[meteorite-list] Is EBAY bidding fixed?

From: GREG LINDH <geeg48_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2007 22:51:54 -0700
Message-ID: <BAY118-DAV4B5D5F1B97340A222860FC95E0_at_phx.gbl>

       Dave,

    First you called me silly and said that, "the person is raising their
bid so that if you bid, you won't out bid them." Then when I pointed out
the fallacious reasoning behind your post, you came out and admitted that
you are a seller (which is no crime in my eyes) and that I shouldn't be such
a "tight ass".
    Nice talk, Dave. Really nice!
    I admit that I don't know the pressures of being a seller, but just
because you're a seller doesn't give you the right to do an uncharitable,
heavy handed, ad hominem attack on me. I raised a legitimate question and
instead of providing a cogent answer, you just called me names and threw
insults my way.
    In all the answers that I've read so far, I still haven't found one that
explains why someone would bid numerous times in a row with *no one else
bidding". What I've noticed is the person who does the bidding up over and
over again *never wins the item*. They always drop out.
    Again: 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 10:03 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Is EBAY bidding fixed?


> As a seller, those that wait until the last minute to bid should be shot,
> and those that up their bids a numberof times keep us in business..you
> like to buy meteorites, don't be such a tight ass with your bidding. When
> we go out of business from tight asses, you will not have the selection
> now enjoyed. The no apparent reason is not of your concern, just the
> highest bid..bid high or stay home.
> Learn business then whine about upping bids. Like you said, your new.
> Practice selling for a while and your opinion will change!
> Dave F.
>
> GREG LINDH wrote:
>
> 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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Received on Thu 12 Apr 2007 01:51:54 AM PDT