New Philip Ryle/Cartel Ebay ID

The namd is: stamp.sales

Shipping from Ft Lauderdale

https://www.ebay.com/itm/US-Pictori...AOSw2cVaoTEX

Rogdcam, I thought the guy is from UK?

He is. Click on the feedback number on the link for more info.

Aug-stamps, if you like to know more about this fellow just use "search" on any page and look for Philip Ryle or "cartel"


Peter

I was just wondering why US authorities would let him enter the country
[I did read about him in an earlier post and then had a look on various UK websites.]

Hi; could you please explain the problem in detail?

In a nutshell, the guy is a notorious criminal, known by most on this forum and elsewhere. He sells through ebay, mostly mis-attributed and altered stamps (with the occasional good "ringer"). His MO is to bid you up by using multiple schill accounts. In the event that a schill buys it, the stamp invariably re-appears at a later date on one of his other user accounts. He will list US cities for "item location" to help disguise his true identity. There are many known user ids that he has operated under, both past and present. You can find many posts about the cartel on this board, and elsewhere by googling "Philip Ryle" and/or "UK stamp cartel".

Rogdcam, is there any way this guy can be stopped, or are we resigned to just trying to stay on top of his latest tactics?

Who said anything about local?

He is a criminal and a cancer to the hobby. At the very least, could we get ebay to revisit this guy, especially with the compelling evidence amassed against him?

I too am a collector (I sell coins for a living, NOT stamps), and I would like nothing more than to do my part to make our hobby safe.

This is the link to the UK Special Economic Fraud Law Enforcement Unit. Ryle resides in the UK. Pretty much stuck there because of conditions brought about by his criminal convictions. Worth a try. It has a report button. They have cracked down on ebay fraud before.

https://www.actionfraud.police.uk

Here's a cartel ID I don't recall seeing before: og_stamps:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/US-1851-57...AOSwJiJbH8vI

If I am not mistaken it was dormant since late last year. Thank you for spotlighting it.

All of my watched "bank_notes" lots are now "og_stamps"

"xfstamps" sold an album page of US revenues as lot 263659121064 for $708.76 on 15 May 2018 to winning bidder "2***4" (23). Looking up the bid history shows the bidder as y***9 (23)

The under bidder was N***M (2013), showing up under bidder history as c***y (2013).

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This lot included two distinctive and unique stamps – R282 serial # 563503, and R285 serial # 55249 (sadly, one of the butt ugliest and faulty R285s ever offered for sale).

Not surprisingly, "bank-notes" lists these exact same two stamps ending on ebay 5 July (R282 lot 263778950487 starting at $125 and R285 lot 263778951687 starting at $310).

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The R282 ended at $159.50 with three bids (Eric Jackson winning the lot, the under bidders were N***M (2013) and m***w (553)). This is actually a very nice copy of this stamp.

The R285 had a single bid (The winning bidder was N***M (2013), showing up under bidder history as c***y (2013)).

Wish there was a way to see the full bidder names.

There is no doubt in my mind ebay has to be aware. Any high school programming class could come up with an algorithm to spot this kind of stuff in a few hours or less if allowed internal to ebay's bidder/seller data. Creating a link diagram would highlight the shill bidders without any doubt.

Will be interesting to see if R285 serial # 55249 shows back up on ebay anytime soon...as well as who is selling it, how much it is listed for, and who buys it.

So xfstamps = 2***4/y***9 = bank-notes = og_stamps = blah blah blah

StateRevs - Great post. I follow Ryle's material all of the time and it is amazing how much material moves around. Just think if he put the same effort into honest endeavors.

"bank-notes" listed an album page of Silver Tax revenues as lot 263786534642 ending 10 Jul with a starting bid of $795. It did not sell.

Fret not, as you can now buy the exact same page of revenues for $795 from "stamp.sales" ebay lot 332718211886 ending on 22 Jul.


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