Mind Walker (NOT my auction)

[orb85750]

I haven't seen an Amiga game go for this much in a while.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Amiga-Mind-Walker-by-Commodore-Amiga-MINT-and-UNOPENED-condition-/320858194956?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item4ab4a3840c

[Darrin]

Wow!  That's what happens when you have more than one person who REALLY wants it!

[save2600]

Has anyone here bought from loisitaly? I was going to inquire a bit ago about them... are they 100% legit? No shill bidding going on? I can't believe what they're supposedly getting for some of their wares. Especially considering in some cases, they seem to be sitting on multiple copies of the same stuff...

[orb85750]

Has anyone here bought from loisitaly? I was going to inquire a bit ago about them... are they 100% legit? No shill bidding going on? I can't believe what they're supposedly getting for some of their wares. Especially considering in some cases, they seem to be sitting on multiple copies of the same stuff...

Wow, I do see your point.   I just checked his/her completed auctions, and I can't make sense of many of the final bids.  While some look perfectly reasonable, almost half of them have me scratching my head.

[orb85750]

Shill bidding definitely happens on eBay and is grounds for having one's account closed, but it's not easy to prove -- unless a clear pattern is found by eBay.  I know for a fact that it occurs.  I once saw a yellowed & dirty (and not silver label) C64 with no PSU selling for over $100 with a few bids on it!

[save2600]

Uncanny how someone brand new to eBay manages to sell *EVERY* single listing they ever put up (seemingly) and that it typically sells for boku bucks with such a crummy item description. Scratch that - NO item description. They spend more time telling you they're listing items for someone else and that they're new to posting things on eBay than actually telling you about the item you're looking at.

Strange, strange stuff! I get it now... the person they are listing these for *is* the owner of the items and *they* are the ones bidding up their own goods?  lol  

Kidding aside, there's definitely some incredulous stuff going on. If everything here is legit, the sellers really should/could start their own business getting people to consign with them as they sure seem to have a "natural" knack for it!   :laughing:

...Mindwalker went for $220+?!?!? To a bidder with private feedback no less. My opened, but mint copy where the disks are known good, you think I could get more than $10-$20 for? Give me a break.

[orb85750]

Time to report suspected shill bidding to eBay?  I think so.

Lots of mint stuff, but a mint used copy of Video Vegas for $53? Really?  

Either multiple accounts are being used to inflate the item prices or mint used (and certainly new/sealed) Amiga software has become incredibly valuable in the last couple of days.

[save2600]

Either multiple accounts are being used to inflate the item prices or mint used (and certainly new/sealed) Amiga software has become incredibly valuable in the last couple of days.

I think we both know (as would anyone else reading this) the more probable scenario here.  

[Dragster]

Has anyone here bought from loisitaly? I was going to inquire a bit ago about them... are they 100% legit? No shill bidding going on? I can't believe what they're supposedly getting for some of their wares. Especially considering in some cases, they seem to be sitting on multiple copies of the same stuff...

I bought some items from her, the games are REAL, the ones I bought are in really great condition though that does not justify the ridiculously high prices some of her items have sold for. Funny enough I've noticed a bidder with over 1200+ transactions always places a bid at the beginning and then just doesn't do anything... which seems kinda suspicious to me...

I really don't know if shill bidding is going on in some of those auctions, at least the listings are real and she has listed some really rare games for sure.

Cheers,
Dragster.

[bitman]

I haven't seen an Amiga game go for this much in a while.

Nice - I got one of these games for free last year :-)

[orb85750]

I bought some items from her, the games are REAL, the ones I bought are in really great condition though that does not justify the ridiculously high prices some of her items have sold for. Funny enough I've noticed a bidder with over 1200+ transactions always places a bid at the beginning and then just doesn't do anything... which seems kinda suspicious to me...

I really don't know if shill bidding is going on in some of those auctions, at least the listings are real and she has listed some really rare games for sure.

Cheers,
Dragster.

If you suspect that shill bidding is occurring, then please report it to eBay.  I already did so, but eBay focuses their efforts only once multiple users report the same problem.  Clearly something unusual/different is going on with these auctions.

[Retrofan]

. Funny enough I've noticed a bidder with over 1200+ transactions always places a bid at the beginning and then just doesn't do anything... which seems kinda suspicious to me...
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That's completely normal. If you are reselling things it's common not to bid high in an auction, but to bid some euros in a lot of similar articles. The ones he wins (no more bids) are very cheap and he can resell them more expensive.

[TjLaZer]

I bought some C-64 titles from her recently and she is great.  A++

[magnetic]

Guys

This is one of the most famous Amiga games of all time New in the box. Very collectible. I think its a legit auction! Sealed Amiga games are expensive. Look on Amazon. $300, $150 (zak mc kraken, monkey island)

[jj]

To be fair It is probably more a case of really high bids not push prices up but because it was going to sell for to low.  Still against the rules but understandable I think