Fishy.......very fishy

[Hovisbap]

What on earth happened here!

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI....20020467228&rd=1&sspagename=STRK:MEWA:IT&rd=1

One minute the bids are over 3000€ the next everyones bailing out like rats on a sinking ship.

What happened Brett?



Bid retraction and cancellation history

User ID Action / Explanation Date of Bid and Retraction
ebmmevhtrips( 438) Retracted: EUR 3,210.00
Explanation:Entered wrong amount Bid:27-Aug-06 23:21:41 BST
Retracted: 29-Aug-06 11:00:05 BST
letsgopl( 178) Cancelled: EUR 100.00
Explanationer Verkäufer hat das Angebot vorzeitig beendet und alle Gebote gestrichen. Bid:23-Aug-06 20:54:22 BST
Cancelled: 31-Aug-06 14:47:53 BST
brett8388( 190) Retracted: EUR 3,000.00
Explanation:Entered wrong amount Bid:25-Aug-06 15:56:12 BST
Retracted: 31-Aug-06 12:59:47 BST
wwtmstr( 117) Cancelled: EUR 400.00
Explanationer Verkäufer hat das Angebot vorzeitig beendet und alle Gebote gestrichen. Bid:23-Aug-06 22:56:06 BST
Cancelled: 31-Aug-06 14:47:53 BST
hansgm2201( 184) Cancelled: EUR 412.00
Explanationer Verkäufer hat das Angebot vorzeitig beendet und alle Gebote gestrichen. Bid:23-Aug-06 23:45:22 BST
Cancelled: 31-Aug-06 14:47:52 BST
padrdd( 60) Retracted: EUR 3,200.00
Explanation:Entered wrong amount Bid:25-Aug-06 16:24:22 BST
Retracted: 29-Aug-06 12:20:37 BST
padrdd( 60) Retracted: EUR 3,000.00
Explanation:Entered wrong amount Bid:29-Aug-06 12:32:41 BST
Retracted: 31-Aug-06 13:15:10 BST
padrdd( 60) Cancelled: EUR 800.00
Explanation:unseriöser bieter Bid:31-Aug-06 13:15:33 BST
Cancelled: 31-Aug-06 13:29:16 BST

 

[fsmith]

I was watching this too and couldn't figure out what was going on... very strange.

 

[SteveB]

This is mentioned in a little more detail in another thread sround here somewhere.

 

[Hovisbap]

This is mentioned in a little more detail in another thread sround here somewhere.

Yeh I know, but I still can't figure out the reasoning behind the retractions.

 

[lenny]

maybe the dude finally figured out it worth some major Euro? and decided to cool it off a bit and do some research on it,i mean there is less than 30 of those bad boyz!!!

 

[beej]

Or maybe the buyer is waiting until it's a done deal before he speaks. I would certainly keep quiet until then if it were me.

 

[lenny]

Or maybe the buyer is waiting until it's a done deal before he speaks. I would certainly keep quiet until then if it were me.

+1
i would as well