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Grrr, bloomin' eBay!

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narked:
Ok, I might be wrong here, could be me just being cynical. Was bidding on something on eBay for work. On the bidding history it was only my name visible, the others were hidden. It gets to the point where it's more than we're willing to spend, so I stop putting bids in. The auction ends, then 5 minutes after the end of the auction I get a "Second Chance!" email off eBay. Seems a liiiittle bit too quick to be a genuine bidder pulling out, and it all being sorted out between them and the seller.

Well I ain't buying it, plenty more fish in the sea so I'll buy one from someone who doesn't seem to be trying to push the price up on me!

Yoshi:
Report them for shill bidding, cos thats very obviously (i might be wrong, but i doubt it) pushing the price up if they are sending that quickly.

and the reason you can only see your name is its a private auction, which means your name wouldnt be exposed to anyone else who is bidding.

Drift:
Ebay are starting a thing whree they hide other bidders ID's.
But to get a second chance that fast means it was falsley "bid up" or the seller has more than one item and likes the price it made so offers the other item/items to other bidders.
Scam
Ste

Paul:
Could it not be that the seller has two of these, One has sold and he is offering you the second one for your max bid price?

Drift:

--- Quote from: "Paul" ---Could it not be that the seller has two of these, One has sold and he is offering you the second one for your max bid price?
--- End quote ---


Its still against the rules, he never advertised it on ebay.
So if it went missing and so did the other buyers item, what happens then? ebay wont have anything to do with it.

If they had two, advertise them separate, let the bids decide the price.

Either I'm drunk and cynical, or
I'm cynical and getting drunk  :?
Ste :?

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