Can someone explain this bidding

KOBEcollector

Why would someone do this

Dave

cardbender

Two words: Blatant shilling!

djspann

Wow, that's how that person always bids. The bidding is similar if you look the bidders previous items.


Doug

NHLfightguy

Guy knows the max bid now. Probally just kept bumping to see what they guy winning bid. He knows now that he just has to bid $1 more to take the lead. I've seen it before....

WinPitcher

I have seen it before as well. Not sure if it is shilling (I did not look into the bidders history) Could just be a case of a run up by someone that simply wants the card and got lucky. he know can bid again at the end and win it.

Steve

onefasttalon

Two words: Blatant shilling!

Could be.... I know as a seller, I can't stand to see someone using this style of bidding on any of my items. It's just too suspicious.
Funny how only bidders with LOW feedback are always the ones doing this too!

WinPitcher

Low feedback bidders are seen doing this more often because they lack ebay experience. after they do it a few times and end up overpaying for somthing they get the message and bid differently.

Not saying that this was not a shill as I did not investigate the bidder.

However i think it is just a case of a bidder running up an auction for whatever reason.

Steve

theczar

i would vote against shilling. i agree with the new ebay-er theory. people get hooked and even a rush from the thrill of bidding, similar to gambling. this guy will get burned a few times and change his style and/or take up sniping. i am sure we all put in a bid out of boredom.

baseballfanatic

Definately not a shill
A lot of ebay members bid like this.
I think the logic of it is you want to top the bid if its at 3.00 so you go 4.00. These bidders then just keep bumping to see what the high bid is. I dont think they want to actually win it, but they dont want to see the card at a low amount.
I think once they start bumping and get past a certain point, they only want to see what the high bidder is in at. Kinda weird, but there sure is a bunch of it that has always been going on at ebay....

Onlypsahockey

Two words: Blatant shilling!

BINGO!

JMO, Bob C.

blindflyer

Here's another idea ... something I've done myself in the past....

Someone has an auction for a card that I too own and also am thinking about selling....

I may "artifically" try and bid up the final price for that auction to help the future sale of my item. If I accidentally win it, I'll just pay for it and resell both copies instead of one.

I've done this a few times on the Allen & Ginter Bazooka backs (#'d to 25). It's a form of price control, really ...

Plus, once you learn the bidding habits of certain buyers, it's kind of fun to make them pay more, even though you're not profiting in any way! It's cool to be able to manipulate the free market.

All the more reason you should be sniping your auctions.

-t

PS This probably only works with items that are relatively rare and have pretty consistent demand. Once you understand the supply and demand and you have the ability to influence one or both, you can have a little "ebay fun"