10-20-2008, 02:44 PM
(This post was last modified: 10-20-2008, 02:53 PM by Devilstar2k2.)
Yup... I only do BIN's on eBay...As for zero bidders, when you are the one doing the bidding, I always tend to think that its a friends (or spouses account) of the seller to bid up the item. I saw a mask on eBay in the last couple of weeks that was only worth $40ish USD, and the bidding was run up TWICE in 2 different auctions for the same item. It wasn't a 0 bidder, but its a hella coincidence that the person jacking up the bid had exactly 77 feedback both times. They ran the bidding up to nearly $400 on both the original auction, and the relist. Yet, the seller received feedback on the first sale, then magically had the EXACT same mask for sale (which was a mass produced repaint). Now, I might be jumping the gun on it, and maybe he had 2 masks and maybe it was the same guy from the first auction trying to win the second one, but it still seems pretty suspect to me. I don't recall for sure, but I think the winning bid the first time around was a 0 bidder. Probably a junk eBay account to make it look like 2 separate competing bidders to anyone that was interested in the mask. Or maybe a junk account in case they got caught. Who knows?In any case, thats why I only do BIN's, and why I never place more than a couple of bids on any one auction. No bid wars here. <img src=\"style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif\" style=\"vertical-align:middle\" emoid=\":biggrin:\" border=\"0\" alt=\"biggrin.gif\" />