It is not bid fixing, it is proxy bidding. Let's say you have an item, a bidder puts in a bid of $100.00 max bid. The item is currently at $45.00 and they are high bidder, then you come along at the last minute and put in a bid of $80.00., then the ebay proxy bid automatically bids up to the $80.00. You must then bid over their $100.00 bid to win. It does not auctomatically place little bids, it goes by the max bid. Mike Farmer I hav been buying and selling on ebay since 1995.
--- GREG LINDH <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "GREG LINDH" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > 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 > > > > ______________________________________________ > > Meteorite-list mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > > > > > > > ______________________________________________ > Meteorite-list mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list