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04-23-2012, 08:26 AM
| | | | This happenened to me once, I did not realize until after I paid...
Now when I bid on ebay I wait until the last 30 seconds of a listing to place my bid. Its a pita but but I win 9 out of every 10 things I bid on now, usually for way lower than I would have paid otherwise. |
04-23-2012, 08:33 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Seattle, WA | | | I agree with waiting until the last minute to put in my bid. Sometimes it doesn't work and sometimes I can score a pretty good deal.
But I will also say that you should never put in a max amount more than you are comfortable paying if it gets to that point. Plan on shady bidding practices and be happy when it doesn't happen. I can understand being ticked at the shill bidding, but if it were legit bidding between a few users and ended at your max amount would you be happy to pay that price?
P.S. after reading the thread again, forcing it up to your max bid was a crappy thing to do and I would report it. Sort of defeats the whole purpose of an auction.
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04-23-2012, 08:38 AM
|  | KEED SPILLS..no, wait..PILL SKEEDS..SKILL PEEDS? | | Join Date: May 2011 Location: Nashville, Cats | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Dirk Diggler 
And lastly, the way the software works with a retraction is your bid was run up to the max, the shill bid and won, then retracted, the bid stays at your max, they can't magically revert to your original lower bid.
Good luck,
Dirk
| sure they can, if it is shown to be true shill bidding (admittedly tough, but in a situation like this, not so much, I think)
ebay could simply declare the OP the winner at the price that was bid before the shilling started.
s**t...the seller does not even have the right to know what your max bid is...that right there is grounds for a lifetime ban if proven.
it completely destroys the integrity of the ebay system where you can, if you want, bid your max and forget it. if sellers can do this, then ebay is doomed because no one will want to spend all their time watching an auction.
make it a simple rule that everybody knows beforehand...shill bid and the buyer either has the right not to buy, or to buy it at whatever the bid was before the shilling started. 
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04-23-2012, 08:42 AM
| | | | Trust your instincts...if something doesn't sit right with you, avoid dong business, no matter how good a deal you may be passing up. Better safe than sorry. |
04-23-2012, 11:33 PM
| | | | I guess this isn't the right place to ask someone to bid up an item I'm selling.... |
04-24-2012, 12:56 AM
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Originally Posted by CrashCarlisle I guess this isn't the right place to ask someone to bid up an item I'm selling.... | LMAO |
04-24-2012, 10:36 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Fort Collins, Colorado | | | Fishy, and you set yourself up to have it happen. Another reason NEVER to bid until the last 60 seconds...because it gives people time to make multiple bids until they find your high bid.
Yes, I do either set a snipe or get up at 1:30 AM to bid if it's something I really want.
I definitely would not buy the item, and I'd tell the seller why.
It's a pain in the ass to do so, but I'd report this to Ebay. It's pretty blatant.
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04-24-2012, 10:49 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: St Louis, Mo | | | This is why I snipe. I've had this happen to me, but now they don't get the opportunity to jack up my proxy because my bid goes in in the final seconds of the auction. Use a service like esnipe to enter your bid for you if it is a late night ending.
Tell the seller to retract ALL bids by the nibbler, since they were not legitimate bids, then compute your final bid, $230. He was most likely working in concert with the seller (or is the seller himself), but you will have a hard time proving it.
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04-24-2012, 10:50 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Deep in the heart of Texas | | | Looks like the seller had a shill driving the bids up. I'd report it to Ebay.
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04-24-2012, 03:37 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Iowa and UK | | | That's a pretty sucky situation, maybe you can find another one?
If it were me, I wouldn't want to buy it from this guy, what's to stop him messing you around more with shipping, or maybe it's not in the condition he says it is. I'd be happier paying more to an honest seller. One sign is normally a sign of others.
Hope it's not too rare. |
04-24-2012, 09:56 PM
|  | Supporting member | | Join Date: May 2006 Location: Groveport Ohio | | | Forget the bass. Report this guy. You can call eBay. I have not had a problem using the telephone with eBay--they have way improved on that end. But report him and look for the bass elsewhere. Hmmph----if you suspect someone is dishonest, you should also suspect what he's selling.
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04-24-2012, 10:08 PM
| | | | Anytime I think or suspect its a shill bid and I become the "low" bidder I've always retracted my bid immediately. Both in cases exactly like the op's or in cases where I'm bid up by someone with no feedback. Auctions are aware or these practices and unless it's repeated and flagrant they can't do much. | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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