Buyers Beware! Ebay auction! Dragon lot

I just looked it up and what the heck? Why are there a ton of bids on it now for $322.77 also from a new person with zero feedback? That is also really suspicious like did they open another account just to drive up the bids? I think this should be reported to ebay!

Very, very sketchy!

And did anyone else look closely at the picture and notice that something way weird is up with that White Mother Dragon? She looks like she was the victim of a bad attempt to make her a koi dragon… or perhaps she spilled her morning coffee all over herself! Yikes. And of course there is no description of each item’s condition in the auction text.

OMG… just look at the price of that auction now… ridiculous!! And I agree about the White Mother Dragon…

Very, very suspicious, the way that zero-feedback bidder just keeps coming back to bid and bid and bid! Wonder if the seller has decided taking the auction down is too much trouble, and it’s easier to “win” it with a fake account and just hand nice positive feedback all around? (Does eBay charge a fee to cancel an auction? Otherwise it seems like a lot of trouble to create a fake account to bid on yourself, but if there’s a fee and the opportunity to boost your rating, maybe it’d seem worth it to some people?)

I sent the seller a question about the White Mother’s unusual appearance, so we’ll see what reply that gets!

{Whoops, double-posted because the forum was lagging! Sorry.}

What got me when I first saw this auction was that the seller says they are all in good condition but just look at that poor mother Pegasus in the close up pic. She’s covered with black marks! I don’t understand why the bid would ever even get that high. None of the pieces are rare, are they?

I wonder if it’s a coincidence both the bidder’s names are showing as e***l. I wrote the seller asking them about the zero feedback bidder who upped the price to $1600. After I messaged the seller though, this is what they said:

“First of all I dint have anyone upping the bid,,second of all I have been on the phone twice today trying to get help with taking the post down to redo it…and third the pics are clear enough for anybody to see how many pieces it is and if there not sure they can ask …but thank you for the info
the bid is only at 322 how is that upping it from another account.,,I can get that for one statue…like I said befor I m just learning ebay this is my first time and I was confused on how it went…”
– [name removed by Moderator]

So according to what they said, they think each of these used statues is worth over $300? So yeah all I can picture is this going very badly for whoever wins these if it is a legitimate buyer who thinks they are worth that much because the other person who drove up the bids. Too bad ebay changed it so we can’t message people anymore who unknowingly bid on something they shouldn’t. When I used to collect beanies, I used to message bidders who bid on counterfeit ones letting them know and they were very grateful to know.

51 bids, and counting.. to me, that’s the most suspicious thing of all, regarding shill bidding. I don’t believe them for a millisecond they, or someone else, is not driving up the bid. ALL of those pieces are common enough that the price this auction is currently at, is ludicrous. As for the names being similar, I really think it’s a mere coincidence. Everyone has two bid aliases. For example, my bid alias is “k***e” when I’m bidding on something, but shows up as “k***h” in the Feedback. I also really miss being able to message other Users regarding an auction. eBay should bring that back, but we all know that’s never gonna happen.

IF they are all in excellent condition, which they’re clearly not, the gargoyles are worth maybe $80 each at the most; the Emperor averages at about $200-$250; the Wizard $200 max; both Scratching dragons about $80-$150 each; both Mother dragons about $50-$200 each, depending on the seller. I’ve seen a Peacock in perfect condition go for $50 just recently; Mother Unicorn, about $60; Male dragon, at the most $200. The seller I just mentioned also had the Male listed for $50; max of Store price on all the smaller dragons, and maybe $80 max on the card holders. So, with all those calculations added up at the max, it’s just under $1800 for pieces in perfect condition w/boxes, not including the shipping cost. For this lot, I’d say the worth is maybe a max of $1500 shipped. I highly doubt the boxes are included, and each piece has signs of wear.

I am confused! Not about the questionable listing, because it does raise an eyebrow….i am comfused with some of these comments. you all started out with zero as a feedback score. Your reasoning implies it would have been acceptable for a seller to turn you away when you were new to ebay. How would anyone get ahead if they all thought like this?