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  • Dpeck100Dpeck100 Posts: 10,912 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Elaborate on what you are seeing that confirms this auction is being shilled.

  • swartz1swartz1 Posts: 4,911 ✭✭✭
    looks like two bidders outbid the "supposed shill"...


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  • Baez578Baez578 Posts: 967 ✭✭✭
    3449 rating bids 15, then 87, then 91.50, then 109. Maybe I'm wrong but I just can't see someone bidding $15...then $109.
  • DboneesqDboneesq Posts: 18,219 ✭✭


    << <i>3449 rating bids 15, then 87, then 91.50, then 109. Maybe I'm wrong but I just can't see someone bidding $15...then $109. >>


    What's wrong with that? The first bid was 6 days ago. Often I will put a small bid on an item instead of putting it on my watch list.
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  • Baez578Baez578 Posts: 967 ✭✭✭


    << <i>Elaborate on what you are seeing that confirms this auction is being shilled. >>



    Maybe I should've used a better title for my post. I suspect shill bidding. Not that it's a guarantee. The other bidder is clearly just a one-click bid. But the 3499 rating stinks to me. IMO of course
  • Dpeck100Dpeck100 Posts: 10,912 ✭✭✭✭✭
    This is a marking bid. Many people place a low starting bid to mark the item and then move in later with a more serious bid. Perhaps he was forced to raise it a few times.

    The fact that this bidder placed an initial bid at $15 in no way confirms shill bidding.


  • Baez578Baez578 Posts: 967 ✭✭✭


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    << <i>3449 rating bids 15, then 87, then 91.50, then 109. Maybe I'm wrong but I just can't see someone bidding $15...then $109. >>


    What's wrong with that? The first bid was 6 days ago. Often I will put a small bid on an item instead of putting it on my watch list. >>



    Fair enough.... I'm in the wrong apparently.
  • Baez578Baez578 Posts: 967 ✭✭✭


    << <i>This is a marking bid. Many people place a low starting bid to mark the item and then move in later with a more serious bid. Perhaps he was forced to raise it a few times.

    The fact that this bidder placed an initial bid at $15 in no way confirms shill bidding. >>



    Good point.. I never really bid this way but now that a few of you have confirmed this type of bidding, it puts me more at ease. Thanks
  • Dpeck100Dpeck100 Posts: 10,912 ✭✭✭✭✭
    If there was a shill bidder the most obvious person would be bidder 333.

    Or he is just a bottom feeder.


  • Baez578Baez578 Posts: 967 ✭✭✭


    << <i>If there was a shill bidder the most obvious person would be bidder 333.

    Or he is just a bottom feeder. >>



    "bottom feeder" ? Sorry....that's a new one for me.
  • vladguerrerovladguerrero Posts: 4,077 ✭✭✭
    Just ask a consignment seller he can explain everything.
  • Dpeck100Dpeck100 Posts: 10,912 ✭✭✭✭✭
    There are lots of buyers on EBAY that feed at the bottom. They try and win cards for much cheaper then what they normally sell for and tap out early once the price gets past a an inexpensive price for the item.

    Bidder 333 tapped out at $39 and that was not a bid that would even be considered strong.




  • PowderedH2OPowderedH2O Posts: 2,443 ✭✭
    I will throw a lowball bid sometimes just to let the seller know that his item is going to sell. The seller will be less likely to pull it or sell it to someone off of ebay if he knows that there is bidding going on. But, that lowball bid is not my final bid. That one will come in snipe form usually.
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  • emaremar Posts: 697 ✭✭✭✭


    << <i>3449 rating bids 15, then 87, then 91.50, then 109. Maybe I'm wrong but I just can't see someone bidding $15...then $109. >>



    $15 is high for my first bid. Usually a buck or two for me. It puts the auction on my "items bidding" list. I'm too lazy to clean up the watch list.

    I do the snipe at the end as well.

    OR

    Sometimes I place another bid half way thru just to show I'm a serious bidder.

  • DodgerfanjohnDodgerfanjohn Posts: 491 ✭✭✭


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    << <i>3449 rating bids 15, then 87, then 91.50, then 109. Maybe I'm wrong but I just can't see someone bidding $15...then $109. >>




    Sometimes I place another bid half way thru just to show I'm a serious bidder. >>



    Lol, wut?
  • gameusedhoopgameusedhoop Posts: 3,593 ✭✭✭✭
    I usually bid that way, just a "courtesy" bid to get me going and get it on my list, then when the day comes that it is ending, see where it is and go from there. If it is over where I want to go, just move on, if it is still under I may bid strange amounts until I reach my top.
  • emaremar Posts: 697 ✭✭✭✭


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    << <i>3449 rating bids 15, then 87, then 91.50, then 109. Maybe I'm wrong but I just can't see someone bidding $15...then $109. >>




    Sometimes I place another bid half way thru just to show I'm a serious bidder. >>



    Lol, wut? >>



    It's a courtesy. Newbie sellers like to see interest in their auctions.
    I've seen silly auction updates: "Come on people! Its a beautiful card!", etc.
  • MapleleafMapleleaf Posts: 506 ✭
    Unlike the watch list which always seems to be full, ebay doesn't limit your bid list.
    A low bid is the easiest way to watch an item.
  • Mdube16Mdube16 Posts: 744 ✭✭


    << <i>I usually bid that way, just a "courtesy" bid to get me going and get it on my list, then when the day comes that it is ending, see where it is and go from there. If it is over where I want to go, just move on, if it is still under I may bid strange amounts until I reach my top. >>



    I do this as well
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