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Bidding wars on Ebay when there are days left to run. why?

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SumpMagnet:
Odd bidding behaviour, especially from accounts with little or no feedback, usually indicate dodgy dealings. In my experience anyway.

Someone wants to get the price up when bids were slow.

Sadly e-bay does nothing to clamp down on a lot of stuff. As an example, I bid on a load of stuff from one seller all on 99p  initial bids. No other bids came in...and all of the items were pulled 5 minutes before the end..  and relisted the next day. The seller claimed 'a mistake'.. The relisted items then all got bid on by one other account.. and sold. Guess what...every part was back up for sale the next week......

It's a good place to find stuff....but there are sharks swimming in those waters too.

adespin:
You can't end a listing with 5 minutes to go, 12 hours to go is the last point you can take it off, after that it's there till the end.

If i sell on ebay its via Classified Ads, a lot safer for high value items, if it doesn't sell then you know you've priced it too high.

hairygit:

--- Quote from: SumpMagnet on October 07, 2018, 09:22:03 AM ---Odd bidding behaviour, especially from accounts with little or no feedback, usually indicate dodgy dealings. In my experience anyway.

Someone wants to get the price up when bids were slow.

Sadly e-bay does nothing to clamp down on a lot of stuff. As an example, I bid on a load of stuff from one seller all on 99p  initial bids. No other bids came in...and all of the items were pulled 5 minutes before the end..  and relisted the next day. The seller claimed 'a mistake'.. The relisted items then all got bid on by one other account.. and sold. Guess what...every part was back up for sale the next week......

It's a good place to find stuff....but there are sharks swimming in those waters too.

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  Did you complain to e bay about the items being pulled? As I understand it, reading through the rules, once an item has a bid, it cannot be withdrawn, UNLESS they can prove the item(s) have been damaged/stolen. Same applies when placing a bid, it is a legally binding contract, and is enforceable through the courts. If they don't like the fact it hasn't reached enough, they should put a higher starting bid or a reserve on it.

mike the bike:
My mate sold his homing pigeons on ebay.


Again.

hairygit:

--- Quote from: mike the bike on October 07, 2018, 11:52:07 AM ---My mate sold his homing pigeons on ebay.


Again.

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Old joke! Only because live animals are not allowed to be sold on e bay!

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