To: COUNTrecount
One way to tell one way they might use shills is after the bidding is to offer you the item for your highest bid when it did not win!
I check the "buy it now" option.
2 posted on
01/28/2007 6:42:40 AM PST by
HuntsvilleTxVeteran
("Remember the Alamo, Goliad and WACO, It is Time for a new San Jacinto")
To: HuntsvilleTxVeteran
And "Froogle" the new items. Most of the time you can find them cheaper.
4 posted on
01/28/2007 6:45:34 AM PST by
Mojave
To: HuntsvilleTxVeteran
When I know a user is shill bidding, I just don't bid on his auctions.
This is a problem that can police itself easily.
Never put in a maximum bid you aren't willing to pay for that item.
If you don't like how the transaction goes, tell that in the feedback.
5 posted on
01/28/2007 6:46:30 AM PST by
Calpernia
(Breederville.com)
To: HuntsvilleTxVeteran
Not exactly.
I sell items on eBAY...and offer "Second Chance" to next highest bidders on occasion. Uusally when I have more than one of same item...
Saves me the hassle of listing again...
FWIW-
35 posted on
01/28/2007 7:24:34 AM PST by
Osage Orange
("The man who most vividly realizes a difficulty is the man most likely to overcome it.")
To: HuntsvilleTxVeteran
If I can't buy it now, I almost never buy it...
36 posted on
01/28/2007 7:25:47 AM PST by
Knitting A Conundrum
(Act Justly, Love Mercy, and Walk Humbly With God Micah 6:8)
To: HuntsvilleTxVeteran
I check the "buy it now" option.Me, too. I don't have time to wait for some last-minute runup anyway. If I like the price, I'll just buy it and be done.
63 posted on
01/28/2007 8:06:14 AM PST by
Smokin' Joe
(How often God must weep at humans' folly.)
To: HuntsvilleTxVeteran
That's not always true. I sometimes have many copies of the same item and I will use this option then.
129 posted on
01/28/2007 11:59:31 AM PST by
packrat35
(Beware the Big Government Republicans!)
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