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Originally Posted by Shaun @ Tru6
Many high $ eBay auctions get relisted in a few weeks with seller complaining original buyer didn't come through.
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Originally Posted by javadog
You have any reason to suspect the high bid in this case?
JR
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Originally Posted by Shaun @ Tru6
History.
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I looked at the bid history on Grady's car and found something interesting.
There were two bidders who offered 80K and both had been bidding on the car for a long while. The
first time 80K is offered, according to the history, is at 4:13:08 pm, just
25 seconds before the auction ends. However, that bid doesn't win. The other bidder's ID appears as the winner, for 80K, with time stamps of
4:11:27 and
4:11:52 pm.
Why didn't these early bids appear chronologically in the history? My guess is that these were automatic bids based on the bidder's "maximum bid" and kicked in when the other bidder was rejected or dropped out
after the end of the auction.
Does this sound reasonable to those who are familiar with ebay bidding? Is the reason why the eventually winner shows two bids for the same amount, 25 seconds apart, reflect that he was contacted after the auction ended to see if he wanted his max bid to be considered and he had to reconfirm?
I only point this out to underline the observations that a completed sale is never guaranteed when the auction ends. The bid history on this one already appears to be a bit shaky.