Twice in the past week I have set a snipe on an item being sold by ASI on ebay. As you may be aware of ASI uses "private listings" which protect the bidder's identity.
The snipe service I use lists the seller of the item and the ultimate winner of the item. In both cases the seller is listed as "asi-auctions" and in both cases the winner is listed as "asi-auctions". I was the highest underbid on both items.
Has anyone else come across this? I am not prepared to say they are schilling their own items (although the private listings makes you wonder). It could be the snipe service can not identify the winner under a private listing.
I would like to know for the future and whether I should just forget about anything listed by ASI.
Bryan
The snipe service I use lists the seller of the item and the ultimate winner of the item. In both cases the seller is listed as "asi-auctions" and in both cases the winner is listed as "asi-auctions". I was the highest underbid on both items.
Has anyone else come across this? I am not prepared to say they are schilling their own items (although the private listings makes you wonder). It could be the snipe service can not identify the winner under a private listing.
I would like to know for the future and whether I should just forget about anything listed by ASI.
Bryan
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