here's what i'd do..
i'd rack up the auction house contracts. there's really not all that much money, relatively speaking, in just authenticating items though. i'd use the auctions to internally suss out items i personally liked and could flip. flipping's where the real money is. once i identified those items, i'd grade them low and/or mis-describe them so as to result in an artificially low price. i'd win the items, at the artificially low price, with help from my auction house pals. after all, bidding records are never made public so who's gonna know that i "won" an item, much less that i "won" it for less than the highest bidder. then i'd flip these items elsewhere by increasing the grade on them and pocket the profit. of course my auction house pals wouldn't be happy about the lower commissions from the lower hammer prices on these items. so in turn, i'd jack up the grades on items they personally submitted into the auction. 9.5! stupendous example! their items would then fetch substantially more and put more money in their personal pockets so that would make up for the items i was getting on the cheap and flipping. i'd also help out with the auction..change a facemask, add a decal, look the other way on bad items, whatever was needed to keep everyone fat and happy. in turn, they'd keep me stuffed full of contracts and i could keep buying items on the cheap and flipping them elsewhere for more. if some internet forum pops up and starts meddling, i'll tell the auction house to ban them or ignore them. i hate internet forums. they impede the gravy train. life was better before them, when collectors would pay more for a 10 than a 5 and i was the guy who made the call as to what as a 10 and what was a 5 and could profit by gaming the system for my pals. just to keep a low profile, i wouldn't want to be personally identified on any particular item. just let the auction house say i'm part of some team so collectors have no clue who's examining what.
pretty revolutionary huh.
rudy.
i'd rack up the auction house contracts. there's really not all that much money, relatively speaking, in just authenticating items though. i'd use the auctions to internally suss out items i personally liked and could flip. flipping's where the real money is. once i identified those items, i'd grade them low and/or mis-describe them so as to result in an artificially low price. i'd win the items, at the artificially low price, with help from my auction house pals. after all, bidding records are never made public so who's gonna know that i "won" an item, much less that i "won" it for less than the highest bidder. then i'd flip these items elsewhere by increasing the grade on them and pocket the profit. of course my auction house pals wouldn't be happy about the lower commissions from the lower hammer prices on these items. so in turn, i'd jack up the grades on items they personally submitted into the auction. 9.5! stupendous example! their items would then fetch substantially more and put more money in their personal pockets so that would make up for the items i was getting on the cheap and flipping. i'd also help out with the auction..change a facemask, add a decal, look the other way on bad items, whatever was needed to keep everyone fat and happy. in turn, they'd keep me stuffed full of contracts and i could keep buying items on the cheap and flipping them elsewhere for more. if some internet forum pops up and starts meddling, i'll tell the auction house to ban them or ignore them. i hate internet forums. they impede the gravy train. life was better before them, when collectors would pay more for a 10 than a 5 and i was the guy who made the call as to what as a 10 and what was a 5 and could profit by gaming the system for my pals. just to keep a low profile, i wouldn't want to be personally identified on any particular item. just let the auction house say i'm part of some team so collectors have no clue who's examining what.
pretty revolutionary huh.
rudy.
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