Someone screwing with my friend's ebay auction?

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phlashphire

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My friend started this auction last Sunday:
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She forgot to list the caveat of not accepting bidders with little or no feedbacks. The highest bidder on the auction happens to not have any feedback, AND the account was created on the same day of her auction, and this person seems pretty determined to win this auction, outbidding others so far.
I guess it could just be a big coincidence but my paranoia is nagging me, but what's the best thing to do in this situation?
 
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WHipLAsh13

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Not much you can do unless he doens't pay up. We all had to buy our first things on ebay. He very well could be a big Dragon Warrior fan and really wants this item.
 
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Jzero

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It doesn't look fishy to me. He found the item, started the account so that he could bid on the item, made the classic newbie blunder of bidding too early, keeps getting outbid and coming back to raise it.
 
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zimu

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Originally posted by: WHipLAsh13
Not much you can do unless he doens't pay up. We all had to buy our first things on ebay. He very well could be a big Dragon Warrior fan and really wants this item.
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i agree. it is fishy but it may be legit.
 
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hevnsnt

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I never worry about the # of feedback someone has.. As long as they pay first wtf cares?
 
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xboxist

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You could be unethical about it and just cancel their bids, and then block any further bidding from that user. Then of course, the next-in-line bidder might not want it anymore since they've been outbid and might have put their resources into another auction.

Eh... just see if the bidder follows through. Dragon Warrior 4 is a hot NES collectible, and I can see someone signing up on eBay just for this item.
 
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phlashphire

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Thanks for the advice. There are bunches of other 'Dragon Warrior IV' auctions and have not seen this person's bid on any of them... If this person wins, I'll make sure she doesn't ship until payment is cleared. I'm just wary since after having some bad experiences on ebay.
 
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kami333

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Originally posted by: phlashphire
Thanks for the advice. There are bunches of other 'Dragon Warrior IV' auctions and have not seen this person's bid on any of them... If this person wins, I'll make sure she doesn't ship until payment is cleared. I'm just wary since after having some bad experiences on ebay.
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90% of the time I never have problems with noob bidders, it's the remaining 10% that causes 90% of my problems.

He's just showing typical noob bidding tactics, since he keeps coming instead of just entering a really high initial bid I think he's legit.

One method I've used in the past is to email the person and just say that you are checking up on your auctions since you've been having problems with NPBs and just wanted to make sure he was really interested, yada yada yada.
 
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GermyBoy

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Someone needs to email that newbie and tell him about ROMS. Playing DW4 on a slow NES is the most pain I can think of right now, having had roms and going at lightspeed through all my old favorite games.
 
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Eli

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Originally posted by: phlashphire
Thanks for the advice. There are bunches of other 'Dragon Warrior IV' auctions and have not seen this person's bid on any of them... If this person wins, I'll make sure she doesn't ship until payment is cleared. I'm just wary since after having some bad experiences on ebay.
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You NEVER ship before recieving payment and having it clear.

That's just stupid.

Everybody has to start somewhere. If she is so concerned, why doesen't she.. *gasp*.. contact the buyer?
 
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kami333

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Originally posted by: GermyBoy
Someone needs to email that newbie and tell him about ROMS. Playing DW4 on a slow NES is the most pain I can think of right now, having had roms and going at lightspeed through all my old favorite games.
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Some of us prefer to do it right:D
 
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