What the heck is this: "Qualify/Become Pre-Approved" before bidding on this guy's lot??

RegistryCoin

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You have to get permission, a pre-approval from the seller, to bid in his auction?
AND, he does not respond to the email requests for the right to bid in his auctions.
Is it just an ad?

Myqqy

Maybe he's just trying to keep out the riff-raff??

RegistryCoin

Zero bids. Must be a lot of flakes out there...
(...not to mention 500+ positives as a buyer, here)

numonebuyer

Well... That is certainly one way to keep from dealing with the lunatics that you can find on eBay.

relayer

He wants a minimum $15,000 bid

RegistryCoin

I still don't get it...
With an opening bid of $.99, and no reserve, how is he going to get to $15k w/o any bidders, or even some?
Has anyone been "Pre-approved" by this guy, or for that matter, any eBay seller, before?

hamiltonjh

tryin to keep out the riffraff as previously mentioned, but I'd not register to bid. As soon as I saw that, it would be BACK BUTTON time.

hamiltonjh

wouldn't let me bid $5 without being preregiestered.

and it doesnt even provide a link to do it. Gotta go back to the auction page and start over.

earlwbollinger

I suspect it is a method of gleaning email addresses off of users.
Everyone would send a email requesting approval to bid.
But in actuality he's getting email addresses.