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ebay "test do not bid" auctions?

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  • digerati
    digerati Posts: 533 Forumite
    Avoriaz wrote:
    What is the story with these?:confused:

    http://search.ebay.co.uk/_W0QQsassZbigbadbeanieQQhtZ-1

    The seller has listed a bunch of "test auctions" during the 10p listing day and will later change them to "2 3 4 5 6 7 GOLD DIAMOND VERTU PLATINUM MOBILE NUMBER" listings as they sell their items. It's an old moneysaving trick to reserve some cheap listings for 10p versus the £1.50 it normally costs to list £99 auctions.

    Hope this helps!
    "Money is truthful. If a person speaks of their honour, make sure they pay in cash."
  • Avoriaz
    Avoriaz Posts: 39,110 Forumite
    Clever.

    Don't ebay mind?

    Thanks.
  • highguyuk
    highguyuk Posts: 2,763 Forumite
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    Report them to eBay and see if they get removed :P

    They shouldn't be there, but it's not causing any harm.
  • doingwhatican
    doingwhatican Posts: 369 Forumite
    Some times users list these type of auction as a way of replying to want it now posts, usually saying use the contact member for me to help you. I suppose it saves them having to have an active listing that matches the want it now posts.
  • Avoriaz
    Avoriaz Posts: 39,110 Forumite
    highguyuk wrote:
    Report them to eBay and see if they get removed :P

    They shouldn't be there, but it's not causing any harm.
    They don't bother me, I was just curious.

    I might use the idea myself sometime so I am not going to report them. :D
  • hesjane
    hesjane Posts: 2,123 Forumite
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    Why does ebay even have a category for

    Everything Else.....Test Auctions?
  • matty_c608
    matty_c608 Posts: 910 Forumite
    Report them - waste of ebay server resources!
  • Snooze_Control
    Snooze_Control Posts: 483 Forumite
    matty_c608 wrote:
    Report them - waste of ebay server resources!

    :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes:
  • catz747
    catz747 Posts: 20,381 Forumite
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    Sometimes they are for big companies joining ebay to test auctions, for example last year there was a big charity promotion on there. They used a lot of test auctions prior to their launch. :)

    As a conspiracy theory I always wondered if it was dodgy people doing dodgy deals with each other or as a way of shifting money around. :confused:
  • molar
    molar Posts: 185 Forumite
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    hesjane wrote:
    Why does ebay even have a category for

    Everything Else.....Test Auctions?

    They do have a simulated environment which I use for test auctions.

    http://sandbox.ebay.com/
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