The Energon Pub

News Credits: 38 · by **TheMuffin** » Mon Oct 15, 2007 11:34 am

Iron Prime wrote:
TheMuffin wrote:$5 says this is what happened. The original bidder wanted the figure and decided that he would just throw a starting bid of $200.01. Keep in mind that because ebay has incremental bidding, that his original bid stays at the .01. Then I bet someone decided to just throw in random bid amounts, which kept jacking up the first guys bid. So what the second guy did is kept bidding, until he was the high bidder. And then he revoked his last bid. Leaving the first guy with a $200 bid on a $40 figure.

Very possible. It's amazing how many people will bid on things just to drive the price up...

I thought there was a penalty for revoking a bid though?

Normally you have to place another bid. But I've retracted one before with the explanation that the item description was different from the item pictured and got out of it.

News Credits: 16 · by **It Is Him** » Mon Oct 15, 2007 12:31 pm

TheMuffin wrote:$5 says this is what happened. The original bidder wanted the figure and decided that he would just throw a starting bid of $200.01. Keep in mind that because ebay has incremental bidding, that his original bid stays at the .01. Then I bet someone decided to just throw in random bid amounts, which kept jacking up the first guys bid. So what the second guy did is kept bidding, until he was the high bidder. And then he revoked his last bid. Leaving the first guy with a $200 bid on a $40 figure.

Question: This almost sounds like something that happened to me yesterday. I put $10 as a maximum bid for a (mislabeled) Classics Megatron. I was the second highest bidder, but the winner retracted his bid and I was offered the item for $10 (with 7.02 shipping). Did I get cheated?

Link - http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=230179396729&ssPageName=STRK:MEDW:IT&ih=013

News Credits: 11 · by **kirbenvost** » Mon Oct 15, 2007 12:38 pm

Counterpunch wrote:Raise your hand if you bought one at retail.

::raises hand::

Ok, everyone else, get our your fat wad. The entry fee is $200.

I was an idiot and passed on grabbing one on sale for $40 because I was broke. Curse my former lack of a credit card! :MAD:

That said, I wouldn't pay more than say... $80 shipped for one.

News Credits: 767 · by **Dead Metal** » Mon Oct 15, 2007 12:38 pm

The reason for this is, most probably that some Germans want him.

by **Iron Prime** » Mon Oct 15, 2007 12:44 pm

It Is Him wrote:
TheMuffin wrote:$5 says this is what happened. The original bidder wanted the figure and decided that he would just throw a starting bid of $200.01. Keep in mind that because ebay has incremental bidding, that his original bid stays at the .01. Then I bet someone decided to just throw in random bid amounts, which kept jacking up the first guys bid. So what the second guy did is kept bidding, until he was the high bidder. And then he revoked his last bid. Leaving the first guy with a $200 bid on a $40 figure.

Question: This almost sounds like something that happened to me yesterday. I put $10 as a maximum bid for a (mislabeled) Classics Megatron. I was the second highest bidder, but the winner retracted his bid and I was offered the item for $10 (with 7.02 shipping). Did I get cheated?

Link - http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=230179396729&ssPageName=STRK:MEDW:IT&ih=013

I don't believe that you were.

News Credits: 9 · by **Zeds** » Mon Oct 15, 2007 2:33 pm

TheMuffin wrote:$5 says this is what happened. The original bidder wanted the figure and decided that he would just throw a starting bid of $200.01. Keep in mind that because ebay has incremental bidding, that his original bid stays at the .01. Then I bet someone decided to just throw in random bid amounts, which kept jacking up the first guys bid. So what the second guy did is kept bidding, until he was the high bidder. And then he revoked his last bid. Leaving the first guy with a $200 bid on a $40 figure.

'Shill' bidding like that ruins eBay for everyone. That is why I wait 'til the last minute to bid and snipe it instead. Less chance of someone taking advantage of my max bid over an extended period of time through the aforementioned 'shilling' process.

by **Uniprimus** » Mon Oct 15, 2007 2:42 pm

This is pure bullshit. Back when the Galv came out, I had to climb over piles of him to reach other figs. He was such a shelfwarmer. WTF

News Credits: 16 · by **It Is Him** » Tue Oct 16, 2007 11:41 pm

Iron Prime wrote:
It Is Him wrote:
TheMuffin wrote:$5 says this is what happened. The original bidder wanted the figure and decided that he would just throw a starting bid of $200.01. Keep in mind that because ebay has incremental bidding, that his original bid stays at the .01. Then I bet someone decided to just throw in random bid amounts, which kept jacking up the first guys bid. So what the second guy did is kept bidding, until he was the high bidder. And then he revoked his last bid. Leaving the first guy with a $200 bid on a $40 figure.

Question: This almost sounds like something that happened to me yesterday. I put $10 as a maximum bid for a (mislabeled) Classics Megatron. I was the second highest bidder, but the winner retracted his bid and I was offered the item for $10 (with 7.02 shipping). Did I get cheated?

Link - http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=230179396729&ssPageName=STRK:MEDW:IT&ih=013

I don't believe that you were.

thank you for the second opinion

by **Ultra Prime** » Wed Oct 17, 2007 12:05 am

In answer to your original question, no Cybertron Galvy is not worth that much. He may look better than Cybertron Megs but still not worth $200 bucks!