Welcome to eBay! Fishy things go on there every second of every day. If it's
too good to be true it probably is.
Actually in the past, I have been bidding on items with a reserve price and put
a higher max proxy bid near the end and my max proxy bid was higher than
reserve. eBay automatically put my bid at reserve. I didn't exactly want it
at reserve that early in the auction. So it doesn't always take two bidders.
Shill bidding also occurs on a regular basis. Just figure out what you will go
on an item and do like the rest of the serious eBayers and bid a few seconds
before it ends with the max proxy that you will go.
Mike C
-----Original Message-----
>From: derf <derf247@gmail.com>
>Sent: May 2, 2007 9:09 AM
>To: Linda Grunthaner <grunthaner@gmail.com>
>Cc: Spridget List <spridgets@autox.team.net>
>Subject: Re: Bugeye at 26K?
>
>Well, it did not sell for that amount. So, he probably either has
>more than one ebay account or has a friend or two doing the bidding.
>Then, he shows his local sucker what the auction is doing so his local
>sucker will think it is worth more than it is. Remember, on ebay it
>takes two bidders to make a price high. If bidding is at $26,000 then
>someone bid $26,000 and someone else must have bid $25,900.
>I don't know what the perfect Bugeye is worth. I wouldn't really know
>the perfect Bugeye if I saw one. I'm not sure the door hinge areas of
>that car look right. I think it is a very nice car but I also think
>something fishy is going on if bidding went to $26,000.
>
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