[AJD] Something is really fishy on eBay

[Frank]

but it IS clear,,,,,,,the one on top is high and on the main page it will 
say who is in control

happens to me a lot

Frank
gremaux at tein.net
Central Montana
http://www.angelfire.com/mt/deeregp/index.html
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dean VP" <deanvp at att.net>
To: "'Antique John Deere mailing list'" 
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Sent: Monday, December 05, 2005 1:25 PM
Subject: RE: [AJD] Something is really fishy on eBay


> Chris:
>
> In my sheltered world, I guess, I had never before seen two bidders listed
> on the bid list with identical bids. I am beginning to understand how that
> might happen with proxy bids but it would seem to me that eBay would want 
> to
> clearly identify which one was in control. Life is full of anomalies.
>
> Dean A. Van Peursem
> Snohomish, WA 98290
>
> Forbidden fruits create many jams!
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: antique-johndeere-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com
> [mailto:antique-johndeere-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com] On Behalf Of
> Chris C
> Sent: Monday, December 05, 2005 7:37 AM
> To: Antique John Deere mailing list
> Subject: Re: [AJD] Something is really fishy on eBay
>
> 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
>>
>> Forbidden fruits create many jams!
>>
>> www.deerelegacy.com
>>
>> http://members.cox.net/classicweb/email.htm
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