Gabon Gandhi Stamp Sheet : Let's do research on stamp auction bidding on Gabon Kennedy and Martin Luther King stamps sheet with Ghandi stamps.

12/9/2011

By Ketankumar Patel.

Hello Gandhi Collectors,

Today on ebay I saw Gabon Gandhi sheet with MLK and Kennedy's which  was sold for $6.90 with shipping $4 extra. So total of this Gandhi sheet will be $11.!!!  In past it was sold somewhere between $1-3, so I decided to dig more in to it and see what's going on.

Before  you start reading further about this Gabon Gandhi stamp sheet you need to know the seller "raimissss" from LATVIA who auctioned 1400 listings of different stamps in last 15 days and  almost all were sold.!!!! (Yes, complete auctioned of 1400 listings of stamps were sold in 2 weeks.) Please click following ebay link to verify before you read further about this blog post.

http://www.ebay.com/csc/raimissss/m.html?LH_Complete=1&_dmd=1&_ipg=200&_since=15&_sop=13&_rdc=1

Do you think you can sell all your 1400 stamps/covers etc in 15 days!! from Nov-24 to Dec-8.!! (I don't think so.!!!)

Now let's start reading more about this Gabon stamps and keep above point in mind.!!

seller id : raimissss from Latvia (formerly USSR) and ebay member since 2006 and feedback 9990
buyer id : (u***u(461)) drbhanupratap123 from India and ebay member since 2005 and feedback 461
auction looser id : (k***l(811) kamalmedicine from India  and ebay member since 2007 feedback 811

(keep in mind feedback will change in future)

Looks like lot of money is flowing in India from ebay buyers.!!

Following screen shot is bidding details of drbhanupratap123.

As per bidding details it looks like he bidded on 50+ bids (26% of 276)  on ramissss items.!!!

Ebay id kamalmedicine is looser of this auction.As per bidding details it looks 25-30bids (9% of 303) were placed by kamalmedicine. 

Now please think what's going on and you will come up with something.!!! You need to solve this kinds of puzzle if you want to be successful in Gandhi Philately and then you can avoid some very big mistakes.!!!

I am not sure why Indian buyer has to go all the Latvia to buy this Gabon Gandhi stamp sheet where as it is available locally on ebay india and pay with Paisapay (india's paypal).  By buying from India they don't have to worry about PAYPAL account as Paypal is very strict on certain condition and it is not working properly with India and lot of restrictions by Indian goverment to use paypal.!!!

Following screenshot is from ebay India where same sheet is available for 550 rupees + 50 Shipping = 600 Rs. which is little bit expensive then India but it's quick and hassle free shopping from India.

Please add this also in your research and solve this puzzle and keep it with you when ever you buy something.!!!

But I am still curious why pay $11 for this sheet when it is available for less than $3-4(with shipping) frequently on delcampe.

And sometimes it's available under $1. See my previous blog post about this.

http://gandhiphilately.blogspot.com/2011/11/gabon-gandhi-stamps-gabon-gandhi.html

How in the world a seller can sell all his auction listing?


Do you think you can sell all your auction listings?

Again thanks for reading and  Please share your thoughts in the comments section.

Thanks

Ketankumar Patel.
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Guyana Gandhi FDC price difference in selling price within a week . Again it's a price decline ?

Hello Gandhi Collectors,

Happy 4th of July.

I am not sure why we are seeing this kind of price difference in Gandhi Philately. Guyana 1969 FDC was sold for $25 on May 28 and on Jun 18 it was sold for $11.!!

What a price difference in 20 days. It's almost 150% less.

Seller of both FDC is "gdstamps" from Canada.

Buyer:-  kenseq81  from UAE

Buyer:-  30061979sc from India.

Do anyone know why such a price difference ?

Do you think this just a normal ebay transaction or ???

In past I saw this FDC selling under $10 all the time so not sure why it sold for $25.!!

Price Decline in Gandhi Philately again.!!

 Not sure why multiple Gandhi FDC from this seller. Need worth watching when buying.

Thanks
Ketankumar Patel
(My Son's Blog: http://usapostman.blogspot.com/)

TOP 10 posts read on Gandhi Philately blog in last 2 years.

1) THE STATE EMBLEM OF INDIA & GANDHI Postcards and Postmark Cancel.

2) My 1st year experience of collecting GANDHI philatelic material

3) Gandhi FDC with British Force Post Office (BFPO) Postmark Cancellation

4) How to create Gandhi Error stamps

5) Mahatma Gandhi and Indipex 2011.

6) Gandhi stamp value declining.!!

7) Gandhi 1969 Color Trials

8) Germany special Gandhi Postmark Cancel or Gandhi Rubber Stamp?

9) 1948 Gandhi FDC with 10 rupees stamps

10) 1971 - Panama's Gandhi Stamp, a Surprising Philatelic Rarity

1971 Panama Mahatma Gandhi Stamp c384 was sold for $137. Is it real value of Mahatma Gandhi stamp?

Hello Gandhi Collector,

Last week 1971 Panama Gandhi MNH c384 stamp was sold for $137.!! What a return on investment on 10 Panama Cents in 40 years in  US dollars. 

I think this is best ROI on Gandhi stamps except 1948 India Mahatma Gandhi 10 Rupees Service(only 100 stamps printed) which does not count as it was not for general public postage stamp or available for collectors or dealers as it was only available or made to use  by 1 person and that person was 1st Governor General of India.

This particular stamp is kind of rare (in someone's closet!!) and it demands premium but this was sold for double the amount I saw in last 2 years. Generally it sells somewhere from 60-80$  on ebay.com and it will resell it on ebay India.

Again it's is upto collector how much they want to pay. So it is on collector's hand about valuation of this stamp. I don't have MNH stamp and never want to buy this even if someone is selling cheap because I don't want to support this kind of business. I have used stamp for which I paid 10-15$ only which I bought it 2 years ago.

Now let see do some research

Date Sold: Jun 08 2011

Seller : docnik(10606 feedback) from USA

Buyer: airpostman(528 feedback) from USA and ebay member since 1998. 

Now if you see airpostman last 30 days bidding, then you will notice that he bidded on 40 items and out of that 76% are with this seller.

Also look at airpostman   feedback of 2011. Click following link to see Feedback of airpostman

Even in 2009/2010 he was active buyer from same seller (docnik). Check it out.

2009-2010 feedback

After looking all this screen shot and looking at URL, what do you think about this stamp price.? Is it Reasonable or High or Artificially Inflated.?? 

Also you can read blog post about Gandhi Shill Bidding for help if you cannot decide what's going on.

http://gandhiphilately.blogspot.com/2011/06/how-to-increase-price-shill-bidding-of.html. 

Please make sure to  read link inside that blog post.

Again thanks for reading this blog post and  Please share your thoughts in the comments section.

Thanks

Ketankumar Patel.
Shill Bidding on Gandhi Stamps

My First year experience in Gandhi Philately.

My 100th blog post.

Gandhi Stamp Collecting is SCAM. My 3 year experience tell me Yes!!

Shill Bidding on Mahatma Gandhi Stamps or Philatelic material. How price is increased on ebay.

Hello Gandhi Collectors,

Recently I was reading news and I was surprised that one of the ebay seller will faces 50000 pounds for shill bidding. Click following link to read news from BBC about Warning over eBay bidding trick (BBC) this fine to UK bidder for shill bidding.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/8632357.stm

This is not only in Gandhi stamps but you can be victim of this on any other item on ebay or any other auction site.

Also Shill Bidding is not a current issue. It is going for years not only on ebay but live famous auctions houses.!!

You will be surprised what to do with shill bidding and GANDHI Philately.!!

What is shill bidding:-

Shill bidding is bidding that artificially increases an item’s price or desirability. It’s also bidding by the people the seller knows—including self, family members, roommates, or employee—who could have certain information about the item that other members aren’t aware of.

What I notice:- I am studying since last 30 months about bidding on Gandhi stamps. As I mentioned before in my blog post about my 1 year experience in collecting Gandhi stamps that I am spending more time in bidding process than doing Gandhi Research so I want to share this with you.

In Gandhi Philately some of the sellers are doing shill bidding and after certain limit they stop bidding on it and wait for other bidders to bid on it. If no other bidder bid for that item than seller and shill bidder(self) will cancel transaction so they don't have to pay fees to ebay. Now seller will send a second offer to 2nd bidder and if that other buyer accept it than they will sell it to him/her by telling they have multiple copies otherwise they will list it again in future. By doing this they don't have to pay higher listing fee to ebay, also they can control the price they want or they can sell it to second bidder as second offer.

Look at your past second offer and you decide yourself and learn from that experience. 

I had seen that in Gandhi Panama stamp, Gandhi Croatia 2010 postcard & of course 1948 10 Rupees Gandhi stamp. Also this happens in all MNH Gandhi stamps sold from  China, Israel, Canada and others.

What do you think about this.? Please comment.

Again thanks for reading and  Please share your thoughts in the comments section.

Thanks

Ketankumar Patel.

My First year experience in Gandhi Philately.

My 100th blog post.

Gandhi Stamp Collecting is SCAM. My 3 year experience tell me Yes!!

BTW:  Read this how to spot shill bidding. http://www.auctionbytes.com/cab/abu/y200/m11/abu0025/s06

After reading this blog post now it's your time to test  your knowledge about shill bidding. Look at the following link and you decide what is happening here.

http://feedback.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewFeedback2&userid=indiephila&ftab=AllFeedback&myworld=true

1) ebay id indiephila is not active more than a year. What happens to all his collection!!!
2) only transaction with 3 sellers + 1 other seller. ( theobargain, asdaasdaasda(from china), kad_ss)
3) if you see my blog post about Mauritius Register cover you will see he is winner of one of the cover. Don't know why stop collecting or something else.!! Click this link to see blog post.
4) Again read and look at my other blog post and you will find something else.

How price of Gandhi stamps or Philatelic materials are increased.!! Chile Mahatma Gandhi Stamp FFC related Football - Soccer World Cup 1974

Hello Gandhi Collectors,

I am surprised when I notice on ebay about price variation on recently sold  Chile 1974  "FFC Chile > Germany 1974 SOCCER-Sport-Gandhi, LH Expres Cvr"

Yesterday on June 4 above FDC was sold for $8.10 to "p***p (14)"and on April 10 it was sold for $3.80  to "r***3 (29)" and seller for both cover is "firstphila"

You will be thinking that's good ROI for buyer "r***3 (29)" who bought it at 3.80!! I think so.!!

But I notice the buyer who bought it for 3.80 was also second bidder (loser) on other one.

Looks like this second bidder "r***3 (29)" is new Gandhi collector from Surat (Rajesh Movaliya with id "srm2382" who is writing comments on this blog.!!

I am not sure why "r***3 (29)"  wants to buy it at higher price then he bought.!!.Also not sure why he wants to buy another one.!! as per him, he a new collector.  I will understand if he buys this cover if it is very cheap to trade or exchange with other collectors but by paying twice the amount which does not make sense.

But this is Gandhi Philately where some of the weirdess things are going on!!.


Also another buyer "p***p (14)" is new collector from Dubai and he also writes comments on this blog.  Not sure how many new collectors are joining Gandhi philately but this also surprise me.!!


Also 2 similar FFC were unsold on May 20 from UK seller "phil-centre" which were listed at "$29.45".!! and it is currently re-listed.!!




Let us know what do you think.!!

Thanks
KP.

BTW : This is very interesting FFC for Gandhi collector. You can get more info about this FFC on blog post written by co-author of this blog Nikhil Mundra who is also owner of www.gandhistamps.com website. It's interesting to read about this FFC. Click following link to read his blog post.

http://gandhiphilately.blogspot.com/2010/03/chile-1974-gandhi-ffc.html