I was bidding on this item ,i was the highest bidder at £31 last night, now ive just got in and its now £80 , dont you just hate it when you know that items on ebay are having there prices pushed up, IF YOU ARE THE SELLING,NEXT TIME DONT MAKE IT LOOK SO OBVIOUS !!!

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...4677&rd=1&rd=1

And this item, i messaged him the other day and he said he wanted £50 for it, its a fuel cradle ffs

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...0830&rd=1&rd=1



Ebay is soooooo shit now

 

Is it just because the item jumped from £31 to £80 that made you think it was dodgy? This is fairly normal. I have both bought and sold items that leapt up in the last few hours. That doesn't necessarily mean that someone is not playing fair.

 

Sorry 2 days ago he sends a message to me saying he wants £100 for it. Why dont he just put a buy it now price on it to start with

 

I have sold a fair bit on Ebay and find that the item generally sells for a better price when I start it at 99p and with no reserve on it. It's my risk. It might not make its money, but it almost always does.

If I put a Reserve and/or a Buy-Now price on it, the set-up fee's are higher.

This doesn't mean that there is any funny business though. I know that Ebay is toss lately, for many reasons, but I don't think you have necessarily been the victim of any of that in this case.

Make sense??

 

its ebay afterall mate

i dont bother with auctions that the bidding is private

you could get an electric aerial almost exact from a stereo place for about £30

the fuel pump cradle is quite a good bargain at £50 tbh

ive seen these go for a lot more and there the 14 yrs old ones

also its all down to how much people are willing to pay

last few items i sold were a set of rear xr4x4 calipers, bear in mind i usually scrap these as they arnt worth sod all they went for £92

and a propshaft doughnut i usally sell at 40-50 when i have a few spare sold for £90

but as i said if someone wants it bad they will pay the price

 

£110 for an S1 bodykit fitting kit.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/GENUINE-FORD-E...QQcmdZViewItem

 

i waited ages to buy bits of dash for the mondeo and when they were going for upwards of £50 it was just too much
i bought a complete dash centre with switches and stuff the other day for a mere £19 all in so i'm well chuffed i waited
i also got my 6 disc changer for a lot less than i've seen them going for as there seem to be a glut of them on ebay at the moment

 

mate i got a near mint looking dash for my s1 the other day for 95 quid.
i`ve seen shite ones with cracks go for 150. that was 45 quid til the last 5 minutes, its just what happens.


ebay is cool for some things, shite for others.

 

I bidded up to £20 on a Escort 1.6 rad/fan with a starting price of £0.99. I asked the bloke a question about the item and just after he replied the item bidded up to £11.00.

I checked the feedback on the new bidder as he had 1 feedback left. Funnily enough the person who left the feedback was the same person selling the rad! Thought this was a bit suss, so checked all the feedback on the seller and 9/10 auctions the new bidder had bidded on everything! That included a Nova bonnet, Escort parts and an Audi bit or something????? Obviously this is "Shell Bidding" or whatever its called and duely got reported to EBAY!

EBAY aint worth a wank now tbh for buying, but good for selling imo

 

This isn't within the last few hours though, there's 2 days & 4 hours left.

It certainly would make me think it's being bumped up.

 

here we go again

Its ebay get over it, if you bid, and get out bid dont winge, you should have bid more, or wait for another to go on ebay!



Ebay is good for when you dont know what something is worth, or your not fussed about it. i normally list at 99p start no res, then get 10s of Qs asking for a buy it now, ffs So just make up a very high price, if they are desperate they will pay