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Originally Posted by 67BelAir427
Actually not fun at all......
Listed my car for sale here and had interest but no sale. Listed on E Bay last week and had strong bidding. Then, several bids in a row by a bidder with 72 auctions but no car activity ever and no purchases in two years. He bumps the price up to the point where he was the high bidder, and then continued to bid 10 times , against himself, and of course the high bid does not change. So he clearly is trying to uncover the reserve. He gets outbid, and then two nights ago he does the same thing , uncovers the reserve, and then retracts his bid. I cancel his bid, block him, and report him to E bay.
Then last night a new bidder hits the reserve right off the bat. New user who joined yesterday, no auction history, and has not asked me a single question nor contacted me.
I figure this is the same user who probably is using another new account, with the intent to screw up my auction. I messaged him, told him he is going to own it and to contact me.
Crickets.
My auction now looks like a shill bidding seminar, and if I were a bidder I would not feel
comfortable. I am sick of the process and would like to end it, keep the car, but E Bay says that if I do they will charge me auction ending fees of close to $500 based on the last highest legit bid.
Anyone have experience with ending a train wreck like this without paying anything except the listing fee ?
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Yup. This happened to me but I was one the bidders. Another bidder kept raising the bid until he found out what the high bid was and ended up with the high bid. Then he won the auction and tried to scam the owner over the phone with a much lower bid.The owner told him to take a hike and reported it to Ebay.
Then I got an email from the owner telling what happened and asked if I wanted the car and I decided not to take it. I chalked it up to ...Was not meant to be.
Sorry this happened to you...I'm sure it's a great car and you will find a truly grateful new owner.
All the best,
C