Topic: In Search of Bonzini

[robertmee]

As for the bidding, looks legit to me....

The first bidder put in a max bid of $700.  When he did that e-bay would have listed it as $100.  Next Guy comes along and puts in his max bid greater than $700.  E-bay changes the $100 bid to $700 (first entry in history) and then the next guy is the current winning bidder with $710.  The first guy then starts incrementing his high bid in an attempt to barely exceed the 2nd guy's bid.  That's where you see $750, $775 and $795 bids.  He finally exceeds the 2nd guy with the $795 bid.  3rd and 4th Guy come along and exceed 1st guys max bid successively.  Although the date of the 4th guy who is currently winning is earlier, so he probably bid yesterday with a max bid and it kept getting bumped up but his max bid has held firm.

[jinhopark]

Bids jumping up from $100 to $700 can also be legitimate if the seller has a reserve amount...for instance if the first bid was $100, and the reserve was set at $700 and the 2nd bidder put in an amount of $800, it would instantly move up to the minimum reserve amount.

I do want to see this table go for a lot of money, but only if done fairly.  I detest any sort of shill or dishonest type bidding that would artificially inflate the amount the table would sell for.

[ronron]

Thanks for the explanation--I wasn't really insinuating that the auction was suspicious, by the way; I just didn't see how it could jump from 100 to 700. Now I get it.

[alaris]

your awesome robertmee in helping out on storage for someone!!!
ronron--I put that 700 bid in and thought the same thing! I didn't want the jump straight up there! I was the first bidder and there was no reserve posted. But I'm done with that listing--too fishy for me.

[alaris]

good luck