TimSandhu
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I've been wanting the new PS CS4 for some time. I bid on an auction for the new version boxed and sealed apparently. It seemed like a good saving on the list price. Having looked at the previous auctions for the seller, it was evident that he was shill bidding with at least a couple of accounts, but the price was still within what I was prepared to pay.
Well time passed and the price rose to what I still considered acceptable. I was "winning" until the last few minutes. I was outbid with less than a minute to go. I bid again, but was beaten by a higher automatic bid and I let it go.
So what am I complaining about? I bid on an auction where I knew the guy was padding the bid prices right?
Yes.. but... what really ticked me off was that the item was re-listed in under 4 minutes!! Talk about blatant. I went through a couple of scenarios in my head... perhaps the buyer pulled out. Maybe a buyer bid on two and didn't need the second. Even if this were the case, it would take a couple of emails to resolve.
Somewhat incensed, I emailed the seller. I kept it very polite but asked what had happened and that an item I bid on had been relisted very soon after the auction ended. His response?
"i have over 1000 of these and thought you might like to buy one before the price goes up.many thanks"
And that was that. I thought about it for a while. Once my annoyance at the seller's flippant answer subsided, I decided that he/she was only partly to blame.
People will play the system when the system is designed to let them. Ever since ebay decided to anonymise the id of the bidders, the system became even easier for fraudulent bidders/sellers. Higher bids means higher fees for ebay. Why would they fix something that will harm their profits? Sorry if this has been ranted about many times before, but I needed to get this off my chest.
And one more thing - who the hell owns over a 1000 copies of PS CS4 boxed and sealed?? Very lucrative and very dodgy. I was hoping for a genuine version I can register.
And.... breathe....
Well time passed and the price rose to what I still considered acceptable. I was "winning" until the last few minutes. I was outbid with less than a minute to go. I bid again, but was beaten by a higher automatic bid and I let it go.
So what am I complaining about? I bid on an auction where I knew the guy was padding the bid prices right?
Yes.. but... what really ticked me off was that the item was re-listed in under 4 minutes!! Talk about blatant. I went through a couple of scenarios in my head... perhaps the buyer pulled out. Maybe a buyer bid on two and didn't need the second. Even if this were the case, it would take a couple of emails to resolve.
Somewhat incensed, I emailed the seller. I kept it very polite but asked what had happened and that an item I bid on had been relisted very soon after the auction ended. His response?
"i have over 1000 of these and thought you might like to buy one before the price goes up.many thanks"
And that was that. I thought about it for a while. Once my annoyance at the seller's flippant answer subsided, I decided that he/she was only partly to blame.
People will play the system when the system is designed to let them. Ever since ebay decided to anonymise the id of the bidders, the system became even easier for fraudulent bidders/sellers. Higher bids means higher fees for ebay. Why would they fix something that will harm their profits? Sorry if this has been ranted about many times before, but I needed to get this off my chest.
And one more thing - who the hell owns over a 1000 copies of PS CS4 boxed and sealed?? Very lucrative and very dodgy. I was hoping for a genuine version I can register.
And.... breathe....
