[meteorite-list] Another crazy bidder on ebay

[GREG LINDH]

  An Ebayer bidding on his own stuff.
 
  Wow, there's a shocker.
 
 
  Greg L.
 
 
 


> From: dmerchan at rochester.rr.com
> To: fujmon at mac.com; meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
> Date: Sun, 2 Jan 2011 17:44:32 -0500
> CC: dmerchan at rochester.rr.com
> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Another crazy bidder on ebay
> 
> The fact that one individual bidder has 0 feedback and that many bids on one 
> item in that span of time, leads me to feel that maybe a form of bid rigging 
> is taken place. At least that's what would catch my eye and put my guard up. 
> Now that the price is where the seller wants it, it would not surprise me 
> that Mr. 0 feedback will not bid again. If I was the high bidder I would 
> retract my bid this way Mr. 0 would be high bidder! I could be wrong on all 
> this but I have seen this game before on several occasions.
> Here is a link to a news source in which an eBay bidder was arrested and 
> charged with bidding on his own auctions because he said they were lower 
> then expected...he even admits creating another account with name to do this 
> bidding rigging!
> 
> http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1267410/Ebay-seller-faces-fine-bidding-items-raise-prices.html
> 
> Sincerely
> Don Merchant
> IMCA #0960
> Founder-Cosmic Treasures Celestial Wonders
> http://www.ctreasurescwonders.com/index.html
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Gary Fujihara" <fujmon at mac.com>
> To: "MeteorList" <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
> Sent: Sunday, January 02, 2011 12:46 PM
> Subject: [meteorite-list] Another crazy bidder on ebay
> 
> 
> > http://offer.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewBids&item=170585023324
> >
> > current bid is at $180 for a 2.3g complete oriented Bassikounou H5 
> > chondrite
> >
> > granted Geoff's offering is a pristine example of flight orientation of an 
> > OC, but would anybody in their right mind bid $79/g? FWIW, this 'new' guy 
> > has 0 feedback.
> >
> > Gary Fujihara
> > Big Kahuna Meteorites (IMCA#1693)
> > 105 Puhili Place, Hilo, Hawai'i 96720
> > http://bigkahuna-meteorites.com/
> > http://shop.ebay.com/fujmon/m.html
> > (808) 640-9161
> >
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