Why do people do this?? (eBay)

[Armitage]

So I'm bidding on a vehicle on eBay (no linky ... don't want any of you luzers sniping me ). I figure out the max I'm willing to pay for it, and bid it. I've bid twice ... raised it once based on new information from the seller and a friend that went to look at it for me.

So I'm winning the auction with 5 days left ... current bid is well below my max bid. So some guy comes in last night and bids 4 times in one minute! He bumps it by about $1K, but I'm still winning. Today he does it again ... 3 bids in 1 minute, bumps the price by $1K ... still well below my max bid. I'm not really concerned ... I fully expect the bid to get into the neighborhood of my max before it closes ... actually, I doubt I'll win it.

But what's the point of bidding like that?? Bid what you're willing to pay. Even if you outbid the current winners max bid, you'll only be liable for that amount + the current increment.

 

[Mr N8]

I'm guessing its the seller or one of his friends.

 

[Black88GTA]

The only way to bid and get it at a good price is to sit on it and snipe it. That way ebay n00bs who don't know how proxy works won't do what you're describing and drive the price up.

** EDIT: This also thwarts the seller's buddies driving the price up to just under what you bid on it.

 

[AFB]

Originally posted by: MogulMonster
I'm guessing its the seller or one of his friends.

*Thinks the same thing.

 

[JeffreyLebowski]

Originally posted by: Black88GTA
The only way to bid and get it at a good price is to sit on it and snipe it. That way ebay n00bs who don't know how proxy works won't do what you're describing and drive the price up.

** EDIT: This also thwarts the seller's buddies driving the price up to just under what you bid on it.

Yup, if it is sometihng you really want, don't bid till the last minute.

btw any pics of you black GTA? I've got a red 91.

 

[sonambulo]

On a forum, you should never use * symbols surrounding some mush to convey action.








Because it's pathetic.

 

[AFB]

Originally posted by: sonambulo
On a forum, you should never use * symbols surrounding some mush to convey action.








Because it's pathetic.

STFU n00b

 

[dquan97]

I bet it's one of the seller's friends...

 

[Black88GTA]

Originally posted by: JeffreyLebowski

Originally posted by: Black88GTA
The only way to bid and get it at a good price is to sit on it and snipe it. That way ebay n00bs who don't know how proxy works won't do what you're describing and drive the price up.

** EDIT: This also thwarts the seller's buddies driving the price up to just under what you bid on it.

Yup, if it is sometihng you really want, don't bid till the last minute.

btw any pics of you black GTA? I've got a red 91.

I have a couple old pics...my car isn't in excellent shape, but OK. Could use paint (lots of swirls) and has quite a few door dings (3 years of apartment complex parking has taken its toll )
I really like the 91-92s...I almost got a 91 before I purchased my 88. The only reason I didn't was because it had the 305, and I wanted the 350. Stupid mistake on my part - I ended up replacing the 350 in mine anyways :|. Was screwed up when I got it, but didn't notice until a week after I got it. Hindsight is 20/20 though.

Oh, if you know anywhere I could source some high quality center caps like the ones in the pic, I'd appreciate it...asshats have stolen 3 of mine :|
You have pics of yours? My favorite colors on these cars are Pewter, Metallic Blue, Red, and Black . Thinking about getting mine repainted once I'm out of these damn apts.

Pic 1
Pic 2
Pic 3

 

[fs5]

Originally posted by: sonambulo
On a forum, you should never use * symbols surrounding some mush to convey action.








Because it's pathetic.

wtf? I've never heard of this. *_*

 

[TheNinja]

Originally posted by: sonambulo
On a forum, you should never use * symbols surrounding some mush to convey action.








Because it's pathetic.

On a forum, you should never put the end of your post 15 lines below the beginning of your post seperated by blank space, b/c it makes me scroll down to much and pisses me off.

 

[sonambulo]

Jesus bloody hell. Take a joke, boys. Next bottle's on me, eh?

 

[Dacalo]

Originally posted by: MogulMonster
I'm guessing its the seller or one of his friends.

 

[fs5]

Originally posted by: sonambulo
Jesus bloody hell. Take a joke, boys. Next bottle's on me, eh?

your jokes are horrid *_*

 

[Armitage]

Originally posted by: Dacalo

Originally posted by: MogulMonster
I'm guessing its the seller or one of his friends.

Could be I guess, but I doubt this car will go for anywhere near the current price, even without the help of a shill.

 

[sonambulo]

Aye, aye, aye. I'll go to the corner and try again, da.

 

[Wallydraigle]

My favorite is when the seller signs up with a new name with no feedback and bids seven times consecutively, when he's the only one who's bid. Yeah, no reserve. Thanks.

 

[CrazyDe1]

Or it's someone who wants to knwo what your max is and they keep incrementing their bid a little hoping they're the high bidder.

 

[TheNinja]

You gotta watch out. I had a buddy bidding on a vehicle. One guy (with 0 or 1 feedback) kept bidding up until he beat my buddies max. Then he retracted all of this bids somehow, again making my buddy the high bidder knocking his bid down to what it was before the retractor bid at all. Then about 5 seconds before the auction ended, another bidder (with 0 or 1 feedback) came in and outbid my buddy by .01 (or whatever the minimum increment was).

 

[Armitage]

Originally posted by: Staley8
You gotta watch out. I had a buddy bidding on a vehicle. One guy (with 0 or 1 feedback) kept bidding up until he beat my buddies max. Then he retracted all of this bids somehow, again making my buddy the high bidder knocking his bid down to what it was before the retractor bid at all. Then about 5 seconds before the auction ended, another bidder (with 0 or 1 feedback) came in and outbid my buddy by .01 (or whatever the minimum increment was).

Hmmm ... interesting. I'll have to have a look at ebay's rules for bid retractions.

 

[Armitage]

He's at it again ... three more bids to figure out he still doesn't want to beat my bid

 

[Armitage]

Oh yea, he's probably not a shill ... checked his bid history, and he's bid on several other similar cars in the same area of the country offered by different sellers.

 

[edfcmc]

Why dont you contact the seller and make him an offer. Many people on ebay are willing to end an auction if you give them a fair price.

 

[Armitage]

You mean seller.
Yea, but his "buy it now" price (and the price on the window at the lot) is more then I'm willing to pay for the car, especially considering I'll have to drive it 3/4 across the country to get it home (or pay nearly 10% of it's value to ship it).

It's a no reserve auction. So maybe I'll get lucky

 

[edfcmc]

You will never know until you ask. The most the seller can say is no. But if the seller is a dealer, you stand a good shot at getting him to back off the BIN price since it is a no reserve so long as you have the cash/financing rdy to do the transaction. just my .02.