Price question

[Traumensie]

Hi Mary,
Well, I think I was rash in voicing my suspicion I guess. I've wondered how the ebay community could be protected from such a thing happening - friends tag-team bidding, etc. I have only bought one thing in the past 12 months, and here I am bidding on something... It's entirely possible that's the case with this bidder too, is what I'm thinking. I could be wrong of course, but my initial suspicion was grounded only on the fact that the person winning the auction hadn't purchased anything from ebay in a year.

<font color="#FFFFFF" size="1">[ July 06, 2006 08:47 AM: Message edited by: Traumensie ]</font>

[RobbiQuest]

Traumensie, you weren't being rash - that type of thing does happen on e-Bay. I caught some guy at it red-handed. He had a Model C for sale not far from me. The bidding wasn't going well, so at the last minute a "mystery bidder" jumped in and won the auction. Right after that the stove showed up on Craiglist list, with the same picture as the e-Bay listing, sold by the same guy (I had e-mailed the other guy so I recognized the name and addr.)

So, yes, it does happen. One should always use caution on e-Bay and be prepared to stop bidding when something doesn't feel right.

t.

[Gasseous]

I think that sort of stuff, bidding the item up, happens on eBay... just like a real auction... I purchased my triple pot on 2 different auctions... paid $21 for 1/3 and $68 for the remaining 2/3's. Of course I had to pay double for shipping, but feel like I was right in line with the price... Now that I hear they go for $100 and up... YAHOO!! I finally got a good deal.... Happy, happy, happy....

Gasseous