Bumping bids up on ebay by the seller !!!

[tomeestrings]

I have been bidding on a nice cue ; Dunns Handmade 1 piece !!

I bid on the cue from the start price £40

Course I expected to be outbid , however ??

By these accounts ;

m***e (0)
3***6 (15)
u***u (2)

Errr !!! I wouldnt of expected the seller ? to have made it quite so obvious that He/She or friend was bumping the price up ??? I like the cue but on principle maybe I wont bother !!!

[ADR147]

I have been bidding on a nice cue ; Dunns Handmade 1 piece !!

I bid on the cue from the start price £40

Course I expected to be outbid , however ??

By these accounts ;

m***e (0)
3***6 (15)
u***u (2)

Errr !!! I wouldnt of expected the seller ? to have made it quite so obvious that He/She or friend was bumping the price up ??? I like the cue but on principle maybe I wont bother !!!

how do you know it is the seller? if so report them, ebay take a very dim view of shill bidding

[tomeestrings]

Hi , I dont know it was the seller , I was just curious about the 3 very similar accounts that have bid against me ?? For that reason I havent reported it , to me however , It just looks far too obvious !! You would see if you click on bids lol

[RogiBear]

Why do you say the accounts are similar? If it's the *'s, it doesn't mean anything, user names are blocked out that way to potential buyers. ie the seller can see the full username just not buyers.

[pottr]

I think our good friend was unaware of what the *'s denote.

[bigandyg]

I never bid on anything until 8 seconds from the end of the auction.

[tomeestrings]

Yeah I understand what you are saying , I have sold a few things recently and bought !! Bidders ID,s are hidden for obvious reasons , glad you have explained that to me , thanks lol

[spike007]

I wait until 7, i use this now
http://www.biddingscheduler.com/cgi-bin/ebay_top.pl
Works great

[ADR147]

I think our good friend was unaware of what the *'s denote.

i think that might be the answer!

[tomeestrings]

Liking that bidding thingy , cheers , going to register !!

[ADR147]

there is also auction sniper.

[narl]

Generally I just use the ebay max bid gimmick, seems to work fine.

[jrc750]

I just don't see how using a sniper saves you any money at all, if i put in my max bid of say £200 from day one, and bidding stays low at say £90, there's no way a sniper wins for you unless you have set it above my max, which you don't know what that is !!!

[ADR147]

I just don't see how using a sniper saves you any money at all, if i put in my max bid of say £200 from day one, and bidding stays low at say £90, there's no way a sniper wins for you unless you have set it above my max, which you don't know what that is !!!

true enough but it would prevent dodgy shill bidding.

[MinnesotaSlim85]

I never bid on anything until 8 seconds from the end of the auction.

same here, cant understand why some bid 2 mins before the end! then wonder why they lose it