4003s5 sold to 0 bidder

jwr2 · Post by **jwr2** » Wed Oct 06, 2004 5:51 pm

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=4713&item=3751866412&rd=1

this 4003s5 had a 0 bidder who ran the bid up an additional $400 by bidding against himself ... kinda strange ...

thx1955 · Post by **thx1955** » Wed Oct 06, 2004 5:58 pm

Looking at the times of the posted bids maybe he thought he was being outbid by someone, very strange !!

atomic_punk · Post by **atomic_punk** » Wed Oct 06, 2004 6:24 pm

He might have done that because he was going to be away and wanted to make sure he wasn't going to be outbid.
Did anyone else notice he is a less than 30 day Ebay member?

jwr2 · Post by **jwr2** » Wed Oct 06, 2004 6:44 pm

next time I sell a bass I want to find a bidder like that ...

jnbass · Post by **jnbass** » Wed Oct 06, 2004 7:53 pm

he was finding the reserve...

marc61 · Post by **marc61** » Thu Oct 07, 2004 1:34 am

Still strange that no bidders with feedback bid over $1100.\That guy has nothing to lose by not paying or giving the seller a hard time. Glad that's not my bass.

chronictown · Post by **chronictown** » Thu Oct 07, 2004 5:17 am

He'll pay since he really wants that bass! Jared's right - he was finding the reserve price and stopped when it was reached. I was hovering over his shoulder when he was bidding.

beatlefan · Post by **beatlefan** » Thu Oct 07, 2004 5:50 am

Chris-

Did your friend damage the keyboard while feverishly entering his bids?....lol!!

chronictown · Post by **chronictown** » Thu Oct 07, 2004 6:16 am

Ha!

No, the keyboard was fine but it took a while to get the drool off the monitor.....

jwr2 · Post by **jwr2** » Thu Oct 07, 2004 6:47 am

I sure do like my Ric 5 string basses ...

chronictown · Post by **chronictown** » Thu Oct 07, 2004 6:59 am

I'm looking forward to jamming with a Ric 5-string in the arsenal....
I posted here a few months ago about my friend ordering a 4003s5 from a dealer who should have known that the model had been discontinued a few years previously. So it looks like a happy ending after all that needless waiting....

timenbacker · Post by **timenbacker** » Thu Oct 07, 2004 7:40 am

I'm confused. I've been on ebay almost 7 years.

just bidding on an auction where you are the high bidder does not automatically raise the bid. It just protects you from being outbid. It may or may not even come into play. I've done this lots of times.

chronictown · Post by **chronictown** » Thu Oct 07, 2004 8:02 am

From what I could see, he'd place a bid and then check if the reserve price had been met. He did that several times until he was over that price, and then stopped.
Maybe I'm missing something, but that seems like the logical approach if you're bidding on an item you really want, assuming that the reserve price is fair. However, I've never used eBay before so if I'm being clueless then fill me in!

henry5 · Post by **henry5** » Thu Oct 07, 2004 8:05 am

Me too. I've also done it where I've changed my mind about how much I'm willing to pay (i.e. when panic sets in about losing it!). Actually the whole zero bid thing shouldn't always be a worry (although I appreciate that for some it is). I actually registered with e-bay precisely in order to obtain my first V63, used buy-it-now as a zero feedback, and I ended up being the one getting burned as the bass disappeared in the post (didn't know about the dangers of USPS then, unfortunately).

thx1955 · Post by **thx1955** » Thu Oct 07, 2004 11:27 am

I did that a few weeks back on a lovely 73 Fireglo 4001 and stopped unbeknowns to me a few $$'s short of the reserve. That particualr 4001 is back, and now I've an idea where the reserve is I'll be better prepared to secure it.