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Originally Posted by harveyc
Benny, we've chatted about eBay auctions before (with Joe Real also) and Joe tried to explain the way proxy bids work on eBay. The auctions are not rigged except in some very rare situations which are cause for banning by eBay.
There are lots of reasons why a seller will offer an item to another bidder. Sometimes the winning bidder has negative feedback or is in another country which the seller has already conditioned his auction against. Sometimes a bidder just has cold feet and backs out. I've retracted a bid once or twice myself for various reasons (at least once because a description was vague and I later found out the item wasn't what I really wanted).
All about bidding
Automatic bidding
Benny, after you've bought a few hundred things on eBay you'll be a pro!  |
Harvey:
Yes, I remembered vaguely what we and Joe talked about but you know how my memory is is as short as my ......
I tried to retract one of my bids last week by writing privately to the seller but the seller refused to budge from my reasoning and warned me against penalty if I don't go through the transaction but some other sucker outbidded me to it and so I was able to breathe easier.
Anyway, I don't think I will be a pro. For my plan is to buy less than 5 items on Ebay vs 100 or more. lol.
I also noticed that ebay reminds you of your items bought in the past. Mine's last list was listed way back on 2007. And the sellers rating for being a good boy like paying promptly. I have a 100% good boy rating as the sellers say.