Do you suppose this ever happens on GB?

Ramtinxxl

January 27, 2007 17:58

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/newspaper/0,,176-2570050,00.html

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  sothere

  January 27, 2007 18:02

  Ya spose'

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  joker5656

  January 27, 2007 18:45

  what do you suspect to happen, a fair bid. what do you think happens here on GB or any other website for that matter

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  Jacob2008

  January 27, 2007 18:55

  -whistles-
  
  
  I dont know, I dont see why people would do that, its kinda cheating and stealing
  
  I dont do it, i wont do it, i havent done it, nor do i know someone that has
  
  Oh well, the people these days, theyll learn

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  Permanently deleted user

  January 28, 2007 01:00

  That is why I refuse to let "the thrill of bidding" control my bidding on an auction. I will bid untill it goes beyond what I am will ing to pay and then it is over. I don't look back!
  
  I can honestly say that every auction I have won (here and Fleabay) I have gotten a good price on the stuff.
  
  A couple items I did pay close to retail on but I did want them. My model truck collection (I have 1:54th scale trucks that are identical to every truck I have driven from all the companies I have worked for) has these. But I needed the trucks to complete my collection.
  
  Every gun I have bought has been for less than I could have bought the same gun for here locally.
  
  But I have seen auctions that I would gaurentee that there is shill bidding on. I have even bid on a couple of these and I qiit bidding and as soon as the auction ends the seller has e-mailed me to see if I still want the Item at my previous high bid. I refuse every time as I do not profess to be stupid and I know exactly what has gone on.

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  Ramtinxxl

  January 28, 2007 03:35

  quote:Originally posted by git_r_done
  That is why I refuse to let "the thrill of bidding" control my bidding on an auction. I will bid untill it goes beyond what I am will ing to pay and then it is over. I don't look back!
  
  I can honestly say that every auction I have won (here and Fleabay) I have gotten a good price on the stuff.
  
  A couple items I did pay close to retail on but I did want them. My model truck collection (I have 1:54th scale trucks that are identical to every truck I have driven from all the companies I have worked for) has these. But I needed the trucks to complete my collection.
  
  Every gun I have bought has been for less than I could have bought the same gun for here locally.
  
  But I have seen auctions that I would gaurentee that there is shill bidding on. I have even bid on a couple of these and I qiit bidding and as soon as the auction ends the seller has e-mailed me to see if I still want the Item at my previous high bid. I refuse every time as I do not profess to be stupid and I know exactly what has gone on.
  
  
  I know what you're saying about the "thrill of bidding." I used to get caught up in that when I was collecting pocketknives. Just "had to have them" to add to a collection. As you mentioned, you "needed the trucks," I think that's where folks get burned. The drive to collect every available item of a kind or whatever can make someone blind to jacked-up prices and the "thrill of bidding." Now I've become much more sober and laid-back when it comes to online auctions. There's really nothing that I just MUST have...or "need."
  Recently, I've started selling some of my guns--a good sign, I think, that I'm not desperately attached to anything I own.

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