Anonymous

But its when you are the buyer?

saff_cossie

What would be the purpose?

Rhys

To try and show more intrest in it than it really is, so might put peeps off? Not sure though lol

Alan s1

best way to do it is to get a m8 to help out lol and if he wins it then just swop feedback And try again lol

saff_cossie

Good point, suppose the increments would have to be small so people were not put off by the price

FordFans

The only reason I can think of is to meet a reserve if no one else is bidding

DanRSturbo

No,

E-bay can check this sort of stuff

DUDE_SWEET_FRST

ive seen this alot on cars recently.

people putting them on at 99p. then some other person starts to bid like 10 minutes after its been listed, in Ł200 increments, up to Ł1500 so they are basically getting away with not starting it at a higher price, and saving loads

andre_k

iTrader: (2)

but i dont see how it could help when your the buyer.... if you were selling, id understand...

Anonymous

Kind of, item has no reserve.


Its something a friend of mine has been trying to buy a lot recently, and every time he is winning the auction at the end people keep pulling the item out of the auction cause it hasnt gone high enough.

Ie they arent putting a reserve on the auction but they have one in mind.

Item is worth about 4 grand, he is happy to pay that if he has to, but he keeps being the only bidder at 500 quid and none of the sellers seem to want to communicate off ebay.

So last night we bid one up to a couple of grand with furious bidding between us so that at least the guy will think that he is likely to get a decent price at the last minute as we bid against each other, so he might actually let the auction run its course.


Really fooks me off when people selling on ebay wont just put a reserve or starting price if there is a price below which they wont sell it!

DanRSturbo

In that context it's ok, it's if you're the seller, and sign in with your other account then keep bidding that e-bay get a bit sus at

ian sibbert

Surely they are pulling the auction with more than 12 hours to go.....I thought you couldn't stop an auction once it was in the last 12 hours...

Anonymous

dont know what the cut off point is TBH, i just know its happened to him a few times now, and its pissing us off cause we want to get the fooking car finished, LOL

ian sibbert

Quote off e-bay:-

Timing Matters
When there are 12 hours or fewer remaining and the item has a winning bid, including a reserve met bid, sellers may not make any changes to the listing, including:
ending the item early. Sellers may cancel bids, but not end the item
adding to or changing the item description
converting the item to pre-approved bidder
Canceling bids or making changes to a listing with bids when there are 12 hours or fewer remaining damages the buyer experience and can undermine trust in the marketplace.

I'd bid it up in the last 5 mins before the 12 hour limit....at least then you could report him to ebay....

Anonymous

I think one of them the guy did it by cancelling all bids within the last 12 hours so that no one bought it!

Fil

example sort of shit your onabout, its not on really but check the bid history, dont think it was sold to the winning bidder tho

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...MEWA%3AIT&rd=1

with this at the bottom of the description,

The auction Closes at 6pm next sunday night, To save hastle on last minuite bidding I will be removing the car 30 mins before listing ends unless you have contacted me.