[meteorite-list] Is EBAY bidding fixed?

[GREG LINDH]

       Hi Dave,

    I don't think my analysis of the EBAY situation is silly at all.  There 
is no reason to artificially up the price of an item.  What I do is wait 
until the last 30 seconds or so and then pop in and place a bid.  I have 
always won, but unfortunately I pay a higher price than necessary because 
someone has bid over and over again *for no apparent reason*.  They're not 
scaring anyone away by doing this.  They just make the item cost a ton more.
    Again, I ask why?

    Greg Lindh




----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dave Freeman mjwy" <dfreeman at fascination.com>
To: "GREG LINDH" <geeg48 at msn.com>
Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2007 9:48 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Is EBAY bidding fixed?


> Don't be so silly, the person is raising their bid so that if you bid, you 
> won't out bid them. If you want to win the auction, you have to bid higher 
> than their bid.
> For fun, start out and bid very low, bid again, bid four or five times to 
> what is your maximum bid. It will let other bidders THINK you are serious 
> about winning...............OR............THAT  other bidders may think 
> you are fixing your bid....
> Dave F.
>
> GREG LINDH wrote:
>
>        To all,
>
>     I am new to EBAY and to meteorite collecting.  I have purchased 13
> meteorites total.  I've gotten most of them by bidding on EBAY.  I've
> noticed that many times someone will bid for an item and continually bid 
> the
> item up even though nobody is bidding against them.  They may start out by
> bidding $10.00 for an item, then the same person raises the price to 
> $30.00,
> then $50.00, then $80.00, etc., etc.  They artificially and unnecessarily
> raise the price so that the item finally sells for a *much* higher price
> than it would have gone for if this hadn't been done.
>     Either the bidder is a moron or he is working with the seller to up 
> the
> price.
>     Can anyone explain this phenomenon to me?
>
>     Greg Lindh
>
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