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Strange Bidding

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  • vickypark3
    vickypark3 Posts: 101 Forumite
    Looks like bidder 1 placed a mximum bid of £10, then along comes bidder 2 who placed a proxy bid of £810, the bid rose to the next increment above bidder 1 by 50p to £10.50.

    Bidder 3 then placed their bid of £805 ...I believe that the proxy bid of £810 would then be shown as the next increment

    from the ebay help page in the link below

    A bid increment will go higher than the standard increment in two situations:

    To meet the reserve amount

    To beat a competing bidder's high bid


    http://pages.ebay.co.uk/help/buy/bid-increments.html
  • maria6259
    maria6259 Posts: 180 Forumite
    Has anyone reported this listing to e-bay?

    Shill-bidding at its most obvious
    If you want to go fast, go alone
    If you want to go far, go with friends
  • maria6259
    maria6259 Posts: 180 Forumite
    If you look at this seller's other items, they are all currently being won by the same bidder. Don't know why the buyer would want 2 patio sets.....
    If you want to go fast, go alone
    If you want to go far, go with friends
  • emerald_starcat
    emerald_starcat Posts: 2,112 Forumite
    maria6259 wrote: »
    If you look at this seller's other items, they are all currently being won by the same bidder. Don't know why the buyer would want 2 patio sets.....


    They might have 2 patios?!
    My daughters are my world
  • pegginout
    pegginout Posts: 993 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 500 Posts Combo Breaker
    all his listings have had a bid on by either t**t or b**b and both of these bidders are new buyers with 0 feedback!

    defo shill bidding!

    Let's all watch it and get the seller excited!!!!
    :money: Martin Lewis Rocks!:money:
  • maria6259
    maria6259 Posts: 180 Forumite
    Am watching them already! always wanted an inflatable princess pool with water slide. hope i'm not too big for it :D
    If you want to go fast, go alone
    If you want to go far, go with friends
  • VanillaDelia
    VanillaDelia Posts: 451 Forumite
    Oh yes hes added the pool now, funny that the same bidder wants everything he sells. Ha ha. Anyone fancy messaging him, lol.
  • jennyjelly
    jennyjelly Posts: 1,708 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker Mortgage-free Glee!
    Glad to see the princess pool includes a 'repair path'!
    Oh dear, here we go again.
  • maria6259
    maria6259 Posts: 180 Forumite
    VanillaDelia wrote: »
    Oh yes hes added the pool now, funny that the same bidder wants everything he sells. Ha ha. Anyone fancy messaging him, lol.

    what shall we ask him?
    If you want to go fast, go alone
    If you want to go far, go with friends
  • emerald_starcat
    emerald_starcat Posts: 2,112 Forumite
    maria6259 wrote: »
    what shall we ask him?


    Ask him for a 'buy now' price on his items? Especially the princess pool!
    My daughters are my world
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