OT - Do you ever base your bidding decision on who else is in the hunt?

satootoko

I occasionally bid on something without being absolutely sure it's genuine because two or three bidders whose judgment I respect are already in the hunt.

But how about the "other side of the coin"

I placed an opening "hold" bid on an inexpensive item that would fill a hole in my date set. I've been outbid by someone with a feedback rating of 52, and no transactions recent enough to see the auction. His total feedback is 106, with 12 from a NARU'd crook , 39 from 4 sellers on my "Don't bid their auctions" list , and I don't know anything one way or the other about the rest of his sellers.

Do I assume that he only bids on fakes and junk, and go away? Or do I rely on the seller's picture? (I have had no dealings with this seller.)

BTW two of his other feedbacks are from an extremely knowledgeable and reputable seller whom I know personally, so he isn't perfect at picking junk.

python

His feedback wouldn't bother me. With no recent purchases he may have been a newbie making his mistakes.
If I was uncomfortable with pictures and such I'd try to work with seller on getting better images and info.

Stork

I have bid like that...there was this guy named Satootoko once, who was bidding on alot of things I was looking at, so I investigated further even e-mailed the guy with a question, and well, still a bit of a suspicious character if you ask me

It may be that your unfortunate bidder has realized he has gotten taken by a bunch of junk and is now 'following' you around to find the good stuff.

In fact, there are a couple of names I like to see on a bidding list for the same reason, though the flip side is that I probably won't get a big bargain out of the deal. If it's something I'm not sure of for some reason or other it can reassure me that I'm not missing an obvious flaw.

I was just looking at an Okinawa Expo set, but I have all my books at work right now and no way to really compare and set the value, but it seemed awfully low. I didn't recognize the names of the other bidders, and there are usually a couple of reliable ones making low-ball bids, so I skipped it. The set sold to a buyer named wcoinsjp. Well, that made me say hmmmm, so I looked at his profile and it was previously Norsaito (changed in early April)---one of the names I recognize. All this time I had no idea Norsaito was likely World Coins (for those who don't know the in-joke, that is a coin store in Tokyo)! Too funny, but I think he got a Really Good Deal on the set!

My advice is to bid based on the seller/auction and ignore the bidder. At least he doesn't sound too much like a shill with so many different sellers involved...who knows, maybe he got the other guy his NARU!



Cathy

satootoko

I didn't know that wcoinsjp was Norsaito, and I was wondering why I hadn't seen him around lately.

BTW Cathy, one of your colleagues took care of the details, and as of Mother's Day I was a grandpa again - an 8 lb. 12 oz. girl, named after my mother

toyonakataro

OT, but interesting to know Norsaito changed his ID to wcoinsjp, but hisn't at least the owner of the coin shop. The owner's familly name is "Ishii" and Norsaito isn't Ishii(I once e-mailed to Norsaito and I know his family name as you can guess from his previous ID)
And my impression got from Norsaito's e-mail was polite, whitch is quite different from the owner of the shop.
He might be a stuff of World Coins Japan though.

Stork

A coincidence then with the new name...but it was interesting to see that Norsaito had changed his name--it fooled me when I was looking at the bidder list!

Cathy