Want to guess the reason for this?

anoldgoat

Ebay Auction

eyoung429

Somebody who doesn't know what a proxy bid is?

ziggy29

Let's see if "jonnie438" retracts the top bid in about 15 minutes or so.

eyoung429

7 mins and still there......

eyoung429

he bought it. $77.01 for a 1996 Mint set....without a pic of the rev.


I should put my '68 up there and see what it gets.

UncleJoe

Exactly why you snipe. If the underbidder had not placed his bid as early as he did, there is a good chance he would have won with a lower bid than his max.

Joe.

ziggy29

<< <i>Exactly why you snipe. If the underbidder had not placed his bid as early as he did, there is a good chance he would have won with a lower bid than his max. >>

Not only that, the winner may have gotten carried away and bid way more than he wanted to. When you snipe, you can at least think about your max bid, knowing that if you lose, oh well -- at least you didn't get sucked into a bidding war and paying way more than you're really ready to pay. I wonder if the "thrill of the first win" for this new eBayer will soon give way to buyer's remorse and wondering why they allowed themselves to get sucked into paying that much money.

anoldgoat

What is still odd is why the under bidder went so high on a set that he/she deals in. Those can be picked up fo $16 with shipping.

fivecents

anoldgoat.....that auction is for five 1996 mint sets. That price of $76.00 would be about right.

100proof1957

My local guys price list says $17.50 retail !

Helllooo !

ziggy29

<< <i>anoldgoat.....that auction is for five 1996 mint sets. That price of $76.00 would be about right. >>

I tend not to think so -- I think it was for one set of five coins, reading the description. The item title was written either carelessly or deceptively in a way that could make someone think, at quick glance, that it's 5 sets.

nwcs

*cough*shill*cough*

fivecents

<< <i> Item title: UNITED STATES MINT PROOF COIN SET *5 US 1996 COINS SETS >>



Ziggy....Gotta disagree with you....the listing states "*5 US 1996 Coins Sets"

Yousri

Why that never happened to my auctions?

UncleJoe

cough*shill*cough

I don't think so, not as high bidder. This type of bidding is very common for newbies.

I think both this newbie and the underbidder thought they were bidding on 5 sets.

Joe.

100proof1957

That aint for 5 sets !

BOHICA

ziggy29

<< <i>Ziggy....Gotta disagree with you....the listing states "*5 US 1996 Coins Sets" >>

But the description says, UNITED STATES MINT 1996 PROOF SET OF 5 COINS. SET IS SEALED AND PACKAGED BY U.S. MINT.

It says set (singular) twice. All I know is if the buyer expects five sets and gets one, it would kind of suck because of the wording in the title, where the word "set" is plural and it's unclear whether the "*5" refers to five coins or five sets of coins. It's definitely a situation where "ask the seller before bidding" applies.

UncleJoe

Link to auction

This should make it clearer.

Joe.

100proof1957

It ya read it right,its one set,
Both the bidders was confused !

Dog97

Shill? Don't think so. People shill to make other bidders pay more, no point in the shiller becoming high bidder.
Newbies are bad about bidding like that but I'm not a newbie & sometimes when I'm bored & goofing off I'll bid like that 1 increment @ a time until I make reserve or outbid the other guy.
Yeah, I know. I need to get a life.

fivecents

Ziggy...Just read the item description, you are right. The auction is only for one set. Stupid ebay scammers.

sliderider

Zero feedback shill bidder.

Bochiman

Sliderider,

Why do you say that? "Zero feedback shill bidder"?

I bid like that when I first joined ebay 6 years ago. I was a zero feedback bidder. I have NEVER shilled for anyone, not even to get a bid started (I have bid to get bids started IF I was interested in the item anyway but that isn't shilling because I did want it at the price i put down).
Not everyone comes onto ebay knowing all the nuances and HOW they should bid or why. There are always new people to the internet that don't know how things look or why things are done a certain way. I think that is true more times than naught and that the bad people ruin it for the naive/new ones.

Too many people always assume the worst. In this case, I think the seller, as mentioned already, was deceptive (or careless) with the title. Given how they did the auction, I lean away from careless........

So, I believe that the bidder is real and got screwed in this one.