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A set recently sold for £380. Are they really worth that much?

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/371042947158? ... 26_rdc%3D1

Keith Grendahl wrote:A set recently sold for £380. Are they really worth that much?

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/371042947158? ... 26_rdc%3D1

I hope not I'm bidding on a set right now!

I hope not - I sold a set not that long ago for a LOT less than that!!!!

Having looked at the bids I would of thought that auction result was complete bollox. Here's a clue as to why :

private listing - bidders' identities protected

Ebay has become a racket and sellers can easily ramp up their own auctions with mates shill bidding, the winning bidder (said mate) will then drop out of the sale by agreement and the items will then be offered to the highest genuine bidder. Other clues are the number of bids is always high and usually start early, quite often the item's re listed.
You can even play 'Ebay Shill Bingo' if you've not already tried it . Simply guess which auctions are rigged, 9 times out of 10 you can pretty much predict that the auction is either a private listing or if it's not , that the highest bidder will have 100% bid history with that seller.Great fun for all the family, I might patent it.

It stinks and Ebay will not and cannot do anything about it.The higher the final value, the higher their take .

Those catches are relatively commonplace and usually go for around £100?

Set on ebay USA just sold for $365. Happy my car already has them.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Austin-Morris-C ... 7675.l2557

Pete wrote:Having looked at the bids I would of thought that auction result was complete bollox. Here's a clue as to why :

private listing - bidders' identities protected

Ebay has become a racket and sellers can easily ramp up their own auctions with mates shill bidding, the winning bidder (said mate) will then drop out of the sale by agreement and the items will then be offered to the highest genuine bidder. Other clues are the number of bids is always high and usually start early, quite often the item's re listed.
You can even play 'Ebay Shill Bingo' if you've not already tried it . Simply guess which auctions are rigged, 9 times out of 10 you can pretty much predict that the auction is either a private listing or if it's not , that the highest bidder will have 100% bid history with that seller.Great fun for all the family, I might patent it.

It stinks and Ebay will not and cannot do anything about it.The higher the final value, the higher their take .

Those catches are relatively commonplace and usually go for around £100?

Normally I'd agree with you but as the second highest bidder I think not as there were four different bidders in the final minutes? These catches looked in perfect condition which is why I was prepared to go so high. If somebody has a set in such good/perfect condition then I'm a willing and keen buyer

Common in the UK probably but not here in the wilds of California...............................

Pete wrote:
the highest bidder will have 100% bid history with that seller.Great fun for all the family, I might patent it.

It stinks and Ebay will not and cannot do anything about it.The higher the final value, the higher their take .

Pete i would agree there is a lot of shill bidding going on
But 100% bidding activity can also mean that that is the only item that that bidder, has bidded on that month. as bid activity is based on the bidders unique bids per 30 days , so i am led to believe.

I have noticed this on some items i have been bidding on obscure items with sellers with good feedback

As I´m for quite some time now on the hunt for two additional chrome window catches to complete my set, I can say that especially the complete sets, but sometimes also the single ones often sell for relatively high prices and are then relisted by the same sellers within a few days or sometimes a few weeks.

So there are quite a lot of sets around where shill bidding is going on...