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Old 26-09-2016, 10:57   #9
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Re: Ebay - advertising unavailable items

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I have been watching an item for a week weeks now. It gets listed for a week, then vanishes just as the auction is due to end. Then it gets relisted for another week, oddly marked "out of stock" ?
I bid for the item again, but was beaten by someone else again.

This morning I get "another chance to buy" at the winning bid level.

Somehow I get the impression the vendor is bidding himself to push the price up, then offering it to the next highest bidder if no-one beats his bid.

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Originally Posted by Taf View Post
I bid for the item again, but was beaten by someone else again.

This morning I get "another chance to buy" at the winning bid level.

Somehow I get the impression the vendor is bidding himself to push the price up, then offering it to the next highest bidder if no-one beats his bid.

And it has been relisted minutes after the auction ended...
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