Steven,
The same thing has been happening to me lately when I bid on bikes or items that I want. The main one is "bikespoken." And the other one is "griffenswitch." If either of these are list member bidder handles, then apologies and "off with my head."
Regards,
Ted Baer
Palo Alto, CA
> Come on Ray tell me who it is I will not tell. Steve
>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: classicrendezvous-bounces@bikelist.org
> [mailto:classicrendezvous-bounces@bikelist.org] On
> Behalf Of
> wheelman@nac.net
> Sent: Thursday, January 06, 2005 4:21 PM
> To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
> Subject: [CR]Maybe I am just paranoid but....
>
> Over the holidays I spent some time on the computer
> looking up auctions,
> bidding on a few and having a great time at it. I
> had the occasion to
> bid
> on a bike that I lost. Not a big deal till I spotted
> something. I
> noticed
> a bidders name that kept coming up over and over
> again on almost all the
> items that interested me. I first thought that a
> strange coincidence.
> But
> I began to look deeper into this. I noticed that
> this bidder bids
> frequently on an item and runs the price up but
> stops short of the
> reserve
> price at times. Then this bidder wins some auctions
> but never for big
> bucks and often the sellers name is the same. A lot
> of the feedback has
> a
> similar tone to it.
>
> I decided to keep and eye on this bidder for a
> while. I first thought
> that
> they were shadowing me but I could never bid on as
> many items in a week
> as
> this person does. Nor could I get feedback on a
> transaction within one
> day
> of winning a bid. This is not uncommon for this
> person. I have asked
> around privately about this person as they focus on
> classic bicycles and
> parts. No one I have spoken with knows who it is.
>
> I am not going to name that ebayer yet as I have no
> proof of wrong
> doing.
> I just think it is strange that they quite often bid
> on a lot of bike
> items at one time. The pattern emerging is that they
> don't win many
> reserve auctions or high dollar items even though
> they bid them up. I
> will
> continue to keep my eyes on this one and if I spot
> something, I will
> bring
> it to this forum. I know quite a few of you and I
> have come to know the
> heavy hitters in this hobby. That is why this person
> stands out, the
> pattern is unusual. I welcome comments privately.
>
> Ray Homiski
> Elizabeth, NJ
>
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