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Slightly odd...two things
punkpink
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Hiya, im having a bit of a clear out and on one item i am selling the highest bidder has purchased no less than 7 of the same item in under a week, now its not something that anybody would need more than one of! Seems rather odd to me, anyone have any thoughts?
Also ive been bidding on a few auctions lately and noticing that alot if the items will go for a higher price than the same seller has them for on a BIN, are buyers really stupid enough not to look to see if the item has a general price before blindly bidding? Again this seems strange to me, if not slightly annoying when your waiting for an auction to end to try and save a little bit of money! Does anyone else see this? Is it common?
Also ive been bidding on a few auctions lately and noticing that alot if the items will go for a higher price than the same seller has them for on a BIN, are buyers really stupid enough not to look to see if the item has a general price before blindly bidding? Again this seems strange to me, if not slightly annoying when your waiting for an auction to end to try and save a little bit of money! Does anyone else see this? Is it common?
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Depends on what the item is.
Are they collecting? If the buyer is collecting the items, it makes sense that they want to buy everything in one go.
Is it a kid's toy? Or is it a themed thing, such as halloween? Could he be buying them for a group of kids?
Could it be that the buyer is stocking up for Christmas? For example, is it the same book you are selling cheap and he /she intends giving them as presents? ... I've done that in the past!
"The secret of life is honesty and fair dealing.
...If you can fake that, you've got it made."
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Nope, none of the above, its a tens machine, but they have been buying exactly the same one over and over again...i cant think of any reason why you would need 2 let alone 8!0
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Nope, none of the above, its a tens machine, but they have been buying exactly the same one over and over again...i cant think of any reason why you would need 2 let alone 8!
Or they refurbish and sell on as a business.
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There are quite a number of reasons - it's not really something that I delve too much into and I don't think it's relevant to any particular seller. All that matters is that your buyer pays."Well, it's election year, Bill, we'd rather people didn't exercise common sense..." - Jed Bartlet, The West Wing, season 4
Am now Crowqueen, MRes (Law) - on to the PhD!0 -
Nope, none of the above, its a tens machine, but they have been buying exactly the same one over and over again...i cant think of any reason why you would need 2 let alone 8!
Dunno! My only thoughts are that they are being bought for a sports club or an OAP's home!
"The secret of life is honesty and fair dealing.
...If you can fake that, you've got it made."
Groucho Marx0 -
Or the local 6th form college maybe...?0
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connect them all up together to make a defribrilator would be my guess0
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So maybe not that odd afterall, just seemed strange to me!
Anyone have any thoughts on people bidding more on an auction than you can buy the same item for BIN?0 -
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