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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Can anyone explain this to me, or is this guy nuts? He has bid against himself 52 times on this very common 1937-D Buffalo nickel of mine. Trust me - it's NOT a 3 legger! The current bid stands at $0.99, which is the starting bid and which is the price he'll win it for if nobody else bids. What's he thinking...? The ebay item number is 201361525223 if you want to assure yourself that it's not a 3 legger. The graphic below is literally the tip of his bidding iceberg...it stretches down 52 rows deep...  |
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Forum Dad
 United States
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They just do it to scare away other bidders. Tons of them do it. It's ridiculous for ebay to allow it. The number of bids should only increase when the high bid amount changes. |
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
1291 Posts |
Okay...so...is he putting it in at the SAME level on each bid or does he have to change it incrementally? (probably 5 cents at this low end of the spectrum)
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Forum Dad
United States
24161 Posts |
They bump it the minimum each time.
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
5828 Posts |
Tempted to bid, now! LOL that's ridiculous!
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Forum Dad
United States
24161 Posts |
They just want other potential bidders to see all the bids and keep moving.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2189 Posts |
The guy has 52 bid retractions in the last 6 months. Bids stuff up and then retracts.Guess it's a game to him.By the time the listing ends he'll retract every one.
Edited by jasper62
06/06/2015 3:42 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
940 Posts |
He's now bid it up to $3.00 plus $1.93 shipping. Well above the retail value.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
7620 Posts |
Maybe he isn't going to be around when it closes and just wants to make sure he gets it?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1291 Posts |
He's inside of the final 12 hours, so he can't retract his bid anymore - right? If he was trying to drive everyone away so he could have it at .99, that ploy failed. So why is he still bidding like mad at $3.00? If nothing else, he's putting in way more work than the coin is worth...
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Pillar of the Community
United States
7620 Posts |
People do funny things to make sure they get something, sometimes. This is probably one of those situations.
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Moderator
United States
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The guy has 52 bid retractions in the last 6 months. Bids stuff up and then retracts.Guess it's a game to him.By the time the listing ends he'll retract every one. Why ebay doesn't just banish these people instantly is beyond me. ebay needs to start cleaning house. swcoin.ecrater.com
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Well, to judge by the feedback number, he's far from a noob. Just his particular, albeit ridiculous, stategy, I'd say. He actually may be doing you a favor, weerdsteev - folks may see that number of bids & think this is one hot auction they need to get in on.
Colligo ergo sum
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Frankly, this seems a bit excessive and points more toward something being wrong at his end. ebay pages sometimes auto refresh. I've had issues with it doing so in the past and it can be extremely annoying. Look at the time stamps, they are 5-15 seconds apart. Could he have walked away from the computer, but the page is auto refreshing in the background? Maybe a message to him asking if he actually meant to do that? If he's sitting there purposely rebidding every 5-15 seconds he may have bigger problems. |
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Forum Dad
United States
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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 The craziness continues: He paid for the item and left me THIS feedback: Great seller/item.Well packed,delivery went smoothly;item #/packing slip helpful ...which is crazy, because I won't even ship it until tomorrow. For kicks, I'm going to check and see if he left me any DSRs... |
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Posted 06/06/2015 1:57 pm
