Why would someone bid like this on my auction? It's going to scare people away...

miconelegacy

Look at the bidding someone is doing on my own auction. I've seen it on others, but never on my own. This is going to scare bidders away I would think. The person has bid like 35 times in only a day or so.

Auction

Thoughts?

Thanks for your ideas or feedback.

halosfan

Just end it now and sell it off line to me

gameusedhoop

Not an issue yet IMO. 3 bidders between $111 and $119. Card is still very low $$ wise and there is plenty of time left. The many time bidder will get washed out most likely way before it ends. There will be plenty of late bids or snipes as it is a Probstein item, and it will seek it's own value no matter how many bids. It'll get plenty of eyes and bidders in the next 5 days.

addicted2ebay

I have had bids like that on my auctions before and 99% of the time they get out bid. It really does not work.

packCollector

I don't think it matters

Jmhockey23

I've had bidders do that too. The best is when they have a feedback of 0 or less than 10. I considered emailing them about it, but never did. I even had someone email me stating that they reported me for shill bidding.

trex

Mike,

Look at automatic bids. Might shed some light.

CrazyMind2017

Maybe he's just amusing himself while bored at work. His feedback is over 100, so this wouldn't scare me off if I was also interested in bidding. Generally, as long as the competing bidders have decent feedback, the only time I get scared away due to awkward bidding by others is when there are a lot of "losing-intended" bids, such as $9.99, $99.99, $149.99, etc., where it seems almost like the bidder is trying to get outbid.

I hate having to beat out a bidder with no feedback, not because I'm paranoid about shill bidding by sellers, but due to a more basic fundamental bidding principle, which is that we can't assume that a zero-feedback bidder actually would have paid if victorious. I don't mind paying $151 for an item when the next bidder with good feedback put in a bid of $150. But if the next bidder who bid $150 has no feedback and the one after that only bid $100, I get a real bad feeling. If such a situation is predictable, that's when I'd stay away.

trex

bubblebathgirl +1

miconelegacy

Just wanted to see if any of you would end the auction, or not. Thanks for the input.

Sean1125

Mike, I had two cards that got bid up like that in my last set of auctions, they both ended stronger than I've ever had the cards end before and I got paid and feedback left. I think one had the underbidder /w 11 bids and top /w 6 (lower dollar), and the second was similar but had 3 people like that.

gameusedhoop

And when you see this there is even less worry:

30-Day Summary
Total bids: 438
Items bid on: 50
Bid activity (%) with this seller: 9%
Bid retractions: 0
Bid retractions (6 months): 0

The buyer averages almost 10 bids per item, and when you know that many items don't start at 99 cents like Rick's, you just know he is a heavy bidder with low bid increases.

SlugSports

Mike, I too have had bidders do this to me an it had not really been a big deal in the end! I still got nice final bid prices!

handyman

he really likes the 1 click bid option I guess.

miconelegacy

Only 52 bids in less than two days, seems normal.

stangrider

Definition of an OCD bidder.

ezyshooter

I've had people bid like that on some of my auctions before. They are trying to make people mad thinking that you are bidding on your own auctions to raise the price. Everything worked out in the end so i would not worry about it.
Cheers, Steve

davelinkbelt

My guess is that it is an inexperienced bidder. When I started bidding on ebay I was guilty of the same thing. I hated seeing that I was outbidded. Soon realized that method can be costly even if I won an item that was under my limit spending. Ebay auctions are a marathon not a sprint!

KaKa

<< <i>My guess is that it is an inexperienced bidder. When I started bidding on ebay I was guilty of the same thing. I hated seeing that I was outbidded. Soon realized that method can be costly even if I won an item that was under my limit spending. Ebay auctions are a marathon not a sprint! >>





Inexperienced bidder ? That bidder, and the above reply knows exaclty what is going on.

NHLfightguy

i remember some dude bid 125 times or around that on a Glen Perkins card. Hoping to scare off other bidders. You see the occasional wacko bidders. I wouldn't worry.

leathtech

I see you got the psa slab from hell... I hate those oversized slabs... that alone would force me not to bid

Stadium1978

Some possible reason for those types of bids:

1. They don't understand how Ebay bidding works.
2. They're messing with your auction.
3. They're trying to scare away other bidders.
4. They have one like it and want to drive up the price (without winning it) to hopefully increase the value of theirs.

jmmiller777

Don't worry about a thing. Most bidders don't worry about how many bids have been placed. They just are concerned with price.

bbuckner22

Looks to me like you are shilling your own auction. Expect a call from Mr. Shillito soon.

HoneyBadger

Maybe you just haven't had cool enough items for sale in the past to get that kind of attraction, LOL!

J/K!!!