Why would a bidder bid bid ending in a "9?"

[Topnotchsy]

Noticed that an item I am selling has a ton of bids and noticed that one guy bid many times. Not so unusual by itself, but it the bidder bid numbers that ended up in "9" (like $99, etc.) which makes no sense if you are trying to win an auction. A little concerned that it looks like shill bidding, which of course it is not...

Any explanation why someone would bid ending in a "9" if they were trying to win a listing?

Edit: Not sure I was clear, I am not talking about the cents digit, but the dollars one. Bids of $479, $489 and $499 just don't seem to make any sense to me.

 

[ThoseBackPages]

all my snipes end in .88

it's just my thing

 

[homerun28aa]

Noticed that an item I am selling has a ton of bids and noticed that one guy bid many times. Not so unusual by itself, but it the bidder bid numbers that ended up in "9" (like $99, etc.) which makes no sense if you are trying to win an auction. A little concerned that it looks like shill bidding, which of course it is not...

Any explanation why someone would bid ending in a "9" if they were trying to win a listing?

I will bid something like $16.59 for example...it isn't something to worry about.

 

[200lbhockeyplayer]

all my snipes end in .88

it's just my thing

As a Mets fan, they should end in 86.

 

[ThoseBackPages]

As a Mets fan, they should end in 86.

haha. it's actually tied to my strong love for Joe Sakic

 

[Topnotchsy]

Not sure I was clear, I am not talking about the cents digit, but the dollars one. Bids of $479, $489 and $499 just don't seem to make any sense to me.

 

[RZimm11]

I end everything in .79

No idea why, just got in a habit doing it one day.

 

[Pine Tar]

all my snipes end in .88

it's just my thing

Mine end in 24 or 63 for me....Because of day of birth or even birth year

 

[notjomommasclint]

I like to try 6.66 on lower end stuff.

 

[predatorkj]

I bid oddball too. I don't think what you're describing will look like shill biding.

 

[A_Pharis]

I bid in oddball amounts, too. Sometimes it allows you to pull a winning bid without giving up a lot more than you have to.

 

[Topnotchsy]

Not sure whether people are actually reading the issue. I too bid with an interesting number of cents, but why would someone bid $499 on an item?

 

[Pinbreaker]

They are bidding what they want to bid whether it's cents or dollars... Who cares what we bid or what our patterns are..

Once people find out your pattern.. then you could lose auctions because of members knowing your history..

Mine used to be 11 (edgar) until I saw someone was bidding 12 and I was losing auctions..

Now I just put my snipe in and forget it..

 

[rymflaherty]

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I think everyone's just describing though own idiosyncratic behavior....And such a thing isn't just relegated to cents, and be it cents or the final dollar there's no difference.....It's not uncommon for people to do this.

The "9" would actually seem the most logical to me as well. Bidding up with the 9 at the end each time basically keeps you ahead until someone takes it to the next level, i.e. - The next ten dollar increment, or hundred, whatever.....To me it's tough to see why that would even be suspicious.

 

[markakis8]

all my snipes end in .88

it's just my thing

Ha, all my snipes end in .89!

 

[Topnotchsy]

^

I think everyone's just describing though own idiosyncratic behavior....And such a thing isn't just relegated to cents, and be it cents or the final dollar there's no difference.....It's not uncommon for people to do this.

The "9" would actually seem the most logical to me as well. Bidding up with the 9 at the end each time basically keeps you ahead until someone takes it to the next level, i.e. - The next ten dollar increment, or hundred, whatever.....To me it's tough to see why that would even be suspicious.

Could be. I've never seen it before outside of obvious shilling and my concern was that a high bidder might retract a bid due to shilling since following his bid the same guy bid: $407, $17, $427, $437, $447, $457, $468, $479, $489, $499

 

[notjomommasclint]

Same reason advertisements use odd numbers like 88 and 96 the mental barrier of the next number. 499 in this case sounds better than 500..

 

[TNP777]

all my snipes end in .88

it's just my thing

weird - I do .88 as well - have for as long as I can remember.

 

[Erich]

all my snipes end in .88

it's just my thing

I am a .88 guy too. Not sure why but have been since I started sniping years ago.

 

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