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Posted 01/31/2009 10:31 pm
Bidder #9 could have set a 'snipe trap'. That's where you set a ridiculously high maximum bid so that a last-minute snipe (where no maximum was fixed on the snipe bid) will be on the hook to pay that amount or deadbeat. Even if a return policy is offered, the buyer still does have to pay the excessive amount and wait to get the item before he returns it (or deadbeat!).
Years ago, someone sniped me on a rare classic car part.
(the sniper was the only other person who wanted it, I guess!)
I had a feeling that he was going to snipe another part I had just bid on. (after all, he had the same kind of car as I do!) I set a 'snipe trap' of $100 on a part worth $20. And I was prepared to pay $100 for the part if necessary!
The sniper had to pay $101! Yes, he did pay it, I asked the seller! Both of us played the game by the 'rules': I had the $100 set aside to back up my bid, and he paid the $101. (for a part I got for $14 on ebay a year later!)
It looks to me like bidders #10 and #11 weren't paying attention to their snipe bids before the auction's end...
PS: Two Grand would be OK for a 1941-S Walker...if it was MS66!
Years ago, someone sniped me on a rare classic car part.
(the sniper was the only other person who wanted it, I guess!)
I had a feeling that he was going to snipe another part I had just bid on. (after all, he had the same kind of car as I do!) I set a 'snipe trap' of $100 on a part worth $20. And I was prepared to pay $100 for the part if necessary!
The sniper had to pay $101! Yes, he did pay it, I asked the seller! Both of us played the game by the 'rules': I had the $100 set aside to back up my bid, and he paid the $101. (for a part I got for $14 on ebay a year later!)
It looks to me like bidders #10 and #11 weren't paying attention to their snipe bids before the auction's end...
PS: Two Grand would be OK for a 1941-S Walker...if it was MS66!
Edited by DNA
01/31/2009 10:52 pm
01/31/2009 10:52 pm
Hey Ebayer I have some for sale too! 
