Guest smudgesmith Posted January 26, 2012 Share Posted January 26, 2012 Item listed on Ebay starting price 99p (its worth several hundred) 1st bidder raises bid to £9.99p I bid several hundred but a lot less than the item is worth,I become highest bidder at about £11.00 Another bidder exceeds my highest bid and I recieve email saying Ive been outbid......so far so good.This bidder then retracts his/her bid. I then recieve an email from ebay saying Im now the highest bidder at my maximum amount (several hundred) Surley I should only be bidding the next increment after £11.00 or at £11.00 Any ideas??? Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Pete Eccles Posted January 26, 2012 Share Posted January 26, 2012 Maybe retract your bid, then bid again? Can't be right as it is surely, unless another bidder has entered the auction? Absolutely no help whatsoever Andrew I know Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Des Crombie Posted January 26, 2012 Share Posted January 26, 2012 Thats worrying. No Idea, but if I were you I would retract your bid. Then bid again and see what happens. Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Kjw Posted January 26, 2012 Share Posted January 26, 2012 If that's allowed to happen it makes it very easy for the seller to push the price up All they need to do is get someone they know to bid high and then retract the bid Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Guest newone Posted January 26, 2012 Share Posted January 26, 2012 you have been done, the person who pulled out was bidding for them, they find out was your highest bid was this way, if no one else bids on it you get it for £11 they dont like that so they bid it draws out your highest bid (eg your are prepared to pay £200)you get the you are the highset bidder e mail,check the other bidders history on this item and it should show what they are bidding on and the percentage of bids placed with the seller,,,,hope this is clear Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Ted Massey Posted January 26, 2012 Share Posted January 26, 2012 aint this one is it Andy this looks fishy imo https://offer.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewBids&_trksid=p4340.l2565&rt=nc&item=270899438824 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Russoul1 Posted January 26, 2012 Share Posted January 26, 2012 aint this one is it Andy this looks fishy imo https://offer.ebay.co...em=270899438824 agree with you ted, looking at the bidding history 2 low feedbacks and the bid retraction history looks abit dodgy.... Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Spook Posted January 26, 2012 Share Posted January 26, 2012 Surley I should only be bidding the next increment after £11.00 or at £11.00 Any ideas??? The same thing happens if you are 2nd in the auction when it finishes and the winner declines to buy, you are then 2nd chanced it at your top bid for example your 2nd chance would be $490 (bid increments are $5 from $250 - 499.99) Winner bid is $495 you are 2nd with $490 3rd could have bid as low as $150 Instead of your 2nd chance being £152.51( bid increment $2.50 from $100 - $249.99) I would retract your bid, and bid again at a lower price if you think something fishy is going on. David Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
boba Posted January 26, 2012 Share Posted January 26, 2012 It's clearly a fake bid to figure out your max, a retraction, and then a second bid to knock up the bid up to your max. Much stupider and obvious than regular shill bidding (which just attempts to push you to your max and then might result in a second chance offer if they end up outbidding you). You should definitely report this to ebay ASAP. Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Johnty Posted January 26, 2012 Share Posted January 26, 2012 agree with you ted, looking at the bidding history 2 low feedbacks and the bid retraction history looks abit dodgy.... Definetly looks like they are false bids on the item to push bids to the max Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Guest smudgesmith Posted January 26, 2012 Share Posted January 26, 2012 (edited) aint this one is it Andy this looks fishy imo https://offer.ebay.co...em=270899438824 It is that Ted if I won it I would insist on collecting in person............but fuc@ it now I also think its a bit iffy........nothing ventured nothing gained Edited January 26, 2012 by smudgesmith Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Guest smudgesmith Posted January 27, 2012 Share Posted January 27, 2012 Just had this from Ebay 270899438824 - JIMMY BURNS - I REALLY LOVE YOU / I LOVE YOU GIRL. NORTHERN SOUL. ERICA 45 If you haven't yet paid for this item, we strongly recommend that you do not complete this purchase. If the seller asks you to continue with the sale after the item has been ended by eBay, the item won't be covered by eBay buyer protection. Purchases completed outside of eBay are extremely risky and highly susceptible to fraud. Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
JOE TORQUAY Posted January 27, 2012 Share Posted January 27, 2012 i think it's best to use a sniper for higher end 45s as nobody knows what your best bid is till it's too late, joe. Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
boba Posted January 27, 2012 Share Posted January 27, 2012 i think it's best to use a sniper for higher end 45s as nobody knows what your best bid is till it's too late, joe. that is totally true, although in this case he got lucky that he bid early as it revealed fraud by a stupid scammer who can't even shill bid well. Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
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