Is there some way to find out who is bidding on this card?

[nolemmings]

Just so I can slap him as a matter of general principle? The auction is barely 12 hours old and he has placed 27 one-dollar bids.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/1916-H801-9-...item4d17757e73

I know this may have been explained before, but what kind of F'n idiot does this?

[4815162342]

Nevermind.

[Brian Van Horn]

The guy is working on a case of carpal tunnel.

[ullmandds]

believe it or not but I have experienced legitimate bidders who choose to bid this way?

[packs]

Only thing I can think of is that someone would want people to think that lots of people are bidding on the card in an effort to dissuade them to bid.

[frankbmd]

Two comments

1. He's not wasting his time. He placed all 27 bids in less than a minute.

2. His feedback is over 10,000. If this is as a buyer, it is reasonable to assume that he has made about 3.000,000 bids just on the items he has won.

I don't think he needs a tutorial on how to bid on eBay. He's mastered it.

[D. Bergin]

Originally Posted by ullmandds

believe it or not but I have experienced legitimate bidders who choose to bid this way?

There's tons of them. Especially now when people are so quick to assume this type of bidding pattern is a form of shilling. Scares the competition away.

The guy knows what he's doing.

[aro13]

He has bid 58 times on another item and averages 9 bids per item. Based on his feedback, maybe his strategy works.

[Brian Van Horn]

I like the guy who put in a bid of $37.04. It breaks up the monotony.

[KCRfan1]

Originally Posted by Brian Van Horn

I like the guy who put in a bid of $37.04. It breaks up the monotony.

Watch the next bid be $37.05! Dollars to pennies

[Julz24]

I'll often put 30-50 bids on an item just to see if I can scare others away. It may have worked a few times, who knows? It's hard to say. There's 4 guys that I bid against almost every time. I'm sure they know my id by now, just like I know theres.. I doubt they're falling for the trick.

Other times I'll throw one bid on a card near my ideal price point. I try to find the most random number possible, say $113.13 and if I get it good, if not oh well.

[WillowGrove]

Originally Posted by nolemmings

Just so I can slap him as a matter of general principle? The auction is barely 12 hours old and he has placed 27 one-dollar bids.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/1916-H801-9-...item4d17757e73

I know this may have been explained before, but what kind of F'n idiot does this?

Hey Todd - the reason may be that the guy is bidding from the Ebay app on his phone. It lets you place the next bid with just a tap and no typing. So if a person is feeling lazy they may just keep tapping each $1.00 increment until they gets to be high bidder. It's a minuscule amount easier than coming out of taping mode and typing 5 characters.

I bid from my phone a lot and maybe if it's early in the auction and I'm waiting for someone and not doing much I will tap and tap my bids. Not too often but I have done it this way.

Not in this case tho. Good luck.

peter