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Posted: 2/28/2006 6:27:25 PM EDT
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Some kind of voodoo?
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Posted: 2/28/2006 6:27:55 PM EDT
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I didn't know the seller could bid on his own item.
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Posted: 2/28/2006 6:28:28 PM EDT
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I'd report him to ebay. Seems a little fradulent.
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Posted: 2/28/2006 6:30:48 PM EDT
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Yeah, I never knew that was even possible. |
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Posted: 2/28/2006 6:31:22 PM EDT
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A seller can not bid on his own auction. It's not possible.
Unless he was using another account, but even then, each user's handle is unique. The buyer's handle can't be the same as the seller's. There is this thing called a "reserve price auction". The item won't sell for less than a predetermined minimum that the seller feels he MUST get in order to sell the item. Anyway, you lowballed. Far better to bid what it's actually worth to you and let the proxy bidding system do its thing as intended. CJ |
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Posted: 2/28/2006 6:31:42 PM EDT
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i don't think he can do it. But its done all the time with shills. look for the bag to reappear in a couple of days and don't bid on it till the end of the auction.
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Posted: 2/28/2006 6:32:12 PM EDT
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Its not possible. Look again it may have been ended by the owner due to not meeting a specific price.
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Posted: 2/28/2006 6:33:22 PM EDT
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I see it regularly at cattle auctions, sometimes they get stuck buying thier own cows!
I don't know how that's possible on e-bay, though. GR |
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Posted: 2/28/2006 6:34:33 PM EDT
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cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=6608270553&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWA%3AIT&rd=1
The same guy that posted the auctions name was on the high bid. Now someone elses name is showing up. WTF? This seems rigged. |
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Posted: 2/28/2006 6:40:36 PM EDT
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I think you were sniped. It looks legit.
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Posted: 2/28/2006 6:43:21 PM EDT
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The seller was guitarguy1959 and the winning bidder was cdn11.
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Posted: 2/28/2006 6:49:14 PM EDT
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He still has another one for sale at $11.50 with over a day left on it, go for it. Check his online store.
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Posted: 2/28/2006 6:49:53 PM EDT
[#13]
e-Bay SUX!
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Posted: 2/28/2006 6:52:49 PM EDT
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+1 You were sniped, plain and simple. 
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Posted: 2/28/2006 7:52:10 PM EDT
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You need to set down the crack pipe and open the window to disperse the fumes.... I'll tell you exactly why you lost - eBay is something called an "auction," and in an "auction" the person with the highest "bid" wins. Someone "bid" more than you, so you lost. If you were willing to pay more, then you should've bid more. |
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Posted: 2/28/2006 7:57:45 PM EDT
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Posted: 2/28/2006 7:59:14 PM EDT
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+1 |
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Posted: 2/28/2006 8:04:04 PM EDT
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This may be a way for him to not have to sell at too low a price. He'll still have to pay the seller's fees though. Would they be less than the fees for an auction with a reserve price?
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Posted: 2/28/2006 8:12:26 PM EDT
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the way the ebay rules go, you set the starting bid, and then if you want (for a fee) you can set a reserve price (price that must be met for the item to sell) you can NOT bid on your own item to run the price up... this looks kinda shady. you can't get the seller's remorse on ebay |
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Posted: 3/1/2006 1:20:33 AM EDT
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The auction ended with guitarguy as THE HIGHEST BIDDER. A few minutes later,another name appeared as the highest bidder. I know what I saw. |
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Posted: 3/1/2006 11:50:24 AM EDT
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It's not possible to bid on your own auction - the web site is coded that way. Probably what happened is after the auction ended the page's format changed and what you thought was the high bidder was actually the seller.
People also see Bigfoot, UFOs, and the Loch Ness Monster. They need to lay off the drugs, too.  If you search the bid histories of the players, you'll see that cdn111 merely sniped you with 7 seconds left in the auction, seems to be an active ebayer, (much more active than you with a feedback rating of 15) and this is the first time he bid on one of guitarguy1959's listings. I can't see anything shady going on here, unless you're talking about the Grand Conspiracy entered into by cdn111, guitarguy1959, and eBay for the sole purpose of charging you 50 cents more for for a shoulder bag. 
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