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  • ebay suspicious/ shrill bidding?
  • big_n_daft
    Free Member

    Bidder 1 £60.00 07-Feb-09 00:16:29 GMT

    Bidder 1 £60.00 07-Feb-09 00:12:49 GMT

    Bidder 1 £60.00 07-Feb-09 00:09:08 GMT

    Bidder 1 £60.00 05-Feb-09 22:45:49 GMT

    Bidder 1 £60.00 05-Feb-09 22:45:33 GMT

    Bidder 1 £60.00 05-Feb-09 22:45:21 GMT

    Bidder 1 £60.00 05-Feb-09 22:45:11 GMT

    Bidder 1 £60.00 05-Feb-09 10:51:29 GMT

    Bidder 1 £60.00 05-Feb-09 10:51:16 GMT

    Bidder 3 £60.00 07-Feb-09 09:03:11 GMT

    Bidder 1 £55.00 04-Feb-09 14:12:32 GMT

    me( 126) £53.67 04-Feb-09 22:20:13 GMT

    Bidder 1 £50.00 04-Feb-09 14:10:39 GMT

    Starting Price £50.00 02-Feb-09 12:44:39 GMT

    tails
    Free Member

    why would he shill bid £60 numerous times?

    big_n_daft
    Free Member

    he hasn,t he is possibly adding amounts to the original bid which is the highest at the moment

    anyway I don’t know, it just seems odd that the original bidder keeps bidding in groups of three/ four

    tails
    Free Member

    oh so you mean he’s adding to his max bid amount?

    big_n_daft
    Free Member

    yes, but it seems odd that he is doing it so much when no-one else is bidding

    tinribz
    Free Member

    To do that he would be increasing the max bid each time but as the highest bidder it would still show the same amount.

    Some bidders think that it chases off other bidders when they see a lot of bids by the same bidder. Makes others think they can’t possibly win. Even though he may have been bidding only a few pence more each time.

    tails
    Free Member

    if i were you set yourself the max you’ll pay for the item and bid no more, if he is shill bidding the item will be back up for sale soon enough. It does look a little odd but maybe bidder one is getting a little excited

    Andy
    Full Member

    Agree with tinribz – its a tactic to say to other bidders they cant win as behind the £60 shown will be a progressively higher bid. Its saying “look each of these bids is progressively higher so dont bother having a dabble to see what the max is”. Agree with Tails as well, just bid what you think its worth, once (in the last 10 seconds :wink:).

    steveb
    Full Member

    Whats the minimum bid increment above £60? £5???
    Well, just piss the twunt off by bidding just below his likely max. He’ll win, but his trick will have backfired. 🙂

    big_n_daft
    Free Member

    I think he was testing the reserve, his bids ran out £20 below my last one and I was still below the reserve

    just looked odd

    anyway only winner was ebay

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