12/14/2011
By Ketankumar Patel.
Hello Gandhi Collectors,
This is one of the famous auction where dealers used their dirty tricks to outbid new collectors and than trying to sell their.!!
As you can see from following screenshot that winner of this auction is "Khel10ka".
He opened new delcampe id just to increase the bid on this item and eventually outbid me and won the auction. But think what he did not paid for this.!!!
Following is the feedback from seller about buyer "Khel10ka"
French to English translation of his feedback
"no one, attention this person is without interest, refuses the questions, to avoid----------"
Now let's see how dealers/resellers play tricks with you.
Now if you see following screenshot you will get some idea what happen.
Khel10ka started bidding from 153.40 to 190.20 Euros and he won and I lost.!! But "Khel10ka" did not paid.!!! and in this way he increased the price of this FDC and makes it difficult for new Gandhi collectors.
Now if you see "Anusur" started bidding from 125.20 Euros till 153.00. To me it looks like "Anusur" and "Khel10ka" are same bidders. Also "kad_ss" was trying to sell me Cameroun FDC for 190 Euros.!!
So now you need you think what happen in this.?
Now if you see above screen shot you will see all dealers/resellers trying to bidding on this FDC because some of them are or might be also selling this Cameroun FDC.!!
Here there are actually 3-4 bidders but they are using multiple id in order to increase price.!!! This is common practice in Gandhi Philately by certain dealers and resellers.!!
Now you need to decide how to buy , from whom to buy etc when you start collecting Gandhi Philatelic material other wise you will be paying very high price like me.!! So BEWARE !!
Eventually seller sold me this FDC for 120 Euros.!!! Yes I bought it at very high price because of this kind of greedy dealers.!!
If you like this post, then you can read my other blog post
South Africa Gandhi Stamps : How some stamp dealers increase price - Part 1 ?
San Marino Gandhi Stamps : How some stamp dealers increase price - Part 2
I hope this kind of blog post about my experience will help you to understand how to protect yourself in Gandhi Philately.
As I mentioned in my previous blog posts about this FDC is not rare and price is dropping and lot of shill bidding to sell this FDC. So avoid it by thinking as a piece of paper.
I can keep my mouth shut about this and I can join with them to increase my value, but I choose other option to publish this and make everyone aware of this so no other Gandhi collectors is cheated.!!!
Again thanks for reading and please share your thoughts in the comments section.
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