YAET: stupid buyers running up the bidding

[nageov3t]

almost makes me wonder if the seller himself was running up the bidding.

the item I was bidding on had been holding steady for 5 days at $25... in the last half hour of the auction, though, some buyer with 0 feedback who just registered a couple days ago raised the auction to the exact max of my proxy bid ($51)

 

[Albis]

well you do know most biddings occurs at the last hour or so

 

[djheater]

Originally posted by: loki8481
almost makes me wonder if the seller himself was running up the bidding.

the item I was bidding on had been holding steady for 5 days at $25... in the last half hour of the auction, though, some buyer with 0 feedback who just registered a couple days ago raised the auction to the exact max of my proxy bid ($51)

Rossman likes to say proxy bidding is for suckers.

You should snipe like everybody else.

 

[Jzero]

Originally posted by: loki8481
almost makes me wonder if the seller himself was running up the bidding.

the item I was bidding on had been holding steady for 5 days at $25... in the last half hour of the auction, though, some buyer with 0 feedback who just registered a couple days ago raised the auction to the exact max of my proxy bid ($51)

The winning bidder will always beat your max proxy bid by the bid increment. If your max bid was $1, the next bid will be $2, even if the winning bidder's max bid was $500000000.

 

[RaiderJ]

Possibly not. I've had several auctions that did stuff like that last minute, and I certainly wasn't the one doing the fake bidding. My guess is its other bidders who are doing that, not sure why.

I'm to the point now where I disallow users with zero or negative feedback. As a seller, it's a big PITA to deal with those people.

 

[nageov3t]

Originally posted by: Jzero

Originally posted by: loki8481
almost makes me wonder if the seller himself was running up the bidding.

the item I was bidding on had been holding steady for 5 days at $25... in the last half hour of the auction, though, some buyer with 0 feedback who just registered a couple days ago raised the auction to the exact max of my proxy bid ($51)

The winning bidder will always beat your max proxy bid by the bid increment. If your max bid was $1, the next bid will be $2, even if the winning bidder's max bid was $500000000.

I'm still the winner... he bid right up to my max proxy bid -- ie: my max bid was $51, and his max was $50.50

 

[randalee]

Ok, well THAT is lame. What you can do if you suspect any fishy dealings, report to EBay. My best friend works for EBay and although they watch for stuff like that, they need people to report to them most of the time.

Randy

 

[raanemaan]

Originally posted by: randalee
Ok, well THAT is lame. What you can do if you suspect any fishy dealings, report to EBay. My best friend works for EBay and although they watch for stuff like that, they need people to report to them most of the time.

Randy

Report it!

 

[DaWhim]

snipe it next time.

 

[mrrman]

I typically bid at the last minute...never put a bid in and just leave it

 

[Antisocial Virge]

Originally posted by: loki8481

Originally posted by: Jzero

Originally posted by: loki8481
almost makes me wonder if the seller himself was running up the bidding.

the item I was bidding on had been holding steady for 5 days at $25... in the last half hour of the auction, though, some buyer with 0 feedback who just registered a couple days ago raised the auction to the exact max of my proxy bid ($51)

The winning bidder will always beat your max proxy bid by the bid increment. If your max bid was $1, the next bid will be $2, even if the winning bidder's max bid was $500000000.

I'm still the winner... he bid right up to my max proxy bid -- ie: my max bid was $51, and his max was $50.50

I never use ebay but I didn't think the seller could find out how high the proxy bids were?

 

[mugs]

Originally posted by: Antisocial-Virge

Originally posted by: loki8481

Originally posted by: Jzero

Originally posted by: loki8481
almost makes me wonder if the seller himself was running up the bidding.

the item I was bidding on had been holding steady for 5 days at $25... in the last half hour of the auction, though, some buyer with 0 feedback who just registered a couple days ago raised the auction to the exact max of my proxy bid ($51)

The winning bidder will always beat your max proxy bid by the bid increment. If your max bid was $1, the next bid will be $2, even if the winning bidder's max bid was $500000000.

I'm still the winner... he bid right up to my max proxy bid -- ie: my max bid was $51, and his max was $50.50

I never use ebay but I didn't think the seller could find out how high the proxy bids were?

They can't.