Ebay......

[Dougie]

Been getting some kit off Ebay,haven't done too badly so far.BUT,why are some folk so daft?I'm looking at brake pads,starting bid £0.99,but twice somebody has put a first bid in at £5!! WHY??? He coulda just put in £0.99 and it might have gone up to about £2! He's spoiling it for us all.
Buffoon! :mad:

[Doro]

probably the seller doing it :cool:

[Goff]

Or the sellers mate.....shill bidding is against ebay rules but folk still do it!!

[Dougie]

Don't think so,I got a set of pads off them a couple of weeks ago for £2,their rating is very good,99.8%,and it's a bike shop I know of.I think it could be someone who lost out before and is putting in a high initial bid to try and discourage others.

[speedtriplebbc]

I must admit I have bidded on mates stuff before, but always £1 below reserve price to help them hit it.

[minxy]

Am I missing something here or is this not the point of proxy bidding on ebay?

You find something you like, stick a bid on for as much as you're prepared to pay and then forget about it. If you get an email in a few days saying you've won the auction - excellent. If not, then it obviously went for more than you were prepared to pay.

You just dont like competition on an item you're after yerself ;)

[madastoast]

If you bid a fiver and the items initial bid is 99p then if no-one bids it wont go up from 99p.

[addjunkie]

some folks are plain stupiod, not figured out proxy bidding, others get auction fever thinking they are getting a bargin coz its on ebay.

was watching lathes the other week one would have been cheaper to buy it new and have it deliverd to my door, than go with van and engine hoist to collect it....................


good for sellers though.......................now what have i got i can sell!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Blurt]

some folks are plain stupiod, not figured out proxy bidding, others get auction fever thinking they are getting a bargin coz its on ebay.

yep was bidding on a used exhaust, cost £170 new plus postage went for over £200, postage was £15 I think :eek:

[Strider]

I'm just waitning for someone to actually make a reasonable bid on my FJ, 46 watchers FFS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!