posted on December 9, 2000 12:21:12 PM new
I was browsing around. Looked at the Playstation 2 auctions and notice the same person is winning EVERY auction. They have zero feedback and registered today. They have won or are bidding on 53 auctions so far today all high priced auctions. Probably just some kid, but they are sure screwing up alot auctions.
posted on December 9, 2000 12:51:49 PM new
If you research the CLOSED Playstation auctions you will see that many of them have been won by similar people.
I don't know if they are bidding to just mess up the auction--because they don't like the secondary market ---or they want to get the price up so when they sell the ones they own the market value looks higher.
posted on December 10, 2000 06:06:55 AM new
Actually this is not uncommon. It happened to a friend of mine twice and recently. Seems that bidders bid on many of the same item hoping to win at least one of them. They either retract their bids on the others or just don't follow through with the sale. I dont know if they don't understand the bidding process or what.
On the recent auction, this woman won several CD's that came out last week and were only available in Denver so they are going for high prices. When my friend realized this bidder had won several, she emailed and told her that she is entitled to pay on all of them that she won. Of course this bidder wrote back that she was sorry and that she couldn't especially now since she had lost her job (give me a break!). One of the auctions ended over $200.
posted on December 10, 2000 07:24:03 AM new
This time of year truly brings out the crazies - irritable experienced buyers, fraudulent newbies - and some sellers wonder why we don't run auctions very far into December - then answer is too many nuts!
By the first of December we had one knife buyer who I had to deal with in 6 or 7 e-mails regarding how to open a knife he purchased which I'd sent him written instructions on. After the 5th e-mail I sent him a graphic and drew instructions and still he couldn't figure it out - I just quite responding to his stupidity after that.
We have a woman who has purchased a handle holder that has two parts to assemble and on the first one I presumed no one could be that stupid, and told her to return it for a new one (I assumed it was the holder not the woman). Sent her another one, and she has now sent me pictures of it, where it won't set correctly because she put it together wrong. She is so stupid you can't tell her how to do it - she just consistently does it wrong and then writes endless e-mails. This is an item we have had for over a year and no one else had a problem.
We have a woman who ordered the wrong item off our web site, and even when she sees her own e-mail with the order, she is having fits the wrong item was sent, even in light of seeing her own e-mail with the item number she personally wrote down.
SORRY but the nuts are out in full force - we see it everytime this year. We close our auctions, but you don't shut down a large web site, so we will have to deal with the crazies there, but sure don't have to keep our auctions open to attract more!
This time of year on line is much like the store front retail market - you get more nuts, shop lifters, pick pockets - it is like a month long full moon!
posted on December 10, 2000 07:53:18 AM new
I don't know about these particular auctions--the 11 cars and the playstations--but I can see where someone could bid on alot of one particular item with the intention of buying.
We have an aunt, a wealthy trauma doctor, who has gone into a store and purchased the same thing for everyone. If she loves the item, she wants everyone to enjoy it too. Once she purchased a designer one-size-fits-all dress for all of us, because she loved hers! I figure she probably purchased at least fifteen. She is called out at all hours for emergencies and shops late sometimes.
Many of these people may be screwing around & not hoping to buy all one thing...although the car buyer could be a used car dealer if they are real steals... but if I were one of those sellers I would be very careful how I handled the situation. Although my example was from twenty years ago, our aunt is still working long hours putting people back together. I can see her wanting playstations for each and every niece and nephew and the grands too! She can afford it and she most certainly would do it! I can just see her now, 3 in the morning hitting all those BIN buttons, relaxing in her cozy living room, knowing she might be finished...assuming the seller actually sends it, of course!!! [sorry]
I have purchased quanities myself at one time for Christmas...okay, 6 Far Side calendars. Not in the same league as Auntie, but they were multiple sales. What would make internet buying any different than a bookstore? Just something to think about I guess...and a warning to be careful if you come across our aunt! I doubt she would take
kindly to be questioned about her intentions.
LabRat 4 GMOS
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