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ua Offline LeaF

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Fraud? Bots? Paranormal activity?
on: September 20, 2017, 04:01:14 PM
Hi,


Watching for one 58-mm SAK on ebay: http://www.ebay.com/itm/382227226195
Unfortunatelly, the current price is higher than I can buy for it :(


But when I've checked the bid's history I was surprises with anormal amount of bids: http://www.ebay.com/bfl/viewbids/382227226195?item=382227226195&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2565&showauto=true
Can anybody expirienced explain me this situation? What actually happened? Looks like auto-bots trying to beat each other...
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Re: Fraud? Bots? Paranormal activity?
Reply #1 on: September 20, 2017, 04:11:34 PM
Definitely Autobot activity
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Re: Fraud? Bots? Paranormal activity?
Reply #2 on: September 20, 2017, 10:34:14 PM
 :shrug:
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Re: Fraud? Bots? Paranormal activity?
Reply #3 on: September 20, 2017, 10:37:21 PM
pretty simple really and been going on for ages https://www.goofbid.com/ebay_sniper.html
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Re: Fraud? Bots? Paranormal activity?
Reply #4 on: September 20, 2017, 11:02:27 PM
Yeah normal eBay on popular items. It's why I never bither with bids, it's stupid.
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Re: Fraud? Bots? Paranormal activity?
Reply #5 on: September 21, 2017, 02:07:58 AM
Quote from: magentus on September 20, 2017, 04:11:34 PM
Definitely Autobot activity

LIES! Everyone knows that eBay is run by the Decepticons.
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Re: Fraud? Bots? Paranormal activity?
Reply #6 on: September 21, 2017, 11:31:19 AM
Quote from: magentus on September 20, 2017, 04:11:34 PM
Definitely Autobot activity


But what happened when these 2 AI (n***g (with 10 stars rating)  and a***e (14-stars)) will cancel their bids?
It will be bought by "last human" in bids list for $16? If yes - it looks like a fraudulent scheme
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