Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/07/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Dave Yoder <leica@home.com> wrote: >I recently bougth two seperate Leica items on ebay and I've noticed something that's a bit of an odd coincidence, and I wonder if anyone out there can explain why on both occasions the bidding was jacked up to exactly my highest bid. It didn't look like I had much in the way of competitors either. >Am I missing something? Is there some trickery afoot? Has anyone else had the same experience? I haven't used E-Bay yet, but it seems a bit weird - I can see items whose sale date is days away already gaining realistic bids, while other items a day from sale date are ridiculously low - less than $50 for something which even in poor condition would sell for $500. I can only assume that in cases where there has been no serious interest - just a string of ridiculously low bids - dealers will move in at the last minute with a series of more realistic bids. I used to attend computer auctions here in the UK and they seemed OK, but I once attended an auction at Christies in London a decade ago for something which I knew had to be worth at least 500 pounds. The price slowly rose to 120, which was absurdly low. Just as the hammer was about to fall, I bid 150. Fifteen seconds later the price had reached 720! Regards, Doug Richardson