Have mirror service and both bids failed to execute?

KwadGuy · Guest

Hi:

This regards auction # 311605119641

I had placed a Gixen snipe WITH mirror service, 3 seconds each. Neither bid got executed.

Can you explain what happened?

Thanks.

mario · Site Admin Joined: 03 Oct 2006 Posts: 7267

There was a retracted bid of $200 on this listing. This prevented bid from being placed.

Guest · Posted: Wed May 04, 2016 10:50 am Post subject:

Thanks. You're right. I missed that. Sorry to have bothered you.

Looks like that $200 bid was a bogus shielding bid used to protect the low bid that won (seeing as it was retracted the second before the auction ended). I wonder if the seller knows he just got fleeced?

Cupid · Joined: 09 Aug 2007 Posts: 7970 Location: Bristol, UK

If that is what you suspect (as do I) I recommend that you report the incident to Ebay.
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Guest · Posted: Wed May 04, 2016 12:01 pm Post subject:

I couldn't find a place to contact eBay directly about the scam, but I contacted the seller to let them know, and they replied with a personal email thanking me and indicating that they get so many shield bids these days that they have to inspect every auction for them. Anyway, another day, another dollar...