[AJD] Something is really fishy on eBay

[Chris C]

Dean,

     I have won several items with a bid matcing mine
but not beating it.  In a live auction of course your
bid would be denied,  and you would have to take the
next step up to get the high bid,  On Ebay,  I assume
that they allow matching bids just in case the winning
bidder backs out, or the seller has similar items.  I
think that is one reason they have the Second Chance
Offer.

      Perhaps not in this case,  but I believe that
this is also a tool for shill bidding by those less
scroupulous on the bay.  If you only bid at the
smallest increments,  you can run a bid up to the
maximun the other guy has bid and be able to tell when
you get there by how much the other bidders proxy bid
goes up.  If it is less than whatever increment Ebay
is allowing on the bid,  you've found it.  That is one
reason why I always try to make my bids match up with
how much ebay will make the interval.  That way they
have to beat my bid to figure it out.  

                   Chris

--- Dean VP <deanvp at att.net> wrote:

> Take a quick look at eBay auction # 7567735016. Then
> check out the bid
> history. Currently the two highest bidders have
> exactly the same bid. That
> makes no sense to me at all.  
> 
> 
> Dean A. Van Peursem
> Snohomish, WA 98290
> 
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