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Strange Bidding
MrsVictorMildew_2
Posts: 13 Forumite
On an item that I was watching number 150438008480
Started at 1p
Then £10.00
Then £805.00
Then £810.00
Mrs VM
Started at 1p
Then £10.00
Then £805.00
Then £810.00
Mrs VM
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I'm just trying to work this one out as if you look at the automatic bids it doesn't seem to have gone up in the correct increments. Also he's got Free P&P to anywhere in the UK. I'm sure if someone in NI or the scottish Islands won he wouldn't be to happy. But the pictures are so poor and he has 0 FB i'm amazed anyone is bidding unless its himself (which it is)
Maybe someone else can work it out i'm confused0 -
Such obvious shill bidding going one here. Look at sellers other items.0
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steviebabes wrote: »Such obvious shill bidding going one here. Look at sellers other items.
The weird bit though is why has it not increased in increments0 -
Would a reserve have made the increments jump, hence why it needs two different shill accounts to get it beyond reserve?I’m a Forum Ambassador and I support the Forum Team on the eBay, Auctions, Car Boot & Jumble Sales, Boost Your Income, Praise, Vents & Warnings, Overseas Holidays & Travel Planning , UK Holidays, Days Out & Entertainments boards. If you need any help on these boards, do let me know.. Please note that Ambassadors are not moderators. Any posts you spot in breach of the Forum Rules should be reported via the report button, or by emailing forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com.All views are my own and not the official line of MoneySavingExpert.0
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I am glad that I am not the only one who thinks that this odd.
MrsVM0 -
Wouldn't it say that the reserve had been met though?
Yes I think you are right.
Very odd.I’m a Forum Ambassador and I support the Forum Team on the eBay, Auctions, Car Boot & Jumble Sales, Boost Your Income, Praise, Vents & Warnings, Overseas Holidays & Travel Planning , UK Holidays, Days Out & Entertainments boards. If you need any help on these boards, do let me know.. Please note that Ambassadors are not moderators. Any posts you spot in breach of the Forum Rules should be reported via the report button, or by emailing forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com.All views are my own and not the official line of MoneySavingExpert.0 -
No its not. Three bidders; first one bid £10. Second one bid £810 and is still ccurrently winning. Third bid £805 (currently in second place).
Cheap way of creating a reserve without paying for it via a couple of Shill bids.0 -
No its not. Three bidders; first one bid £10. Second one bid £810 and is still ccurrently winning. Third bid £805 (currently in second place).
Cheap way of creating a reserve without paying for it via a couple of Shill bids.
But if you put a bid of £805 wouldn't it show some increments up to that amount as to get that amount another bidder must have bid around the £700 mark as their maximum which would show when you look at the automatic bids. This always confuses me at the best of times0 -
The picture does not seem to fit in with the description details very doggy, especially looking at their other listings.
The bigger item weights less than the table and chairs.
The two main bidders on 2 of the sellers items are the same it has to be shill bidding or could it be something else?0
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