[GreenKeys] Bidding Mystery

[Brooke Clarke]

Hi Tony:

Now you can use Phantom Bidder (dot com) to place your bid 3 seconds 
prior to close.  You pay less than half a dollar for a winning bid and 
it's free if you still loose.  I've been using that for years.  The way 
eBay has it setup is to maximize the selling price.

Have Fun,

Brooke Clarke
http://www.PRC68.com


hunybuny at eskimo.com wrote:
> Hey Larry;
>
> There are two possible (make that plausable) explanations:
>
> o The bidders don't know what they're doing or bidding on.
>
> o It is a ruse by the seller and his buddies to jack up the price,
>     which is illegal in eBay land.
>
> When I was a novice on eBay, I'd put in my highest bid up front,
> figuring that it would scare people off and I'd avoid a bidding
> war. There was more than once that I saw my bid there until the
> last minute - and then I was eased-out of 1st place and it was too
> late to put in another bid.
>
> Once I understood how eBay worked, I didn't bid until the end.
> If I wanted something REALLY BAD I would get my rearend out of bed
> (even at 3:00am) and drive to the Hewlett Packard office where I worked
> and use their T-3 link to put in that killer-bid in the last 10 seconds!
>
> UE,
> W6ESE - tony
> NNNNZCZC
>
>
> Larry Tighe wrote:
>    
>> Maybe, probably, my intellect is sorely below average but,  is there an
>> explanation for eBay bidders that bid against themselves?  I'm watching and
>> old "portable" tty machine.
>>
>>      
>