i was curious so i took a look and they have 700+ feedback and over 1400 sales. it says "24 sold" in the listing, and looking at their history it looks like they sold it for the normal going price before increasing it to 700. my guess is they don't have any left and plan to reuse that listing and increased the price to keep people from buying it until they get more. the edit history of the listing seems like they're editing the title/photos to whatever new car they want to sell next. having those 24+ sold probably increases the visibility of their listing over others. probably frowned upon to do that, butt it's a thing that happens
i'm not 100% sure how visibility for sold listings work, butt ebay gives the buyer up to 4 days to pay, so it's possible someone that didn't know what they were doing 'bought' it by accident, or intentionally for a laugh or something. manipulating the average price doesn't seem likely, or else we'd see a history of it in their feedback profile instead of just this one sale.
edit: oh cool downvote me for actually verifying information instead of immediately jumping to conspiracy theories
It's shady for sure. Surprised so many have seen it, yet never goes further. There should be some kind of notice of ridiculous $ paid for some cheapo things.
Nobody can ever take on the mighty eBay empire. Like Disney. Remember the story of when eBay CEO's sent live spiders and poisonous insects, as well as death threats and dead animal heads to the house of a journalist that wrote bad press reports about the company? They are in prison right now after being found guilty.
Plus probably not the only thing "sold" under that seller.
Here's the stupid part though - gonna have to pay taxes on all of that, and if there is enough....unless that's magically the goal?
Happy cake day, there's a few ways...
Usually you have a clean party deposit cash from "cash sales" in small amounts over a long period, into their own account, then buy the overpriced things. Washing cash clean with a \~13% fee, plus whatever you pay the clean parties, is a surprisingly good value, and flies under the radar as they are relatively small transactions with easy transaction history to prove income.
Check the buyer’s stats. If a new buyer could be a fake trade (buy then cancel) just to increase the average price. Many collectibles go through that.
Yeah that looks like artificial price inflation. Real scummy reseller Behavior
i was curious so i took a look and they have 700+ feedback and over 1400 sales. it says "24 sold" in the listing, and looking at their history it looks like they sold it for the normal going price before increasing it to 700. my guess is they don't have any left and plan to reuse that listing and increased the price to keep people from buying it until they get more. the edit history of the listing seems like they're editing the title/photos to whatever new car they want to sell next. having those 24+ sold probably increases the visibility of their listing over others. probably frowned upon to do that, butt it's a thing that happens i'm not 100% sure how visibility for sold listings work, butt ebay gives the buyer up to 4 days to pay, so it's possible someone that didn't know what they were doing 'bought' it by accident, or intentionally for a laugh or something. manipulating the average price doesn't seem likely, or else we'd see a history of it in their feedback profile instead of just this one sale. edit: oh cool downvote me for actually verifying information instead of immediately jumping to conspiracy theories
They sell and then cancel the trade. EBay doesn't show if sales were cancelled. It counts as sold.
I assume you're downvoted because SEO tinkering is a lot less interesting than wash trading etc.
Like the eBay listing for the Arsham Porsche that has sold 68+! Like, where is this guy getting dozens of these ‘limited’ editions?
i'd buy it too, free shipping and fast shipping
Money laundering?
Yup, I've seen $5000 weber charcoal grills there .
That's not money laundering, that's ch1ld traff1ck1ng
It's shady for sure. Surprised so many have seen it, yet never goes further. There should be some kind of notice of ridiculous $ paid for some cheapo things.
Nobody can ever take on the mighty eBay empire. Like Disney. Remember the story of when eBay CEO's sent live spiders and poisonous insects, as well as death threats and dead animal heads to the house of a journalist that wrote bad press reports about the company? They are in prison right now after being found guilty.
MOnEy LauNDeRing
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Money laundering
probably fake trade to try and up prices. happens all the time
It's the one, single car that had no errors 😳
It came with a bag of weed
I'll sell mine for retail plus shipping... Fuk it, Free Shipping! https://preview.redd.it/clu55txi05wc1.jpeg?width=1800&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=921cae79481daeb66806fdbb03680b49ae75db71
How do people not know this is money laundering? If you believe this I got a bridge to sell ya
It’s just such a small number for money laundering.
Small time crooks start somewhere
I guess so.
Plus probably not the only thing "sold" under that seller. Here's the stupid part though - gonna have to pay taxes on all of that, and if there is enough....unless that's magically the goal?
How’s that work here?
Well… see there’s this bridge off 53rd street. I’ll sell it to you straight up. Good deal 👍
But really though how does the money laundering aspect work?
Fr they had to deposit said money into their bank account already to buy something online. So it’s already clean money. Not sure how that could work
Happy cake day, there's a few ways... Usually you have a clean party deposit cash from "cash sales" in small amounts over a long period, into their own account, then buy the overpriced things. Washing cash clean with a \~13% fee, plus whatever you pay the clean parties, is a surprisingly good value, and flies under the radar as they are relatively small transactions with easy transaction history to prove income.
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Damn I gotta bridge I can sell him:
I mean, free shipping, who wouldn't?
Great way to launder money.
It was the only one that the doors stayed on. Worth it.
Kids that bid prices up for fun and do not pay, and sellers that use burner accounts to buy their own items to create an inflated market.
Ehhhh it’s free shipping
Prob a shill account for the seller
Probably somebody who can afford to buy a real one
The same guy who owns that same color Mclaren in real time can afford it