Author: Mike Byrne
Date: 10:37:58 11/11/04
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On November 11, 2004 at 08:44:10, Steve B wrote: >>Considering the circustances , I am suspicious of the bid. It may a "newbie", >>or it may be a very astute ebayer who is not about to allow his read handle >>rating to get touched by a sour deal. If that is the case, he will drive a very >>hard bargain payment completion terms (pickup/escrow, etc) to ensure he is >>protected. The seller has already rejected escrow services with me, so I >>seriously doubt that he would accpet escrow services with somebody else. >> >>If it's a true newbie - he might have his lunch eaten. > >a newbie bidder,for his very first ebay transaction.. diving right in and going >for a 4 figure item..i dont think so >:) > >i remember my very first ebay transaction over 4 years ago >i very carefully and with shaking hands and mouse placed a $5 bid on a chess >book >watched that auction for the full 7 days.when i won i was half excited and half >worried i was going to get ripped off > > >actually this is becoming very entertaining to watch.. >another possible scenario.. >this is a shill bid by the seller >the seller would be placing the bid hoping to stir up some real interest and >attract a real bidder..baiting the hook..so to speak > >i have seen that happen before >of course if this theory is correct he will not allow the auction to close if >there are no other bidders,because he will not want to pay the Ebay fee on the >$1000 > >IF there are no other bidders the proof of the shill bidding will be that the >seller will close the auction prematurely giving as an excuse something like.. >"the item is no longer available for sale" > >this is better then watching tv >:) >Steve IMO, it is clearly a shill or fake bid.
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