Re: [FWDLK] Fwd: [FWDLK] 58 Fury E-BAY #330201262949

[William Huff <whuff@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Good to know.  In the time of rampant Internet scams it is kind of a
restorative in the integrity of our fellow human beings.

Bill Huff


At 1/12/200805:44 PM, David & Susan Wallace wrote:
> I contacted the
> seller to tell him that I thought that he did very well on the car and he
> replied
>
> "I did well and am happy. I could have done better but I had some
> bidder that were not legit. I think by canceling their bid I hurt myself
> on the outcome. But I know that everyone should be happy knowing that I
> was not the one jacking the bids around. But yes all in all I am very
> happy. 
> Thanks 
> Pete
> David Wallace
> 58 Fury
>  
>
> From: William Huff 
> Sent: Saturday, January 12, 2008 12:49 PM
> To:
>
> L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
> Subject: Re: [FWDLK] Fwd: [FWDLK] 58 Fury E-BAY
> #330201262949
>
> It is my understanding that often the shill bids are not necessarily
> meant for the present sale, but are intended for a later sale, in order
> to show that the car was bid up to and hence was worth $XX at
> auction.  Makes for a much higher starting price the second time
> around.
>
> Bill Huff
>
> At 1/12/200812:19 PM, Jim Pristelski wrote:
> > Gary, 
> >  
> > I agree.  The bidding history indicates to me that there was a fair
> > amount of shill bidding going on.  In particular, there was one
> > bidder with near zero feedback who put in about 10 bids with $500
> > increments between about $13000 and $18000 (I presume the latter number
> > because the bidding never got that high.), all within a few
> > minutes.  Then, about one day before the end of the auction, after
> > some apparently legitimate bidders entered the bidding, all of those bids
> > were withdrawn or cancelled.  It looked pretty fishy to me. 
> > But then, maybe the shill bidding captured a legitimate bidder. 
> >  
> > Jim in not too bad in January weather in Illinois
> >  
>
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