So I recently got outbid on a game on eBay by what certainly seemed to be someone using snipe software.
The funny thing is that after I got outbid I was actually relieved because I realized that I went a little overboard and set my max bid too high.
So today I get a second chance offer to buy the game for my high bid. This is very suspicious to me. I do not think some random bidder that outbid me - I believe it was the seller - essentially a shill bid.
I sent the seller an email back telling them that I would buy it for what my high bid was before the snipe pushed the bid to the max amount, but I would not buy it for my max bid because it was only pushed to that amount buy the snipe bid, which was not valid.
Now I'm not sure that I even want to do business with this seller at all, but I really want the game for a Christmas present for someone.
What do you guys think? Do you think the seller did this with a shill bid, or do you think it was a random bidder using snipe software and they just backed out of the deal?
The funny thing is that after I got outbid I was actually relieved because I realized that I went a little overboard and set my max bid too high.
So today I get a second chance offer to buy the game for my high bid. This is very suspicious to me. I do not think some random bidder that outbid me - I believe it was the seller - essentially a shill bid.
I sent the seller an email back telling them that I would buy it for what my high bid was before the snipe pushed the bid to the max amount, but I would not buy it for my max bid because it was only pushed to that amount buy the snipe bid, which was not valid.
Now I'm not sure that I even want to do business with this seller at all, but I really want the game for a Christmas present for someone.
What do you guys think? Do you think the seller did this with a shill bid, or do you think it was a random bidder using snipe software and they just backed out of the deal?




