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Old 07-04-2012, 11:52 PM   #1
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Default Bidding on Ebay
One gets tired bidding on ebay for items only to be shafted by someone who then re-lists the items for 3 times more.

This certain someone has done it 5 times now.

Makes it hard for us home bidders that are not a business to get a good deal. Such is life I guess.

Anyway I've had my moan :-)
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Old 07-05-2012, 12:06 AM   #2
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Let me guess...that someone who relists them is from Germany....right?
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Old 07-05-2012, 12:30 AM   #3
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LOL Could be ;-)
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Old 07-05-2012, 05:41 AM   #4
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Seems like an odd business model, pay pretty much top dollar (or at least higher than anyone else currently competing for the item would pay) and then attempt to sell it for more. Wonder if it's working out for them.
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Old 07-05-2012, 06:12 AM   #5
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You could beat them at their own game, and use one of the snipe sites. That's the only way to win an auction these days.....
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Old 07-05-2012, 06:52 AM   #6
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One gets tired bidding on ebay for items only to be shafted by someone who then re-lists the items for 3 times more.

This certain someone has done it 5 times now.

Makes it hard for us home bidders that are not a business to get a good deal. Such is life I guess.

Anyway I've had my moan :-)


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Old 07-05-2012, 08:03 AM   #7
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Old 07-05-2012, 08:43 AM   #8
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Seems like an odd business model, pay pretty much top dollar (or at least higher than anyone else currently competing for the item would pay) and then attempt to sell it for more. Wonder if it's working out for them.
Seems to work pretty well. Atleast a certain hungarian buys items using one account and then sells the items using another account for 2x - 3x the price what they normally go for.
And people buy.
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Old 07-05-2012, 08:44 AM   #9
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Agreed. If there is a particular person out there gouging prices and trying to rip off fellow Amigans, let's warn a friend.
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One gets tired bidding on ebay for items only to be shafted by someone who then re-lists the items for 3 times more.

This certain someone has done it 5 times now.
Such sellers need to be reported to ebay. And of course appropriate feedback left for others to see.

Let me ask if I understand the situation correctly. Is this a seller that ignores a winning bid, effectively cancelling the ended auction and relisting the same item for sale again? Or someone who buys an item and then turns around to immediatelly resell it?
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Old 07-05-2012, 09:19 AM   #11
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Such sellers need to be reported to ebay. And of course appropriate feedback left for others to see.
With 366 transactions that have lead to 100% positive feedback, I have to tell you that's a two edged sword since the seller can rate you negatively.

Also, you have to win the item to provide feedback.
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Old 07-05-2012, 09:28 AM   #12
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With 366 transactions that have lead to 100% positive feedback, I have to tell you that's a two edged sword since the seller can rate you negatively.

Also, you have to win the item to provide feedback.
I thought sellers could no longer rate buyers?
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Such sellers need to be reported to ebay. And of course appropriate feedback left for others to see.

Why??? I fail to see what they did was wrong. They bid and won on an item listed on ebay following all the rules. They then take their new property and re-list it for an amount they feel is fair. I'm confused, what did they do that was wrong?

It seems like people on this thread are whining because they got outbid...


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Old 07-05-2012, 10:13 AM   #14
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Havent had it happen for amiga stuff specifically but for plenty of other items. The one time i emailed the guy asking wtf, he responded it was "listed wrong". Of course the new listing was 100% identical.
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Why??? I fail to see what they did was wrong. They bid and won on an item listed on ebay following all the rules. They then take their new property and re-list it for an amount they feel is fair. I'm confused, what did they do that was wrong?

It seems like people on this thread are whining because they got outbid...
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If that's what he's doing, buying and then immediatelly reselling it, then I agree. While annoying, there's not really anything wrong with selling something you rightfully own. Though it seems off that the people buying from him later didn't outbid him in the original auction and then are later happy to pay more the second time around for the same thing... If they aren't willing to outbid him the first time, why does he succeed in this practice, why does he have a buyer at 3x the amount? Weird...

But I first interpreted the OP as having said that a seller cancelled a finished auction and put the same item up for sale again himself, being same seller each time. And that sort of thing should be reported and feedbacked.
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