If a seller on ebay is selling an ipod for .99 starting bid and has a 100% postive rating....?

Question

Would you buy from him or her?
How can you tell if someone is a fraud or not? he has positive
ratings and has sold and bought many things on ebay. I just don't see how someone can sell a brand NEW ipod nano with a starting bid at .99 cents. Seems a little suspicious. any thoughts?

Answer 1

Starting an auction at 99 cents is a common tactic.
The seller knows that lots of people will put that item on their watch list in the hopes of snatching it up at the last minute.
What usually happens is that the thing will sit all week at 99 cents,and then in the last few hours of the auction the bids will go up like a rocket.
Trust me.No one is gonna get that iPod for 99 cents!

Answer 2

Everyone and their brother will bid on a .99 iPod, but it won't sell for anything close to .99. By the time the auction ends, the price will be less than, but still close to, the retail price of an iPod.

How many sales does this 100% seller have, and over what period of time? A seller with just a handful of sales isn't necessarily trustworthy. Likewise, if the rating has come from buying stuff rather than selling stuff, you don't necessarily know if the user will be a good seller or not.

Unfortunately, there is almost never a way to tell for certain if a seller on eBay is a fraud or not. But the key here is that no one is going to win an iPod for .99.

Answer 3

99 cents is just to get the bidders to out bid each other, I do that on my ebay sales for motorcycle parts. They get into a bidding war in the last 45 seconds trying to out bid the other and before anyone thinks about I made a nice profit ;)

100% feedback is good if they are over 50 feedback points. Pay with a secured payment and all is well. But go with your gut too, the gut never lies if you feel it's a scam then why even attempt it in my book

Answer 4

to be honest with you, the 99 cents is just the starting bid, she is not going to sell you an ipod for a buck. if she does, watch out because shipping on it will be around say, $100!

Answer 5

Sellers on ebay frequently start auctions off at ridiculously low prices to drive lots of interest. It will probably be bid up much higher by closing.

Answer 6

That is the starting bid, that does not mean that is what you will get it for, the bidding goes up from there especially in the last few minutes of the biding process.

Answer 7

Check all the writing on the auction.Many make out that your getting the product when really your just getting a e-book ( sort of email about the product). It may also be a auction for just where you can get the product at a cut price.Which is again a con. If however it's a legite then check how long the auction has left they usually start low then once hitting 3days remaining the price rises through loads of bidders like yourself.


Hope this helps.

Answer 8

Uhhh, there's probably a reserve, also look at the number of things they've sold before, if it's only 1 thing and there's no reserve I wouldn't trust it, but I bet there's a reserve.

Answer 9

yah 4 sure it can be trusted.... the reserve price is always hidden though so its just part of the whole process of bidding on ebay good luck!!

Answer 10

the bid will go up. you'll end up paying more.