Ebay.... max bid is ridiculous

[timbo343]

Im wanting a S6 so im looking on ebay for one sub 300 quid and then move over to a SIM only deal.

 

I have been watching a few ohones on there and one has just had a bid of £1,500 and then ebay auto bidded £1,550. Trouble is, the sellee possilbly wont hear anything back ftom the buyer.

 

Why cant people put realistic bids in!!"

[elsiegee40]

It took me 3 attempts to sell a watch on eBay because of this. I got a realistic bid and instant payment, but only after 2 previous winning bidders got strikes for unpaid item. One of them had 200+ feedback too. Pain in the backside

[abillybob]

Same happened to me a while back when trying to sell an iPhone 4s, twice the bids went to £1000+. Neither bidder paid or contacted me!

 

In the end I spoke to a bloke who messaged me and lived near by, he ended up buying the phone!!

[Arthur]

Why can't people put realistic bids in!!"

I wonder if the three most recent bids in your screenshot are actually all from the same person? The £1,500 and £1,550 bids are obviously fake, but would be used as a way to get the sellar to send a second chance offer to the person with the next lowest bid (in your example "e**a" with £205). The buyer then gets the item for less money compared to if they hadn't put the fake bids in and it also prevents anyone else from bidding between £205 and £1,499.99.

Edited October 8, 2015 by Arthur

[nikaso]

I've sold quite a few things on eBay over the past year and with the exception of selling cars it is always someone with 0 feedback (whom you are not allowed to block from bidding) who causes me problems. Mostly winning and not contacting me, I had to relist some things three times.

 

The worst experience was selling a Toyota Yaris, it was always going to be a sub £1000 car and I kind of expected timewasters but there was a constant stream of clowns with ridiculous low ball offers, conversations went like this:

 

First couple of clowns:

 

Clown: Can I come look at the car?

Me: Sure

Clown: (after turning up late) I'll give you £300 for it

Me: It's on at £1000, I'm could maybe drop it £100.

Clown:£350

Me: We aren't even in the same ball park on price, I know it's a good car and it will sell for close to what I am asking, I'm not in a hurry to sell it so I can just wait.

Clown: Yeah but ebay bidders never turn up and waste your time (the irony nearly overwhelmed my straight face at this point), I've got cash now and can take it off your hands (like he's doing me a big favour)

Me: No, no and thrice no.

 

 

Clowns 4-6: Can we look at car?

Me: You can but before you come I am looking for close to the asking price, you are wasting your time (and more importantly mine) otherwise.

Clowns 4-6: Yeah yeah mate.......(turn up) I'll give you £500 for it

Me: FFS

 

Eventually once I'd got through every pizza delivery driver in a 10 mile radius a local woman turned up and insisted on reversing it out of our tight driveway, bent wing mirror back and said 'oops, I'll have to buy it now' to which I replied 'Yes, yes you do!'

[Garacesh]

I wonder if the three most recent bids in your screenshot are actually all from the same person? The £1,500 and £1,550 bids are obviously fake, but would be used as a way to get the sellar to send a second chance offer to the person with the next lowest bid (in your example "e**a" with £205). The buyer then gets the item for less money compared to if they hadn't put the fake bids in and it also prevents anyone else from bidding between £205 and £1,499.99.

 

I'm with @Arthur on this one. This wouldn't be the first time I've heard of people using cracked accounts as shills to place fake bids. The seller then offers the item as second chance to the person account with the last 'reasonable' bid, but overall they get the item for around 20-30% less.

This is why I only use eBay for buying, and exclusively use Buy it now. Auctions are way too much bother now.