Is there some way to find out who is bidding on this card?
 

Just so I can slap him as a matter of general principle? The auction is barely 12 hours old and he has placed 27 one-dollar bids.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/1916-H801-9-...item4d17757e73

I know this may have been explained before, but what kind of F'n idiot does this?

Nevermind.

The guy is working on a case of carpal tunnel.

believe it or not but I have experienced legitimate bidders who choose to bid this way?

Only thing I can think of is that someone would want people to think that lots of people are bidding on the card in an effort to dissuade them to bid.

Two comments

1. He's not wasting his time. He placed all 27 bids in less than a minute.

2. His feedback is over 10,000. If this is as a buyer, it is reasonable to assume that he has made about 3.000,000 bids just on the items he has won.

I don't think he needs a tutorial on how to bid on eBay. He's mastered it.:D:D:D

There's tons of them. Especially now when people are so quick to assume this type of bidding pattern is a form of shilling. Scares the competition away.

The guy knows what he's doing.

He bids a lot
 

He has bid 58 times on another item and averages 9 bids per item. Based on his feedback, maybe his strategy works.

I like the guy who put in a bid of $37.04. It breaks up the monotony. :D

Watch the next bid be $37.05! Dollars to pennies :rolleyes:

I'll often put 30-50 bids on an item just to see if I can scare others away. It may have worked a few times, who knows? It's hard to say. There's 4 guys that I bid against almost every time. I'm sure they know my id by now, just like I know theres.. I doubt they're falling for the trick.

Other times I'll throw one bid on a card near my ideal price point. I try to find the most random number possible, say $113.13 and if I get it good, if not oh well.

Hey Todd - the reason may be that the guy is bidding from the Ebay app on his phone. It lets you place the next bid with just a tap and no typing. So if a person is feeling lazy they may just keep tapping each $1.00 increment until they gets to be high bidder. It's a minuscule amount easier than coming out of taping mode and typing 5 characters. :)

I bid from my phone a lot and maybe if it's early in the auction and I'm waiting for someone and not doing much I will tap and tap my bids. Not too often but I have done it this way.

Not in this case tho. Good luck.

peter