Continuously Losing Bids
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Re: Continuously Losing Bids
I just lost a bid and when I looked at the Bid History.....15 bids were placed in the span of 0.5 seconds...yes...one half of a second. There is no way in this physical universe a person could bid that quickly. This makes me highly suspicious that the bids were computer generated to hike the price up. Whenever I see "so and so" has a "maxbid" that is usually code for a pre-determined set price and I don't bother bidding on that item again. The same names over and over again are computer bids being automatically generated. Information is power and don't get suckered in.
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Re: Continuously Losing Bids
Thank you for your feedback. We want to assure you that we do not have any pre-determined set prices for the online auctions. All bids that are placed, both regular and maxbid, are placed by other customers.Ruby wrote: ↑4 years agoI just lost a bid and when I looked at the Bid History.....15 bids were placed in the span of 0.5 seconds...yes...one half of a second. There is no way in this physical universe a person could bid that quickly. This makes me highly suspicious that the bids were computer generated to hike the price up. Whenever I see "so and so" has a "maxbid" that is usually code for a pre-determined set price and I don't bother bidding on that item again. The same names over and over again are computer bids being automatically generated. Information is power and don't get suckered in.
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Yes, it is frustrating...If I see their names, I just stop bidding...Some of their bids are just stupid for the item.
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If there is more than one bidder with a max bid it will look just as you described. The system will automatically up the bid. So when there are multiple bidders it will happen one right after another in quick succession.Ruby wrote: ↑4 years agoI just lost a bid and when I looked at the Bid History.....15 bids were placed in the span of 0.5 seconds...yes...one half of a second. There is no way in this physical universe a person could bid that quickly. This makes me highly suspicious that the bids were computer generated to hike the price up. Whenever I see "so and so" has a "maxbid" that is usually code for a pre-determined set price and I don't bother bidding on that item again. The same names over and over again are computer bids being automatically generated. Information is power and don't get suckered in.
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This is correct.
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Really tho!!!! For prices that are sometimes 3 times more than what it sells for?!?!
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And by now I really have all that I want except for a spare when something breaks! Yes I really said that?!?!
- RS
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That part I do not understand.
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On the Online Auctions, customers can bid the price that they want to pay for the item, even if that price is higher than what we regularly sold the item for.
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Re: Continuously Losing Bids
Oh we know that. We are just shaking our heads as to why.Moderator_Stephanie wrote: ↑4 years agoOn the Online Auctions, customers can bid the price that they want to pay for the item, even if that price is higher than what we regularly sold the item for.