Have I been played or just unlucky?

[bjs127]

Hey fellas, I won this card this morning by putting in a stupid high bid of $117 (Beckettt high is $30) and getting it for $111, however check out the bidding - a double bid from someone with private feedback meant without them I would have won it for $9!

http://offer.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewBids&_trksid=p4340.l2565&item=250818318511

Have I just run into someone with the same silly high-bid technique as me, or do you think this is a bit dodgy? Or perhaps just a set collector missing only the A-Train? Seller has 100% positive feedback but none since 2009??


I have often wondered if someone out there has managed to develop a computer program which can somehow detect the highest bid and throw in a dummy bid say $5 below the highest bid to bump up auction results.....possible or have I just had too many coffees this morning??!!

 

[ozballer23]

Wow! That's a pretty penny to pay for that! Not sure about how many coffee's you've had so far, but it does look very suss!

 

[OutlawNinja]

Brad, in this day and age I would not doubt that for a second.
There is so much dodgy bidding on ebay it is not funny.

 

[ooneil]

Percentage of bids from that bidder with that seller is pretty small. You may have just got unlucky with someone that wanted the card bad.

 

[anakinleo]

Most probably a case of two lads wanting a card badly and putting in crazy bids. Unfortunately, you turned out to be the winner !!!!!

 

[DGCollectables]

you shouldn't have put a high bid if you weren't prepared to pay for it at that level.

 

[BRONBRON]

Damn... I think you just ran into some bad luck there.

 

[sgt_pepper]

you shouldn't have put a high bid if you weren't prepared to pay for it at that level.

/\/\ yep.
but it does seem a little dodgy...
also, how do you make your feedback score private?!

 

[hairyangryfella]

What a load of b(***)s...

Crazy price, but has happened to me before... and the fact that he bid very late suggests it's legit and just someone who wanted it bad. There are a few Chrono collectors.

 

[AyiosYiorgos]

If card is worth $30, should have put max bid $50, if you wanted it that bad, but putting $111 you pay the risk, i think you just got unlucky....

 

[PistonsFan00]

i agree ^^^^^ i think you were very unlucky and he did the same thing as you lol

 

[Cobretti]

i've done this before too. But I wouldn't call it unlucky because you chose to put in that kind of bid. So in your brain somwhere for a split second you thought the card was worth that to you.

 

[bjs127]

Look, I totally agree that I shouldn't have put in such a high bid in the first place, I am 100% guilty as charged there. I should have gone with a $50 bid and be done with it.

Funnily enough this is the 2nd time in 3 days that I've ended up going head to head with another bidder on an A-Train card, so I should have known what could possibly happen - on Monday this low numbered Panini /5 auto ended (with me again bidding way too high), although I ended up dealing the other guy the pointy end of the pineapple this time around:

eBay.com Item Bid History

Lesson learned!!

 

[MattWasGF4L]

Going with the unlucky factor 2 people having high bid brain snaps!

 

[ozballer23]

Going with the unlucky factor 2 people having high bid brain snaps!

It's amazing what cards can make you do lol

 

[bjs127]

I've not seen this card pop up on eBay in the 12 or so months of collecting Gilmore.......if it is another 3 yrs before another one pops up i MIGHT feel better about paying almost 4x Beckett high for it! LOL

 

[michurley101]

so many dodgy sellers on ebay

 

[KB.]

I've not seen this card pop up on eBay in the 12 or so months of collecting Gilmore.......if it is another 3 yrs before another one pops up i MIGHT feel better about paying almost 4x Beckett high for it! LOL

lol, maybe your bid might bump up the beckett price so you won't feel so bad?

 

[MELHOOPS]

Check this example out.....MJ 1986 Fleer RC....1986 MICHAEL JORDAN FLEER ROOKIE CARD GRADED 9 BY PSA (eBay item 150588733572 end time 11-Apr-11 12:29:28 AEST) : Sports Mem, Cards Fan Shop

My bid USD1000.00 and the only other bidder took several stabs at it right up to USD 990.00 then miraculously stopped bidding. The seller had private feedback, so I reported it to ebay and got a standed response.

Lucky for me the same card graded 9 sold for over USD 1100.00 last week....so I'm okay with it all.

 

[bgbdbstrd]

lol, maybe your bid might bump up the beckett price so you won't feel so bad?

and the crazy price for the A-Train will prompt a bunch of A-Train chrono mastery autos to pop out of their hiding places, and the prices would go back down to earth in no time = (