Just love the way things come full circle, eh? Ted
--- On Thu, 4/15/10, Sean Linkenback <[email protected]> wrote: From: Sean Linkenback <[email protected]> Subject: [MOPO] My Totally Different bidding experience on MovieposterBid.com To: [email protected] Date: Thursday, April 15, 2010, 11:43 AM I am a new bidder on www.MoviePosterBid.com and last night I thought I had just completed a mini-bid war with monimaker and poems71 over a 40"x60" Robinson Crusoe on Mars poster - in fact the high bid hadn't changed for over 3 minutes so I was pretty sure I had the piece won at $125.01 when all of a sudden some other bidder came in at the last second and beat my high bid by $1!!! WTF?!?! Well I wasn't going to let this guy get the best of me by $1, so I quickly entered a bid of $127.05 - figuring I would get him by $1.04 just to be sure. But wouldn't you know it - he was still high bid by $1. It took me a minute to figure this out, but it was only $1 so I thought I would try $1 more. But guess what - he was still high bidder and now I saw that he even had the nerve to just place another bid at 8:34. (Why would he do that when he was already winning? What was going on here?) This poster was still a bargain - especially in this rare size and with the book coming out about 40"x60"s I decided I would give it another shot. I kept going up little by little, hoping to win the poster for the least amount I could and I guess he finally gave up after awhile. it took a full 30 minutes, but finally I was high bidder again just after 9pm and for $161. So my question to the group is this - Do you think that other guy was shill bidding? I mean obviously I had the poster nearly won a full 30 minutes earlier for $125.01, and then the guy (maybe the consignor?) decided that wasn't enough and he outbid me knowing I really, really wanted this poster. Then when he saw I would play his game and keep bidding, he made a couple of more tiny bids just to squeeze a few extra dollars out of me. This has really left a sour taste in my mouth and if I didn't know that Rich was an honest seller it might really make me think twice about bidding again in his auctions. SamiamVisit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: [email protected] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: [email protected] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
