Chris Norwood
Active Member
I've just sold (or so I thought) a Chris Lythe centrepin on Ebay. The winning bidder has not contacted me since Sunday and appears to have no intention of paying. The underbidder started at £600 and bid up to £850 in £50 bids then stopped ( not artificial ebay bids). The winning bid was £870. I contacted the underbidder and have offered the reel to him at his highest bid of £850. He has come back to me and said that as it appears he was bidding against false bids, he would offer me £650 - £50 above his lowest bid. Am I being paranoid or is this a very clever method of keeping the price down. Person A and B are in collusion. Person A bids a really high bid early. Person B starts bidding 2 or three minutes before bidding ends and keeps on bidding to just below person A's early bid. This would deter other watchers from bidding and stop any last minute snipes. Person A then doesn't pay. Net result - person B is able to justify offering a lower price. Has anybody else had the same experience. Am I being paranoid - what do you think?
If it's not a scam, would you insist on the underbidder paying his highest losing bid. Nobody had any idea that the winner was playing games at the time so the underbidders losing highest bid was what he was prepared to pay as far as I'm concerned.
PS Please don't hijack the thread complaining about high priced centrepins. That's for another thread.
If it's not a scam, would you insist on the underbidder paying his highest losing bid. Nobody had any idea that the winner was playing games at the time so the underbidders losing highest bid was what he was prepared to pay as far as I'm concerned.
PS Please don't hijack the thread complaining about high priced centrepins. That's for another thread.