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  • frivolous_fay
    frivolous_fay Posts: 13,302 Forumite
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    Hintza wrote: »
    Well if you are sure the other items are worth £55 then go and stick some bids in on them and get the prices up (hopefully with another bidding ID). I used to bid on competitors items to get prices up.

    LOL :) I thought you were being naughty for a second... then I realised you were just being devious ;) :T
    My TV is broken! :cry:
    Edit: refunded £515 for TV 1.5 years out of warranty - thank you Sale of Goods Act! :j
  • VanyaHargreeves
    VanyaHargreeves Posts: 937 Forumite
    Hintza, i thought you were suggesting shill bidding for a moment there!

    Then my brain kicked in and I realised what you meant xD
    Undergrad law student. Take my advice with a pinch of salt! :rotfl:
  • Hintza
    Hintza Posts: 19,420 Forumite
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    The point being you can bid with what you are comfortable with (probably plus a little bit) so if by some strange chance you win, you will then have enough in hand to resell for hopefully a small profit.
  • Gemmzie
    Gemmzie Posts: 14,876 Forumite
    Couldn't have afforded the risk.

    The item went for £40, if I'd left the previous sellers bid then I could have got £55.

    You live and learn :(
    No longer using this account for new posts from 2013
  • soolin
    soolin Posts: 74,431 Ambassador
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    Gemmzie wrote: »
    Ah I see what you mean now.

    My explanations are notoriously poor, sorry :o
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