I had a similar thing happen on an item. It was bid up in the last 30
seconds and I lost the auction. The seller then contacted me and said they
had more than one to sell and they would honor my bid.
Hmm...
BTW, I never ever bid more than twice and usually only once, right at the
end.
Tom C.
From: "Tom Reese" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [email protected]
To: <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: new ebay scam
Date: Wed, 19 Oct 2005 21:14:14 -0400
I suspect that the seller had someone put a shill bid in to drive the price
up. I had something similar happen to me a few months ago. Someone outbid
me
on a camera. The seller contacted me and told me that the winner couldn't
come up with the money. I was already uneasy and the whole thing started to
sound extremely suspicious. I told him I was no longer interested.
Tom Reese
Vic Mortelmans wrote:
> I had something similar on a bid I made once. After a while, I got a
> message that a higher bid came in on the item, but when the item ended,
> I didn't get the expected "you've lost the bid", but actually I won the
> bid, with the explaination that the winner withdrew his bid. And to
> assure you: I payed AND received the item in good order!
