Re: [OT] Ebay Diddle?

["drawllimuk" <simonmillward@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Sounds like a useful tool. Pray tell where did you get it or shall I=20
do a google search?



--- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, "Mal Lansell" <mlansell@f...> wrote:
> It may have been people using sniping software - automatically=20
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> at the last minute to avoid people then coming in and outbidding=20
them.  If
> you get a few people doing this, the price can jump quite=20
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> the end.
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> It is a useful technique, though.  I used it to secure a couple of=20
PDAs -
> the program placed a bid with only 10 seconds to go, meaning no-
one had time
> to outbid me.
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> Mal
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "drawllimuk" <simonmillward@b...>
> To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, December 14, 2004 9:20 AM
> Subject: [ukha_d] Re: [OT] Ebay Diddle?
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> I have had the same done to me. I thought I was being paranoid. I
> was bidding on a 7U raid server and winning until five minutes
> before the end and the price jump from =A340 to over =A3100. I mean I
> know it was a cheap price, but I thought it might have been the
> seller not wanting it to go for so cheap. I then found it relisted.
> I am of course assuming it is the same one!!! Bloody Cheek!
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> --- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, "mouserdrip15" <groups@m...>
wrote:
> >
> > Hi
> >
> > Over the weekend I bid on an item. It had a starting price of
> =A3350,
> > there we no bidders at all untill I bid in the last 10 mins. Then
> > immediately I was continuosly outbid by a zero rated new bidder
> until
> > I lost the item.
> > 5 mins after the auction ended I got a second chance offer from
> the
> > seller saying the zero rated bidder was a fraud....!
> > This seems very much like a underhanded seller forcing his price
> up?
> > Or am I being parranoid?
> >
> > Rob
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