Well THIS is interesting...

[carlitoson]

http://offer.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewBids&item=181321281871&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:BIDN&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2765

Do you think this person really wants this card? LOL!

 

[ASTROBURN]

Geez. Overkill.

 

[Austin]

http://offer.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewBids&item=181321281871=&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2765=&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:BIDN=

Do you think this person really wants this card? LOL!

Looks like a bot glitch. Notice how the bids are all about 3 seconds apart?

 

[michaelstepper]

Wth is the reasoning behind that?

 

[hive17]

Looks like a bot glitch. Notice how the bids are all about 3 seconds apart?

That was my first thought. Maybe a run-away sniping program.

 

[carlitoson]

That was my first thought. Maybe a run-away sniping program.

It's weird though that the "craziness" happened with 5 and a half days left in the auction. Doesn't make sense.
My vote: somebody was drinkin' and ebay'in.

 

[hive17]

It's weird though that the "craziness" happened with 5 and a half days left in the auction. Doesn't make sense.
My vote: somebody was drinkin' and ebay'in.

Maybe he placed the snipe, walked away, and had to cancel it after a minute or so because he got hundreds of bid alert emails. The malfunction could have happened instantly after placing the snipe.

 

[Austin]

It's weird though that the "craziness" happened with 5 and a half days left in the auction. Doesn't make sense.
My vote: somebody was drinkin' and ebay'in.

It's a bot glitch, most likely from a faulty sniping program that malfunctioned.
The bids are mostly 3 seconds apart. It's physically impossible to re-enter new bids, go through the confirmation screen, hit enter and wait for each page to reload, all within 3 seconds.

 

[vwnut13]

It's a bot glitch, most likely from a faulty sniping program that malfunctioned.
The bids are mostly 3 seconds apart. It's physically impossible to re-enter new bids, go through the confirmation screen, hit enter and wait for each page to reload, all within 3 seconds.

One Click Bid.

 

[mrmopar]

I've seen people do that and up their bids by a penny. I think they do it to try to get people to outbid them, but this seems excessive and not worth the time if it was done manually.

 

[Lancemountain]

people do this all the time to scare off competing bidders whether it's to show they are "serious" or to infer shilling

A member here a few years ago admitted to bidding up a penny at a time to create the idea that the listing was being shilled to scare off any other bidders

 

[SINFULONE]

people do this all the time to scare off competing bidders whether it's to show they are "serious" or to infer shilling

A member here a few years ago admitted to bidding up a penny at a time to create the idea that the listing was being shilled to scare off any other bidders

That is one savvy bidder.

 

[Lancemountain]

well if you can figure out who he is it all makes sense hah

 

[carlitoson]

people do this all the time to scare off competing bidders whether it's to show they are "serious" or to infer shilling...

Aaaand it didn't work. Out-bid at the end by 2 other people. LOL
The 20-some minutes of their life span spent doing "penny-bumps"...they'll never get it back.

 

[Yanks2151]

It's weird though that the "craziness" happened with 5 and a half days left in the auction. Doesn't make sense.
My vote: somebody was drinkin' and ebay'in.

Some people get themselves in so much trouble drinking, drunk driving, drunk texting, lap dances etc. There's been more than one occasion where I had a rough night and woke up the next day and saw I bid on some big items or all the cards in my watch list have new bids on them....... My bid