Shill bidding or not?

[bsal6160]

check out this item. suspect seller is inflating price.

Antique Islamic Dallah Ottoman Eastern Brass Coffee Pot

[kopenhagen5]

Not sure as there appears to be 2 other buyers prepared to pay more than 600.

Seems to be worth that as the winner is a collector.

Perhaps the seller is shilling but it's still a bargain if genuine and seller shouldn't have started at 29.99.

[davewil1964]

i would bow to your experienced knowledge.

[cq_tech]

I take it you're referring to bidder i***b (1) in which case you could well be correct.

Total bids: 71
Items bid on: 1
Bid activity (%) with this seller: 100%
Bid retractions: 0
Bid retractions (6 months): 0

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[go-tazz]

The high bidder has probably spotted something that increases it's value which was unbeknown to the seller.

It's up to AU $2,076.00 now and another low feedback bidder is bidding but the I***Y ID is still winning as it

hasn't reached their top bid which they placed on:30-Apr-14 23:34:02 AEST

The new 2 feedback ID has:

30-Day Summary
Total bids:	9
Items bid on:	1
Bid activity (%) with this seller:	100%
Bid retractions:	0
Bid retractions (6 months):	0

[cq_tech]

Tazz, it's now up to $4050 already, with 1d 7h still remaining! If I was the seller, I'd be getting the thing valued immediately, before the end of the auction, as it's clearly worth a hell of a lot more than he initially thought.

If people are prepared to bid those amount on ebay, he'd probably do considerably better at a specialised auction house.

[cq_tech]

Bloody hell, less than 5 hours later and it's up to $5,100 already!

I'd dearly love to know what it's really worth.

[annies_fancy_dress]

I predict the bubble will pop! THere will be a SNAD and return for refund.

Then the buyer will send a used glass coffee pot back instead.

Am I cynical??

[digital*ghost]

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@go-tazz wrote:

The high bidder has probably spotted something that increases it's value which was unbeknown to the seller.

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I'd pay $5k+ if there was a genie in there.... 

Sorry, I don't have anything that's actually constructive to contribute , but I am curious to know if that particular piece is actually that valuable, and why. 

[lyndal1838]

So would I Digi.

There is another similar item listed that has a BIN of a few $$$ more than the starting price of that item...I wonder if that seller will suddenly increase their price.