Principles vs. Price

[cohibasmoker]

For the seller's sake, I'd prefer not to say what the item was, because I guess it is possible that it wasn't shill bidding and I don't want any ill-will.

That a boy. No-one needs to know your business and as long as you are happy, that's all that matters.

Jim

[aeneas01]

That a boy. No-one needs to know your business and as long as you are happy, that's all that matters.

Jim

well put...

[Jags Fan Dan]

But you can't blame Joel for asking...

[trsent]

But you can't blame Joel for asking...

Ok, I just thought it would have made the discussion more interesting to know what type of dollar figures that were being discussed. No big deal.

[Jags Fan Dan]

The price was $150.

[trsent]

The price was $150.

Dan, now the interesting part - How much was the last bid from a real bidder, say before the possible sniper?

[Jags Fan Dan]

Dan, now the interesting part - How much was the last bid from a real bidder, say before the possible sniper?

Joel,
There were two bids that were not mine between $145 and $150. I am assuming that at least one of these had to be real? But that is pure speculation. The last time the item was put up with a reserve that was not met and I was the high bidder at $101. The seller offered the item to me at $150 plus shipping and I declined because I just didn't want to spend the money at the time. I think people hate reserve price auctions and that kept bidding down. I think the seller realized this also, and did the regular auction. He started it at either $9.99 or .99, I can't remember which, so the alarms were going off in my head about the possibility of a shill bid from the word go because I knew what he wanted to get for it. A while back, ( a couple of months before he listed it on eBay) he and I exchanged emails about the item, which he told me he paid $250 for.