ebay bidder what up

crown · August 16, 2011, 04:48:40 PM

hi guys i am bidding on a moterhome got outbid and cliked on bidders imfo to find out he is bidding on 9 rvs 2 buss plus other stuff
whats up with that maybe a dealer or just some crazy guy

? anyone ever see that before ?? thanks john

artvonne · August 16, 2011, 04:54:37 PM

Whats his status? Has he been on Ebay a while? Any non sales, bad feedback? Hard to know more without more information, but yeah, some people go on buying sprees when they think things are near the bottom of the market.

crown · August 16, 2011, 05:08:30 PM

he has 40 stars i will check feedback and get back to you john

FloridaCliff · August 16, 2011, 06:23:39 PM

Quote from: crown on August 16, 2011, 04:48:40 PM
hi guys i am bidding on a moterhome got outbid and cliked on bidders imfo to find out he is bidding on 9 rvs 2 buss plus other stuff
whats up with that maybe a dealer or just some crazy guy ? anyone ever see that before ?? thanks john

May be a shill bidder for the seller(s)?

Something is not right.......

crown · August 16, 2011, 06:42:01 PM

sounds crazy what if he won all of them??? do you think he realy neads 9 motorhomes and 2 buss plus he is biding on a few antiqe tractors
most have a big barn ha ha

TedsBUSted · August 16, 2011, 08:36:22 PM

Unless she's bidding very early in the sales, when the prices are so low that there's practically no chance of actually winning, but it gets the items on her bid list.

Probably not a shill if the activity is with several sellers. Then again, the extra activity could be a cover.

Ted

Busted Knuckle · August 16, 2011, 09:55:45 PM

Could be a "wholesaler" trolling for a super good deal. Once the price gets up a little they usually drop it and move on.
I know some guys that do that with cars & bikes.

BK

Sean · August 16, 2011, 10:13:38 PM

Quote from: crown on August 16, 2011, 04:48:40 PM
hi guys i am bidding on a moterhome got outbid and cliked on bidders imfo to find out he is bidding on 9 rvs 2 buss plus other stuff

How are you seeing what else another bidder is bidding on, or even what the winning bidder's eBay ID is? I thought eBay restricted that information years ago to only the seller?

I just went back to three auctions I lost and I can't see who won them. And when I click on the ID of anyone bidding on my auctions I can only see what items they won, if it is in their feedback profile, not what else they might be bidding on currently.

Is this the US site or a different country site?

-Sean
http://OurOdyssey.BlogSpot.com

crown · August 17, 2011, 05:57:21 AM

sean if you clik on bids it will show you a list of whos bidding you will see something like s**s if you click on that it will show you that
persons bids and how many bids sellers are just listed as # in this case it was like this
s**s rv/campers bids 2 seller 1 end date
rv/camper bids 1 seller 2 end date
buss bids 4 seller 3 end date
in this case he is bidding on a total of 14
hope that helps john

crown · August 17, 2011, 06:02:03 AM

just a up date ends today at 6 pm i am high bidder wish me luck thanks john

Sean · August 17, 2011, 06:59:26 AM

Quote from: crown on August 17, 2011, 06:02:03 AM
just a up date ends today at 6 pm i am high bidder wish me luck thanks john

Good luck!

Quote from: crown on August 17, 2011, 05:57:21 AM
sean if you clik on bids it will show you a list of whos bidding you will see something like s**s if you click on that it will show you that
persons bids and how many bids sellers are just listed as # in this case it was like this
s**s rv/campers bids 2 seller 1 end date
rv/camper bids 1 seller 2 end date
buss bids 4 seller 3 end date
in this case he is bidding on a total of 14

OK, I misunderstood. I thought you were saying he was high bidder on these items. In this display, all you are seeing is how many bids he placed on auctions in the last 30 days, not whether or not he is the current high bidder, or even whether those auctions are still open. So it is possible he was outbid on 13 other vehicles before he bid on the same auction as yours -- could just be someone who desperately needs a cheap camper.

While I've certainly never done this with a bus, I've sure done it with plenty of other eBay items, and in fact I just did it this week with a Fluke meter. My search returned a dozen auctions for used meters and I submitted bids in most of them trying to land a single meter. (I was ultimately outbid in all of them and concluded that this Fluke, even used, was too rich for my blood, and ended up buying a knock-off instead.)

-Sean
http://OurOdyssey.BlogSpot.com

belfert · August 17, 2011, 07:37:17 AM

Most stuff I buy on Ebay these days tends to be buy it now. When I do bid I usually use a sniping service. Otherwise you can have another bidder who bids emotionally with a win at all costs mentality and the cost gets driven way up.

Chaz · August 17, 2011, 08:10:29 AM

Crown,
Definitely let us know how it turns out. Expiring minds want to know.

Chaz

uncle ned · August 17, 2011, 10:07:45 AM

Crown Will this one go with the Cushman better. LOL

how is the weather in Costa Rico today. It has finally cooled off a little bit here in NC.

Ready for Kyles non-rally.

uncle ned

PS still looking for a good engine for the cushman

crown · August 17, 2011, 02:02:23 PM

how you doing ned its been about 72/75 all week just great i have talked to a few bus nuts and
been told its hot up there glad it see its cooling off ned the cushman is a jacks place hope to work
on it in dec john

ebay bidder what up

artvonne