ebay bidder with no histroy

[The Lovely Boyo]

Hello

I'm selling my mates hilux on ebay (I'm not posting details of it because that's not what this thread is about).

I'm not very experienced on ebay but have some reservations about a bidder.

He has no history but has been a member for a while.

Every time someone bids he outbids them automatically.

I smell a rat!

Discuss please..............what's going on???????

[gwh200]

he may just have a maximum bid set up,whereby it automaticaly keeps him top bidder up to a certain amount

or he may be a total git

[Sancho]

I agree with GWH. Too hard to tell. Send him a message asking for his phone number and give him a call and a grilling.

[Apache]

Remember its not possible to leave a neg as a seller anymore. Tw@ts can have a laugh at your expense.

However, he may have just set a maximum bid and now automatically bids until he reaches his limit (proxy bidding). Might be perfectly OK.

[The Lovely Boyo]

OK - I'll email him and see if he's mucking about

Cheers

[Predictable Bob]

Why not get a mate to put in a bid of £60,000 and see if the other guy's still winning !

Might bugger up your auction a little but you could always get the bid deleted OR you could get him to put a series of incremental bids on to find out what the guys ceiling is - but that's sneaky and unethical .....

[NiftyNev]

Look at the time when the bids were placed. If he had a high maximun bid then the time will show his bid was placed beforehand. If after then he is bidding after.

Nev

[legendgamesmaster]

to be honest, car sales to zero rated people are pretty much not accepted unless the person calls up and speaks to you. there are LOTS of car scammers, so beware the standard package of: can i pay by cheque - they send too much, you refund, they take car and refund, then their cheque bounces AFTER its been cleared (yes, thats right).
with a hilux, i'd just list in autotrader and it WILL SELL - my mate travelled from worcester to Halifax just to see one (which he then bought) then went to get it a week later.

To paraphrase a certain film: If you list it, they will come.....

dont #### about with ebay for a Hilux - thats my advice. what? you didnt ask for my advice? bugga!

[KERRSURF]

I got mine on ebay and travelled to Bristol to collect, she's a beauty too.

[The Lovely Boyo]

Look at the time when the bids were placed. If he had a high maximun bid then the time will show his bid was placed beforehand. If after then he is bidding after.

Nev

His bids are timed beforehand so he has a high bid in.

I have mailed him and asked him to mail me a number so I can call him. If I'm not happy I'll bin him.

It has a few days to run so I'll see what happens and then pull it if I'm not happy.