disaster for this country!”

I know the far right despises Hillary. But I’ve never heard an explanation of why they hate her more than they hate your ordinary left wing politician. I asked a guy at work (who’d just called her the antichrist), and he said he didn’t know. He just hates her.

Kev, can you explain it to me? And of course, outlining her positions on issues won’t really do it, because they’re not much different than most democrats. I want to know why the particular venom directed at her. Mostly because I’m just really curious and because I never hear anybody say why they hate her, just that they do.

Thanks

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“of course Hillary would be a disaster for this country!”

I know the far right despises Hillary. But I’ve never heard an explanation of why they hate her more than they hate your ordinary left wing politician. I asked a guy at work (who’d just called her the antichrist), and he said he didn’t know. He just hates her.

Kev, can you explain it to me? And of course, outlining her positions on issues won’t really do it, because they’re not much different than most democrats. I want to know why the particular venom directed at her. Mostly because I’m just really curious and because I never hear anybody say why they hate her, just that they do.

Thanks

[zk]

“of course Hillary would be a disaster for this country!”

I know the far right despises Hillary. But I’ve never heard an explanation of why they hate her more than they hate your ordinary left wing politician. I asked a guy at work (who’d just called her the antichrist), and he said he didn’t know. He just hates her.

Kev, can you explain it to me? And of course, outlining her positions on issues won’t really do it, because they’re not much different than most democrats. I want to know why the particular venom directed at her. Mostly because I’m just really curious and because I never hear anybody say why they hate her, just that they do.

Thanks

[zk]

“of course Hillary would be a disaster for this country!”

I know the far right despises Hillary. But I’ve never heard an explanation of why they hate her more than they hate your ordinary left wing politician. I asked a guy at work (who’d just called her the antichrist), and he said he didn’t know. He just hates her.

Kev, can you explain it to me? And of course, outlining her positions on issues won’t really do it, because they’re not much different than most democrats. I want to know why the particular venom directed at her. Mostly because I’m just really curious and because I never hear anybody say why they hate her, just that they do.

Thanks

[zk]

“of course Hillary would be a disaster for this country!”

I know the far right despises Hillary. But I’ve never heard an explanation of why they hate her more than they hate your ordinary left wing politician. I asked a guy at work (who’d just called her the antichrist), and he said he didn’t know. He just hates her.

Kev, can you explain it to me? And of course, outlining her positions on issues won’t really do it, because they’re not much different than most democrats. I want to know why the particular venom directed at her. Mostly because I’m just really curious and because I never hear anybody say why they hate her, just that they do.

Thanks

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After 5 minutes of Googling, I’ve come to the conclusion that this Celente character doesn’t amount to much. The article brags about his prescience and his appearances on cable television. Well, anybody can claim to have predicted anything (or could have predicted 7 million different things and then bragged when 9 of them came true). And as far as cable tv, well, they let Tucker Carlson have his own damn show on cable tv. They’ll let any monkey in a tie spew random chunks of nonsense. And anyway none of his appearances on tv that I saw referenced on line were weightier than predicting the hot new trends in personal electronics.

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After 5 minutes of Googling, I’ve come to the conclusion that this Celente character doesn’t amount to much. The article brags about his prescience and his appearances on cable television. Well, anybody can claim to have predicted anything (or could have predicted 7 million different things and then bragged when 9 of them came true). And as far as cable tv, well, they let Tucker Carlson have his own damn show on cable tv. They’ll let any monkey in a tie spew random chunks of nonsense. And anyway none of his appearances on tv that I saw referenced on line were weightier than predicting the hot new trends in personal electronics.

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After 5 minutes of Googling, I’ve come to the conclusion that this Celente character doesn’t amount to much. The article brags about his prescience and his appearances on cable television. Well, anybody can claim to have predicted anything (or could have predicted 7 million different things and then bragged when 9 of them came true). And as far as cable tv, well, they let Tucker Carlson have his own damn show on cable tv. They’ll let any monkey in a tie spew random chunks of nonsense. And anyway none of his appearances on tv that I saw referenced on line were weightier than predicting the hot new trends in personal electronics.

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After 5 minutes of Googling, I’ve come to the conclusion that this Celente character doesn’t amount to much. The article brags about his prescience and his appearances on cable television. Well, anybody can claim to have predicted anything (or could have predicted 7 million different things and then bragged when 9 of them came true). And as far as cable tv, well, they let Tucker Carlson have his own damn show on cable tv. They’ll let any monkey in a tie spew random chunks of nonsense. And anyway none of his appearances on tv that I saw referenced on line were weightier than predicting the hot new trends in personal electronics.

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