When looking at clothes or whatever, you see the min. bid for .99. It stays low until the time to close gets close and, boom, the price goes up as much as $10.00 over night. This happens so much and it is not supposed to.Is that not considered fraud? It would be so easy for the seller to have others place higher bids on items so they will make you bid more. Is there a way to, without contacting E-Bay, to find out if the sellers are misleading customers?
2007-02-03 13:17:22 · 5 answers · asked by grannywinkie 6 in Business & Finance ➔ Small Business
that isn't considered fraud these items belong to someone and if they want they can change the price. There is a place were you can complain and try to get your money back if someone has lied to you about an item.
2007-02-03 13:21:28 · answer #1 · answered by The H 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
well ,maybe other people are bidding. it happens alot where people log in the last few minutes and put their max bid.. But it would be pointless for someone to log in as someone else and raise the bid. If perchance you didnt bid the highest he would be responsible of himself winning and even though he would cancel it. He would still have to pay the insertion fee and such so he would end up losing money. It would serve no purpose if the article is worth less than 20.00.
2007-02-03 13:21:38 · answer #2 · answered by john s 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes there, but EBAY will do nothing to help the buyer out in these circumstances. EBAY is set up to collect fees from sellers, they get nothing from buyers, so they side predominately with sellers. Trying to prove bid rigging is a wasted process, EBAY will do nothing other than send you a canned response.
2007-02-03 13:24:19 · answer #3 · answered by ACTS 4:12 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No - there are irritating people like that who outbid someone at the last minute. And...to be honest - I just did it to someone today. I waited until there was a minute to go and I got a jewelry lot that I will repair and sell.
Sometimes there IS fraud....but also - some people just e-Bay better than others....and I hate them when they outbid me...
You can inquire to e-Bay and have them investigate.
2007-02-03 13:22:15 · answer #4 · answered by ghostlady 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
you need to take some classes on ebay or economics. if something is 99 cents, do you think thats the real value or its more. the market place decides that(ebay). sometimes simply minded people think that the whole world is unfair. i think some people should stick to knitting
2007-02-03 17:11:32 · answer #5 · answered by just hanging around 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋