toolhound
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posted on October 13, 2013 10:08:07 AM new
Anyone have any idea why a bidder would bid 12 times on an auction that he is the only bidder on? He bid all 12 times within 2 minutes. Just wondering if this is a new way to intimidate other bidders that he is planning to win.
[ edited by toolhound on Oct 13, 2013 10:09 AM ]
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otteropp
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posted on October 13, 2013 02:29:14 PM new
I used to see this happen quite a lot.
I always felt as you did that it was too intimidate other bidders.
Most of the time they only went up one increment at a time and someone would come along at the last minute and snipe.
Mind you...that was in the 'olden days' when we were so busy and actually had multiple bids & snipers!
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ebabestreasures
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posted on October 13, 2013 03:37:31 PM new
Is the buyer a newbie? That could explain it, if he is.
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toolhound
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posted on October 14, 2013 12:40:17 PM new
Buyer has over 200 feedback. He won the item for $150.00 and it had a $100.00 start. Looks like he bids in $10.00 increments up to the most he will bid. Maybe he doesn't understand how eBay bidding works.
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shagmidmod
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posted on October 14, 2013 04:12:52 PM new
So, did he pay? If so, are you gonna refund the $50 difference between his initial bid and his high bid?
Just curious.
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merrie
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posted on October 14, 2013 04:44:43 PM new
Why would they refund the $50??
Item price only went up since others bid against him / her. His bid does not go up with his own multiple bids.
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shagmidmod
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posted on October 14, 2013 06:23:16 PM new
Merrie- read the first post again. He was the only bidder. He outbid himself.
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merrie
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posted on October 14, 2013 08:02:18 PM new
You can't outbid yourself. If you are the only bidder Ebay lets you increase your bid, but the price does not go up unless someone else bids against you. I have plenty of auctions that say 2 or 3 bids, but if it is the same person the bid stays the same. Ebay even has a notice something like, "You are the highest bidder, would you like to increase your bid to make sure you win." But, the bid does not go any higher unless someone bids against you.
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merrie
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posted on October 14, 2013 08:04:06 PM new
Plus, if he bid 12 times at $10 increments,and the bids went up each time, it would have ended at $220.
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otteropp
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posted on October 14, 2013 10:48:16 PM new
I do believe that when 'toolhound' first posted here the auction had not ended and by the time the auction ended someone else had bid and pushed the original bidder up with automatic bidding to $150.
A far more believable scenario than to say that he bid against himself...it just can't happen.
[ edited by otteropp on Oct 14, 2013 10:51 PM ]
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toolhound
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posted on October 15, 2013 03:16:56 AM new
Yes you are right otteropp another bidder bid $147.50 making the winner at $150.00 . Bidder is a company and has not paid yet but auction just ended Sunday evening.
I am guessing he bid in $10.00 increments because the 5 bids shown were each advanced by $10.00
I thought maybe it was a scam or trick of some kind but I think they just don't understand ebay bidding as I can only find one other auction they bid on and it was done the same way. All the other auctions they won were Buy it nows.
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merrie
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posted on October 15, 2013 08:02:00 AM new
So, I was right. 
No need to refund $50.
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shagmidmod
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posted on October 15, 2013 12:26:48 PM new
I guess I misunderstood and was concerned that this was another one of those eBay "bugs".
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merrie
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posted on October 15, 2013 03:25:37 PM new
Actually, I was thinking if there really was only one bidder, there is another glitch...
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