I want to know and I have phoned Ebay and been on their community forum and still not sure if I've been had over by this buyer.
I listed an unwanted electrical item for auction for £90 starting bid. One person bid early for the £90 and then bid again and then again right at the end. On the system it says they bid £90 each time and it doesnt show any other bids or bidders. Ebay tell me that they actually bid firstly £90 then £95 then £125 but if it's the same bidder then the system actually only shows the original amount they bid as you cant bid against yourself etc. So this is why it looks like they bid £90 three times. But as it was all the same bidder I had to sell it to them for their first bid. These were not automatic bids apparently either but 'manually' placed bids
So I understand thus far but I was a bit suspicious as to why someone would bid against themselves and after they had bid their final bid of £125 what would've happened if someone had tried to bid say £115 - would their bid be rejected (and would I even know about it, if so) on the grounds the first bidder had put a higher bid in (the highest they were willing to pay obviously) knowing that as long as no other bidders came on the scene they would still get it for £90.
Ebay and the community forum keep telling me that if someone else had bid more than this bidders top bid then I would be able to see that and the bidding would automatically gone up to ask for bids over £127(or whatever).
Can you see what I'm getting at? . I think this is very crafty tactical bidding that has potentially done me out of any bids between £90 and £125. I also think it is really open to exploitation if for example I bid the opening amount on an item (say worth about £50 staring at £10) and then followed up with a ridiculous £300 bid, then I would get that item for £10 wouldnt I ? Or have I lost the plot?
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Is this dodgy or no ? Buyer bidding against self.
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Bahhhhhumbug · 01/09/2015 15:32
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