Item back up for auction

porto_bello

I avoid "private listings" like the plague. If a seller feels it necessary to avoid showing bidding correlations on their items, it's probably because there is a lot of bidding correlation.

I regularly see rare or unique items like antiques or paintings listed and avoid the auction once I spot it is a private listing... often accompanied by bidding "nudges" of amounts just below natural price points, such as £29.50 or £48.95

Then a week/month later, I see the same item, offered by the same seller!

theoretica

If it is shill bidding you probably have nothing to lose by bidding again - except time and frustration. If the seller won't sell below £100 you can bid £34.56 everytime it comes up and will simply never be successful.

daveeeeed

soolin wrote: »

Or seller has come across a time waster, like I did a few weeks back who waits to win auction and then emails saying 'please cancel my bid, I can't afford it now- sorry for any inconvenience'. I NPBd them, but many sellers are too afraid to do that and would allow a mutual and then immediately relist.

Wouldn't you expect them to make a second chance offer if that was the case?

soolin

daveeeeed wrote: »

Wouldn't you expect them to make a second chance offer if that was the case?

With all the threads we have on here about how all second chance offers are scams, I'm not sure I would.

Whatever is happening I would stay cautious with this seller and not be tempted to go a single penny more than I wanted to pay, maybe even drop the bid price a little- so seller can see that the relist has meant lower bids, not higher ones.