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Originally Posted by boneheaddoctor
Item title: Mercedes-Benz : 300-Series
Time left: Auction has ended.
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User ID Bid Amount Date of bid
growing_tree ( 25) US $14,600.00 Oct-24-04 18:37:40 PDT
growing_tree ( 25) US $14,600.00 Oct-24-04 18:37:19 PDT
rings4 ( 0 ) US $14,500.00 Oct-23-04 07:08:40 PDT
olderdad ( 0 ) US $8,750.00 Oct-24-04 18:36:52 PDT
olderdad ( 0 ) US $8,550.00 Oct-24-04 18:36:00 PDT
olderdad ( 0 ) US $8,350.00 Oct-24-04 18:35:29 PDT
olderdad ( 0 ) US $8,150.00 Oct-24-04 18:34:42 PDT
olderdad ( 0 ) US $7,850.00 Oct-24-04 18:34:08 PDT
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That's not a shill bid. The vehicle remained at $8850. until the final seconds of the auction. Rings4 put in a proxy bid of $14500. the day before the auction closed. When he placed his bid, the price of the vehicle was at $5,000. A shill would be a moron to go this high above the current price. Then, in the final seconds, growing tree put two bids in. Both were $14,600. or higher and he won it at $14,600.
Now, I can see it possible that one fellow, Rings4, decided that he definitely wanted this vehicle, price no object, so he bids way over the current bid of $5,000. But, a second bidder, who decides that he will bid way over the current bid of $8850?
Both bidders jumped a huge gap, one from $5,000 and the other from $8850, to try for the vehicle.