Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2012 18:56:42 -0800
From: Dick@Strever.com
To: aroid-l@www.gizmoworks.com
Subject: [Aroid-l] Off-Topic ebay question
the key words here are (no bids in days)
he (Jason) does not say NO BIDS
of course he gets out bid
the last bid sitting there is much higher then yours
and if the seller has more then one you will get the 2nd chance
offer
From: Jason
Hernandez <jason.hernandez74@yahoo.com>
To:
"aroid-l@www.gizmoworks.com"
<aroid-l@www.gizmoworks.com>
Sent: Wed,
February 22, 2012 11:13:19 AM
Subject:
Re: [Aroid-l] Off-Topic ebay question
Has anyone else but me
noticed the "bidding bot"? I can bid on an item that has
seen no bids in days, and in a matter of seconds, I
receive an email saying I have been outbid. The first
time it happened, I wet back to bid again, only to get the
email again in a matter of seconds. I didn't feel like
upping my bid again, so I let it go. Lo and behold, as
soon as the auction expired, I got a different email, this
one saying I had a second chance to buy the item at the
price of my last bid. I did. So after that, I took a
different approach: bid once, and ignore the notice saying
I had been outbid. Sure enough, as soon as the auction
expires, I always get the notice of my "second chance" to
buy at the price I bid.
Now, I cannot prove there is a bot involved --
certainly don't know the name of any such bot -- but I
can think of no other explanation. Also, it seems to
be used mainly by sellers located in Asia (selling
things other than plants).
Jason Hernandez
Naturalist-at-Large
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