Re: Shill Bidding (Are we getting hosed?) A New Experience?

[imfatdad@xxxxxxxxx]

John, 

to throw another thing to consider, make sure that the second chance actually came from the seller.  I read on another board where others are highjacking second bidders, offering a second chance option and ripping people off.  General ignorance plays here on the bidder of course as a different e mail is used and location may be different..  Personally, I would counter offer, WHAT YOU FEEL IS FAIR, if not accepted, unfortunately let the seller, (who may be innocent) deal with ebay on it...  You owe the seller nothing afterall...  





On November 14, 2004 John McEwen wrote:

> Here's an interesting coincidence.  Some of you will recall that I am
> searching for Barcelona medallions for my '78 Coupe.   I was notified
> by several attentive listers of a lot that was on eBay.  I
> subsequently bid on this lot.  With four hours to go I was the sole
> bidder at the opening bid price.
> 
> I watched the item for a while, then another bid was placed.  This
> was followed by  two more bids from another bidder, neither of which
> beat the second bidder.  By now, a considerable amount of money was
> on the table.  At this point, with about 10 minutes to go, I made a
> (in my opinion) very high bid - which failed to win.  I let the item
> go as I was not going to pay for three items when I needed only two
> of them - particularly as I considered the price too high.
> 
> Just now - some 4 hours after the sale, I've been offered a "Second
> Chance" at my too-high bid.
> 
> I'm not going to suggest that a shill was working on this but I have
> my suspicions.  The high bidder appears to be a dealer in old car
> bits as is the seller.
> 
> I'd like the opinions of the list.  Note that I have purposely not
> identified the seller, or the lot number - and don't wish to bring
> that information forward to the list in view of the legality of such
> a revelation.
> 
> John
> 
> >Armand,  in 4 years of ebaying  I have never had another bidder
> >contact me, this sounds very suspicious, my choice would have been
> >to tell dannie 01 that he is welcome to it. Actually if you haven't
> >sent the money yet, and I know this sounds bad, but if you feel
> >wronged, tell the seller you have no intention of following through
> >on the deal and take the hit on the negative feed-back.
> >
> 
> snip
> 
> 
> .


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