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Post by bt1 on Oct 1, 2008 15:09:58 GMT -5
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Post by KingboyD on Oct 1, 2008 15:59:29 GMT -5
Seems awful fishy, but I don't know why the other bidder didn't just save time and enter 1K euro if he was just going to take it back anyway.
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Post by rx79msg on Oct 1, 2008 17:16:01 GMT -5
I don't trust auctions like that when the bidders have usernames like that... A***D , K***K and so on. THis is why sometimes having it be free to join ebay is a bad thing jerks mass produce ebay usernames just to bid up there items.
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Post by Godaikin on Oct 1, 2008 21:31:01 GMT -5
I don't trust auctions like that when the bidders have usernames like that... A***D , K***K and so on. THis is why sometimes having it be free to join ebay is a bad thing jerks mass produce ebay usernames just to bid up there items. it is ebay new system that Protects and hides bidder user ids...these are actual real bidders BUT ebay changed their policy about showing the ame of each bidder...so do NOT misunderstand the seller!!!!!!! he has nothing to do with that! if the bidder user ids are shown as G***K or 1***B even your own user id if you are bidding on any ebay item, it will be shown as this to us (meaning the other bidders and watchers) and ONLY the seller can see the bidders ids. |
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Post by rx79msg on Oct 1, 2008 21:33:19 GMT -5
Or wait are they users that some how block there user id and feedback?
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Post by rx79msg on Oct 1, 2008 21:35:01 GMT -5
Dam u beat me to the punch lol. Ok ty I get it now lol.
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Post by bt1 on Oct 1, 2008 22:13:21 GMT -5
Seems awful fishy, but I don't know why the other bidder didn't just save time and enter 1K euro if he was just going to take it back anyway. I believe if he did that, the bid would revert back to the one before the 1K euro. He bid it up in small increments until he just hit/surpassed the winners max bid. When he retracted his final bid, it kept all his others, so the winner had to pay his max price. I have bought from that seller before without such issue, so I don't want to drag down his rep without solid proof. Could just be a bidder that got PO'd he couln't go as high as it went and wanted to get back at the winner, who knows, but does look suspicious. Anyway, this is why I almost never bid high/my max until the last momets of the auction - prevents that type of thing from happening. |
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Post by KingboyD on Oct 2, 2008 8:09:38 GMT -5
Seems awful fishy, but I don't know why the other bidder didn't just save time and enter 1K euro if he was just going to take it back anyway. I believe if he did that, the bid would revert back to the one before the 1K euro. He bid it up in small increments until he just hit/surpassed the winners max bid. When he retracted his final bid, it kept all his others, so the winner had to pay his max price. What I meant was that after he established the real bidder's highest bid, he could then go back and enter the same amount, thereby saving time. Same results. |
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Post by admin1 aka Ed on Oct 2, 2008 11:56:06 GMT -5
Did I miss a set of bids that got retracted? I see an approx 650 USD final win.
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Post by bt1 on Oct 2, 2008 12:06:02 GMT -5
Final bids look like this: maxmarucci( 13) EUR 456.00 Oct-01-08 11:42:17 PDT h***i( 24) EUR 456.00 Oct-01-08 11:55:59 PDT h***i( 24) EUR 451.00 Oct-01-08 11:55:43 PDT h***i( 24) EUR 431.00 Oct-01-08 11:51:19 PDT h***i( 24) EUR 427.00 Oct-01-08 11:51:07 PDT h***i( 24) EUR 421.00 Oct-01-08 11:50:50 PDT h***i( 24) EUR 416.00 Oct-01-08 11:50:27 PDT h***i( 24) EUR 410.00 Oct-01-08 11:50:09 PDT h***i( 24) EUR 401.00 Oct-01-08 11:49:52 PDT h***i( 24) EUR 391.00 Oct-01-08 11:47:34 PDT h***i( 24) EUR 386.00 Oct-01-08 11:47:17 PDT h***i( 24) EUR 381.00 Oct-01-08 11:47:01 PDT h***i( 24) EUR 376.00 Oct-01-08 11:46:46 PDT h***i( 24) EUR 371.00 Oct-01-08 11:46:31 PDT h***i( 24) EUR 367.00 Oct-01-08 07:22:46 PDT h***i( 24) EUR 364.00 Oct-01-08 00:46:54 PDT a***e( 197) EUR 364.00 Oct-01-08 01:58:55 PDT Then Retracted once he surpassed the winners max. h***i( 24) Retracted: EUR 458.00 Explanation: Importo errato Bid: Oct-01-08 11:57:06 PDT Retracted: Oct-01-08 12:32:48 PDT He could of had second thoughts at the last moment, but I know I'd be pretty upset if I was the winner (but also his own fault for bidding that high so early, still  ). |
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Post by admin1 aka Ed on Oct 2, 2008 19:11:24 GMT -5
Reminds me of one scheme I've seen.....evil doers get two accounts, one to win and one to protect the auction with a super high bid. The protection account bids up the auction to a rediculious amount, with the help of ID #2.
When things are about to end you pull the bids from your "protection" account that keeps people away from the auction.
The second ID is used to simultaniously bid and win after the retraction....
If everyone is scared off, then the toy is won under market value.
P.S. This Queen C toy is pretty rare in minty condition.
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Post by tommy_aku on Oct 9, 2008 17:18:21 GMT -5
Very high! At same price I bought the Queen Cosmos pla-dx two years ago...  |
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Post by admin1 aka Ed on Oct 10, 2008 7:02:35 GMT -5
I appreciate the photo Tommy. NICE!
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Post by RoboFestivus on Jan 25, 2014 7:51:24 GMT -5
bt1, what other mint/complete condition Starzinger items are you willing to let go for a grand, maybe more? Please PM me! Thank you! |
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Post by jeffsung66 on Jan 25, 2014 11:50:40 GMT -5
The listing has been removed. So, ya, probably not legit. I would block a bidder if s/he places multiple bids in small increments. It does look very bad.
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If so, I've got a mint/complete one I'll let go for a grand 
