bizzycrocheting
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posted on April 16, 2004 04:50:48 PM new
I have an auction closing in a little more than an hour. The high bid is up to $44.00. I notice that the bidder put in a maximum bid of $910.00 (this info is available on Sellathon). Do you think she did this on purpose so that she would win the item, or do you think this is a mistake? Should I contact her and ascertain that this is the bid that she wants? I'm gun-shy now that in 2 bidders in 2 weeks have backed out stating they made a mistake in bidding. Help, please!!!!
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OhMsLucy
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posted on April 16, 2004 04:57:39 PM new
[ edited by OhMsLucy on Apr 16, 2004 05:42 PM ]
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dadofstickboy
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posted on April 16, 2004 04:58:07 PM new
I think you should uninstall Sellathon, and sit back and hope the bids go up!
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sparkz
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posted on April 16, 2004 04:59:04 PM new
Do not contact her. That's a sure fire way to stir up a hornet's nest if she finds out you know what her proxy is. She will suspect a rigged auction or worse and retract her bid and probably raise hell with Ebay. Better to assume she is defending against a sniper with a high proxy and risk an NPB than to make a legit bidder mad and have her pull out. Be sure to copy the email addresses of the underbidders before the auction closes so you can alert them directly of an imminent second chance offer if things look like they may go sour with this bidder after the auction closes.
A $75.00 solid state device will always blow first to protect a 25 cent fuse ~ Murphy's Law
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bizzycrocheting
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posted on April 16, 2004 05:01:24 PM new
Lucy -- Click on live auctions and then click on the ebay item #. You will see all of the bidders and the amounts they bid plus alot more info.
Daaaaaad (whining) -- I wish it was that easy. I was burned twice in the last couple of weeks for supposed "mistakes" in bidding. One was an actual mistake and the other was a get-even type of thing.
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bizzycrocheting
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posted on April 16, 2004 05:02:49 PM new
Good thinking, Sparkz. I certainly wouldn't want her to get upset. I hadn't thought of that. I'll just sit here and hope for the best.
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OhMsLucy
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posted on April 16, 2004 05:05:08 PM new
[ edited by OhMsLucy on Apr 16, 2004 05:42 PM ]
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bizzycrocheting
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posted on April 16, 2004 05:11:06 PM new
It doesn't actually say it's a proxy. It's a high bid. I'm thinking it must be a proxy. Unless it's a mistake of some sort.
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fluffythewondercat
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posted on April 16, 2004 05:55:36 PM new
bizzy: You are mistaken. ViewTracker (not Sellathon, that's the company that sells ViewTracker) does not have access to proxy bids.
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bizzycrocheting
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posted on April 16, 2004 05:56:47 PM new
fluffy -- I'm suspecting you're correct. Why does it have $910.00 as her bid, though?
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aintrichyet
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posted on April 16, 2004 06:27:54 PM new
ummmm ... i think you should just get busy crocheting!!!
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bizzycrocheting
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posted on April 16, 2004 06:32:19 PM new
I know, aintrich, I'm so analytical I drive myself nuts.
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sanmar
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posted on April 16, 2004 07:39:58 PM new
I fail to see any problem. Only you & she know what her maximum bid is. If she is the high bidder at lets say $49.00, then that is what she will pay. I once went to an auction & left a bid of $500.00 on some china, worth half of that to keep my Exwife from getting it. lol
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sparkz
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posted on April 16, 2004 08:15:04 PM new
The problem is that certain information, such as proxy bid amounts and reserve amounts are kept confidential and even at Ebay, there are very few employees who have access to this information. The thought of a buyer or a seller who can buy third party software that reveals information that most Ebay employees can't access is rather unnerving. In this instance, if the $910 were the bidder's proxy, the seller could take this $41.00 item and shill it with a $905 bid at the end of the auction and clean up. This program would be a shill bidders dream come true. That's what leads me to believe that the $910 amount bizzy sees is somehow a mistake. Also, if the program could detect something as confidential as a proxy amount, can it also detect passwords and credit card info from the bidder?
A $75.00 solid state device will always blow first to protect a 25 cent fuse ~ Murphy's Law
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stopwhining
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posted on April 17, 2004 05:32:39 AM new
may be she means 91.00
-sig file -------we eat to live,not live to eat.
Benjamin Franklin
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fluffythewondercat
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posted on April 17, 2004 08:12:24 AM new
The kind of information that ViewTracker displays might lead one to think that it has some sort of special spying capability or access to eBay that ordinary mortals don't.
But that isn't the case.
All VT does is read certain flags that eBay sets in your auction after actions are taken (bid, page view, etc.). It cannot "spy" on bidder <-> eBay exchanges, and so it cannot harvest credit card numbers, passwords, or any of that. And it can't get the amount of a proxy bid.
VT has no access to eBay servers that isn't available to anyone else. What it does is gather information and display it in a handy and extremely useful format.
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ebayvet
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posted on April 17, 2004 09:06:15 AM new
So what did the auction end at?
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bizzycrocheting
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posted on April 17, 2004 05:05:17 PM new
I knew some might be interested! It ended at $44.00 and I'm THRILLED!!!! The buyer even contacted me already so I know there is a high chance that it will go through. I've noticed that my auctions are beginning to end higher than most and I believe it is because of Sellathon. Once my 30 day free trial is up, I am going to be subscribing!!!
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Libra63
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posted on April 17, 2004 07:51:20 PM new
Why do you think Sellathon is making your auctions higher? Nobody knows you have it.
Maybe it is not Sellathon but the way you are writing your auctions. Give yourself a pat on the back not sellathon.
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amber
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posted on April 18, 2004 02:18:53 PM new
bizzycrocheting Is there any problem with eBay if you use Sellathon. I checked it out, and it looks good, but it mentions using Java script, and I thought that was a no-no on eBay.
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neglus
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posted on April 18, 2004 03:17:15 PM new
NOt supposed to be a problem Amber..here's this from an earlier thread:
posted on April 14, 2004 08:35:53 AM
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I wrote Customer Support at Sellathon to get these concerns answered and received almost IMMEDIATE (WOW!) response and here it is:
ViewTracker is in compliance with all of eBay's policies concerning javascript, links, and third party credits so there should be no reason for concern. We also do not use cookies of any type as they are agains eBay policy. We have been in constant contact with eBay legal to ensure that we have dotted all of our i's and crossed all of our t's. Here is a link to the eBay policies:
http://pages.ebay.com/help/policies/listing-javascript.html
http://pages.ebay.com/help/policies/listing-links.html
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Sig files are too much trouble!
http://stores.ebay.com/Moody-Mommys-Marvelous-Postcards
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amber
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posted on April 18, 2004 03:25:25 PM new
Great, thanks so much Neglus, I think I will give it a try for the free 30 days.
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bizzycrocheting
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posted on April 18, 2004 04:01:58 PM new
Libra -- It is because of Sellathon. Without the information it has been providing me with, I would still be muddling with wrong keywords. Not only did it show me which keywords are most used for my auctions, it also has showed me the best times and days to list, the fact that most of my bidders do a title only search and browse, which also helped me to polish up my auctions. I could go on and on. I think it is a wonderful product and I do recommend it to anyone who really wants the information that Sellathon provides.
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