A Refresher... Here guys, get 'em a room together. I'll be there shortly with 'refreshments..'
Ted On Wed, Apr 14, 2010 at 10:24 PM, Douglas Ball <[email protected]> wrote: I just got done with and auction on Mopobid tonight that is and will leave a sour taste and just might make me think twice in bidding on another auction in the near future on Rich's auctions. Tonight I bid on "Robinson Crusoe on Mars" 40x60. At 8:18 tonight a buyer with the ID of samiam101 (0) feedback with approx. 2mins left in the auction. I came in again at 8:27 almost missing the auction. I was high at 105.01. From that bid until 9:05, that bidder bid 27 bids @ $2.00 per bid w/ 3 or 2m left in the extended auction until the bidder finally won it for $161.10. Now I'M like just about anyone else who takes loosing with winning, but in this case I believe it was not a bidder who never bid on any auctions in the past, but a shill bidder. Since you can not view auctions that have ended on Rich's site unless you bid or follow, I'm just curious how many others had an experience tonight with samiam 101 with (0) feedback! Doug --- 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.
