Seriously?

[Laird Scooby]

Originally Posted by Othen

Often people place bids just to register an interest and so track the item Dave - it isn't going to sell at £520 I shouldn't think. I have also heard of sellers using dummy accounts to push the price along (I think illegal under eBay rules, but I've sometimes suspected that with things I've been interested in) - I'm certainly not accusing the seller of doing that in this case.

I noticed the motor car had a reserve price, it will be interesting to see if the seller has put it ridiculously high (like £3,500) or just something sensible in case it doesn't get much interest (like £1000). I suppose up to about £800 it might attract interest from the banger derby fraternity, above that it would have to be one of us that wants to either restore it or make it a good runner.

It will be interesting (to me) to see where the market is for cars like this. Just a year ago I bought the RB for a couple of grand, but that was a running and riding motor car with 8 months MoT and a bit of history from the past 10 years. This one needs serious welding and complete recommissioning, the mileage is probably a bit suspect and it is a low specification car, so given that one would have to put its value below £2,000. To its credit though, it is a 1980 car so it will be MoT exempt and will qualify for historic vehicle status (and so be tax exempt) in 3 months time; that may make it a few hundred more attractive?

I'll track this one and see what it goes for (if it sells) - watch this space.

Alan

That's what ebay call "Shill Bidding" Alan, using fake/alternative accounts or getting fiends and family to bid on things to push the price up. Definitely against ebay rules and is morally dubious as well.

It won't sell until the reserve is met but given how bad it is, unless someone wants that particular spec and colour of car, it's not going to make much more (if any) than it already is - at least not from a genuine bid anyway!