Insane Ebay Auctions - Vinyl, Tapes & Merch (2012)

nightsblood · Post by **nightsblood** » Mon Aug 13, 2012 12:50 pm

I'd encourage everyone to report this auction as well; known shill bidder

Khnud · Post by **Khnud** » Mon Aug 13, 2012 1:04 pm

Alanightsblood: Interesting! This strappado Witch deal was news to me, I have to try and find out more.

Avenger: Yep, hopefully the zero feedback will prevent the Witch from rising too high, as happened with Detest.

Cyrcka · Post by **Cyrcka** » Mon Aug 13, 2012 5:01 pm

$50 less...

http://www.ebay.com/itm/WITCH-US-SALEMS ... 3cc9a9b403

Avenger · Post by **Avenger** » Tue Aug 14, 2012 3:21 am

I'll continue to monitor the auction and as soon as I see a shill bid, I will report it.

humus · Post by **humus** » Tue Aug 14, 2012 7:10 am

nightsblood wrote:I'd encourage everyone to report this auction as well; known shill bidder

As if ebay cares. Shill bidding = higher selling price = more fees. Bootlegs aren't a problem either. They'll only act when you have the guts to write that you'll ask the buyer to pay the paypal fee.

Prowler · Post by **Prowler** » Tue Aug 14, 2012 7:30 am

Ok guys, we shouldn't forget that we are ALL just jealous that Strappado got this hyperrare record for this price, though the reason he stole it from that guy I really cannot tolerate.

Avenger · Post by **Avenger** » Tue Aug 14, 2012 10:01 am

Prowler wrote:Ok guys, we shouldn't forget that we are ALL just jealous that Strappado got this hyperrare record for this price, though the reason he stole it from that guy I really cannot tolerate.

The guy is hated for more reasons then obtaining a rare record. I don't even collect vinyl any more so jealousy really isn't an issue.

daniel · Post by **daniel** » Tue Aug 14, 2012 11:13 am

What an assumption, the music on the Witch record sound pretty poor to me...

nightsblood · Post by **nightsblood** » Tue Aug 14, 2012 3:38 pm

Sorry Prowler, but jealousy has nothing to do with it. I'm not interested in the album based on the songs I've heard. If he'd got it 'cleanly' instead of by acting like a dick I'd congratulate him and wish him well.

Humus- yes, ebay is very inconsistent in their boot-shill policy enforcement. Still, they do pull auctions sometimes, perhaps if people make enough of a fuss.

Cyrcka · Post by **Cyrcka** » Tue Aug 14, 2012 4:23 pm

daniel wrote:What an assumption, the music on the Witch record sound pretty poor to me...

I also think the same

Khnud · Post by **Khnud** » Tue Aug 14, 2012 4:25 pm

nightsblood wrote:Humus- yes, ebay is very inconsistent in their boot-shill policy enforcement. Still, they do pull auctions sometimes, perhaps if people make enough of a fuss.

They didn't pull the Detest auction, despite the massive reporting from members here, although they must have banned his previous account since he's using a brand new one for this auction. In a way it makes perfect sense - ebay benefits from shill bidding since it drives auction prices up, so by simply banning the seller after the auction they both get more money and can still claim to "take measures against shill bidding".

I think Stormspell mentioned once that your user has to have certain "powers" for ebay to react if reporting items and auctions.

nightsblood · Post by **nightsblood** » Tue Aug 14, 2012 7:07 pm

I don't know what prompts them to act in some cases but not others. I remember someone affiliated with Pagan Altar threw a shit-fit when Glockose had one of those old 90s boots up for sale in Aug of 2009. I *think* ebay asked Glock- to pull the auction; I know he took the item down.

Glockose · Post by **Glockose** » Tue Aug 14, 2012 7:18 pm

I just had the Demon Pact Brazil 45 Boot taken off.

Somehow you can contact Ebay and fill out forms showing you are the rights holder to the music and then you have the ability to take it off .

I don't know how you prove your the rights holder but I know that is how it's done

doomedplanet · Post by **doomedplanet** » Tue Aug 14, 2012 7:52 pm

no idea n battleaxe, no soundclip.

I just remember having easy access to 30-40 sealed copies in the late 90's, I think they were $40 each. Never expected this high of a price, but since the album hasn't been reissued it does make sense.

nightsblood wrote:Be interested to see what that Zaxas brings. Awesome EP.
that Pentagram LP is occasionally pushing into that $200-300 range. Not consistently, but I've seen at least 3 copies sell that high in the past 2 years. I'm guessing the Battleaxe contained unreleased stuff?
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Glockose · Post by **Glockose** » Tue Aug 14, 2012 8:06 pm

It seems to ended up have a cross over KOOL effect.
Like Dwarr and Saint V.

Most Hipsters in the USA need these in there collection even if the rest of the collection is HipHop, Disco, or New Age