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4003s5 sold to 0 bidder
Posted: Wed Oct 06, 2004 5:51 pm
by jwr2
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 ...
Posted: Wed Oct 06, 2004 5:58 pm
by thx1955
Looking at the times of the posted bids maybe he thought he was being outbid by someone, very strange !!
Posted: Wed Oct 06, 2004 6:24 pm
by atomic_punk
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?
Posted: Wed Oct 06, 2004 6:44 pm
by jwr2
next time I sell a bass I want to find a bidder like that ...
Posted: Wed Oct 06, 2004 7:53 pm
by jnbass
he was finding the reserve...
Posted: Thu Oct 07, 2004 1:34 am
by marc61
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.
Posted: Thu Oct 07, 2004 5:17 am
by chronictown
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.
Posted: Thu Oct 07, 2004 5:50 am
by beatlefan
Chris-
Did your friend damage the keyboard while feverishly entering his bids?....lol!!
Posted: Thu Oct 07, 2004 6:16 am
by chronictown
Ha!
No, the keyboard was fine but it took a while to get the drool off the monitor.....
Posted: Thu Oct 07, 2004 6:47 am
by jwr2
I sure do like my Ric 5 string basses ...
Posted: Thu Oct 07, 2004 6:59 am
by chronictown
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....
Posted: Thu Oct 07, 2004 7:40 am
by timenbacker
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.
Posted: Thu Oct 07, 2004 8:02 am
by chronictown
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!
Posted: Thu Oct 07, 2004 8:05 am
by henry5
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).
Posted: Thu Oct 07, 2004 11:27 am
by thx1955
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.