Hi Rob, Thanks so much for your reply. Last night I got some very good explanations to my question. Your answer just adds to my understanding. I can now see how one person *seems* to be deliberately bidding up the price of an item, when in reality this is not necessarily the case. Again, thanks for taking the time to explain.
Greg Lindh ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rob McCafferty" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "GREG LINDH" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2007 5:11 AM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] EBAY not fixed. I just REALLY wanted it!!! > Greg > > I buy, I don't sell. I'm so hopeless when it comes to > mailing stuff that I'd get murdered on the feedback > for taking weeks to get round to posting the stuff. > > Anyway, I'm going to explain it simply as there may be > times when you fall victim to me by what you describe. > > Normally, I wait until the auction is about to end and > then try to snipe it (outbid everyone else at the last > minute). This usually works for me because I'm usually > prepared to pay more for something I really want than > others. Sometimes it doesn't. > > The reason it may not work is because someone > outsnipes me (not a real word but who cares). > > Other times its because of what happened to you. > > Living in the UK, I cannot often be up at 3am when the > auctions end so if I really REALLY want something, > I'll put in an outrageous bid which I'm pretty sure > nobody will outbid/snipe. > > Fortunately, it doesn't declare this full amount as my > bid. It only places the amount to make me highest > bidder. > > Whenever someone tries to outbid me, ebay will > increase my bid up to but not beyond the maxmimum I > was prepared to go. > > Often, My max bid on something I "havetohave" may be > 2-3times market value of the meteorite I want. > Nobody's going to bid this high and nobody's going to > snipe that high either. So I win. > > Best of all, the following morning when I check > expecting to have delicate parts of my body removed by > my wife for spending so much, I find that the price I > have to pay is much lower than I was prepared to go. > I've taken a couple of real gems this way. > 244mg of NWA3163 spring to mind as my favourite :) > > I'm pretty sure Dave F was not trying to be rude. The > problem with written text is context is often hard to > determine unless you're Shakespeare, Hemmingway, > Tolstoy etc... > > Good luck with the bidding in future. > > Rob McC > > --- GREG LINDH <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Hi Daniel, > > > > I've gotten a number of reasoned answers (though > > not from everyone) and > > to those who offered true help, like yourself, I say > > thanks. > > > > Greg Lindh > > > > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Daniel Svensson" > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2007 11:24 PM > > Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Is EBAY bidding fixed? > > > > > > > hello, > > > > > > I think I might have an explanation: > > > if there is a secret reserve you can raise your > > bid several times without > > > anyone else bidding > > > until you reach the limit of the secret reserve. > > In this case it will look > > > like someone is bidding with themselfes. > > > > > > Why are people bidding before the last 30 seconds? > > Well this bidding is > > > probably often raising the final price, but I see > > at least some possible > > > reasons: > > > 1. The person cannot bid at end of auction for > > practical reasons > > > 2. They dont want to win, but want to raise the > > final price (for some > > > reason) > > > 3. It is fun! > > > > > > I hope this can be helpfull. > > > > > > /Daniel Svensson > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hi Darren, > > > > > > > > I appreciate the link that you gave me which > > explains the bidding > > > >system > > > >on EBAY. I'll have to go back and check out EBAY > > more carefully. > > > >Perhaps > > > >I > > > >thought this has occurred and maybe I was wrong. > > I'll go and take a > > > >better > > > >look at it. > > > > Thanks for not "shooting me" and for giving > > a kind and thoughtful > > > >reply. > > > > > > > > Regards, > > > > Greg Lindh > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >----- Original Message ----- > > > >From: "Darren Garrison" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > >To: "meteorite-list" > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > >Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2007 12:05 AM > > > >Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Is EBAY bidding > > fixed? > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Wed, 11 Apr 2007 23:04:05 -0700, you wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > My question still has not seemed to be > > answered. My concern is > > > >about > > > > > >someone who bids over and over with no > > apparent competition. They > > > >single > > > > > >handedly raise the price from $10.00 to > > $30.00 to $60.00 to $80.00, > > > > > >etc..... > > > > > > > > > > It is not possible for someone-- with nobody > > else bidding against > > > > > him-- > > > >to > > > > > in > > > > > any way change the price from the opening > > price (in a non-reserve > > > > > auction). > > > > > Let's say there is an item with a starting bid > > of 99 cents. Only one > > > > > person > > > > > bids on it. He could modify his bid 1500 > > times and the auction price > > > > > isn't > > > > > going to go above 99 cents if nobody is > > bidding against him. And, > > > > > even > > > > > after > > > > > the close of the auction, you'll never see > > what his maximum bid price > > > >was, > > > > > only > > > > > what the auction closed at. 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