Ebay Auction, and question

MobileBattleBunker · **Posted:** Mon Feb 09, 2009 1:33 am

http://cgi.ebay.com/Gi-Joe-Action-Force-Blind-Auction-EXCELLENT-FOR-YOU_W0QQitemZ270338782070QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item270338782070&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=72%3A1205|66%3A2|65%3A12|39%3A1|240%3A1318|301%3A1|293%3A1|294%3A50

so i look at Ebay to see all the things I can't afford. I stumbled upon this auction. My question is can they do this?(well obviously they can because they are) to clarify why can they do this? Not looking to start a flame war just puzzled.

Steve

Rasputin · **Joined:** Tue Jun 26, 2007 10:19 am

I've seen it done before. IMHO since it is buyer beware, nobody is forced to bid on it in the first place.

I would never do so myself and they pay the pennies listing fee anyway.

Darko · **Joined:** Tue Jun 26, 2007 10:19 am

Yeah, there's no way in hell I'd ever bid on that. He says he'll add more stuff the higher the bidding goes, and that the high shipping will be scaled back as necessary, but $10 says he had decided long before he posted the auction what he'd be sending the winner, and is just going to use that ridiculously high shipping quote to 'balance out' what he feels he deserves.

Kambei · **Posted:** Mon Feb 09, 2009 5:02 am

Well the auction has ended without any bids. Colour me terribly unsurprised about that. :roll:

Asphalt · **Posted:** Mon Feb 09, 2009 6:29 am

look at that, no bods, I have seen successful auctions of that type but the seller makes more of an effort. He started out with 1 one item revealed, at 10 bids he revealed another, and at 15, and at 20 etc etc etc so you knew what was being added. It didnt have anything to do with how hig it went.

MarkM · **Joined:** Thu Aug 09, 2007 9:23 pm

My favorite part was: "WINNER MUST WAIT FOR INVOICE NO EXCEPTIONS, WINNER AGREES TO LEAVE POSITIVE FEEDBACK ONLY. "
Not sure that Ebay would consider that binding.

Dark Horse · **Posted:** Mon Feb 09, 2009 9:17 am

Heh, the starting fee is almost worth it just to drop him a Neg. :-D

DayOne · **Joined:** Mon Jan 12, 2009 9:29 pm

had to be a kid

MobileBattleBunker · **Posted:** Mon Feb 09, 2009 12:56 pm

DayOne wrote:

had to be a kid

The sad part is it probably isn't a kid...

Like I said I wasn't trying to start a flame war, but i didn't think Ebay allowed that kind of stuff.

DayOne · **Joined:** Mon Jan 12, 2009 9:29 pm

MobileBattleBunker wrote:

DayOne wrote:

had to be a kid

The sad part is it probably isn't a kid...

Like I said I wasn't trying to start a flame war, but i didn't think Ebay allowed that kind of stuff.

if I woulda came across that I would have posted it here just like you did

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