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Thread: Latest eBay adventure
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05-07-2008, 01:10 PM #1
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Latest eBay adventure
I am guessing this is not a new one, but it was a new one to me:
I bid on an item, got outbid, so I bid again. I get outbid at the last second, and then immediately receive a "second chance" offer for the item at my highest bid price. And lo and behold, the person who outbid me both times has 1 feedback, it just happens to be from the same seller as the item I was outbid on, and he has "won" other auctions from the same seller and has a eerily similar username to the seller.
This is a good deal for the seller if the second highest bidder always bites, because he always gets top dollar for the item thanks to the schill bidding.
Needless to say, I am passing on the "second chance" offer.
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05-07-2008, 01:29 PM #2
Re: Latest eBay adventure
I would email Ebay and let them know.
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05-07-2008, 01:42 PM #3
Re: Latest eBay adventure
Try and bid just once, at the very last moment.
Don't give any bidders (legit or otherwise) a chance to bump you up or beat you.
I've got a Death To All Nibblers bumper sticker on my car. Ok, I don't...but the thought has crossed my mind.Greg
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05-07-2008, 01:56 PM #4
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Re: Latest eBay adventure
Well, I usually do just bid once, but this item ended with no bids the last time it was listed, so I didn't think I needed to stake it out like I normally do. I wasn't going to do anything about this, but after a little while to think about it, I did report it to eBay.
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05-07-2008, 02:16 PM #5
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05-07-2008, 02:26 PM #6
Re: Latest eBay adventure
but this item ended with no bids the last time it was listed
I wasn't going to do anything about this, but after a little while to think about it, I did report it to eBay.
Last 5 seconds.......the only way to bid.Greg
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