April Fools?

[eurekastar]

Either I'm missing something or this is an April Fools joke!



http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vacuum-Clea...Domain_0&hash=item1c254d8f15&autorefresh=true

 

[kc_kirby]

I don't think its a joke. That is way too high of a price for the condition its in. Its not all complete and it has wrong parts so its not all original. I can't think of what in the auction would make it worth that much. It looks like the trim is tan not red, but the pics aren't that good so who knows. And the hose is from a Sanitronic VII so it probably won't even work on this vacuum, unless they took a fan case from a later Kirby and put the motor cover from a 561 on it. And this vacuum is from my area, a suburb of the city I live in.

Chad

 

[ryan1994jeep]

Baller

Wow someone has more money than they know what to do with--$570.00 with the shipping..smh

 

[d-jones]

This is an example of a typical bidding war where common sense goes out the window and the desire to win takes over. Look at the bidding history and you'll see it's the same two bidders battling it out against each other. I'd be very surprised if either of these two has any idea what a vintage Kirby usually sells for.

 

[bnsd60m9200]

i've seen sunbeam radiant control toasters (think brave little toaster) get into insane bid wars before. i saw one go for $180 once! i paid 6 for mine at an estate sale and it works fantastically! the most i've ever paid for a vac is $110 plus 25 shipping on ebay and it was a buy it now. people will pay crazy prices for stuff on ebay. but to that person, it must have been worth it. to me and most of us here, with think the bidder has screws missing!

Will

 

[djtaylor]

I'd bet that the seller was the 'winning' bidder. That happens when a seller thinks that the bids he or she is getting for their item is too low. They might have two eBay accounts and bid against themselves in hopes that other people who are interested in that item will loose all sense and try to out bid the 'high bidder'. It's common. I can't believe that the sellers would be THAT STUPID, but what can you do?
Justin

 

[aeoliandave]

I agree with you, DJ. The bidding history for 3 bidders shows essentially no activity until the last day, April 1, when it climbs astronomically to 79 bids .


 


I think the seller out-foxed himself. If some troll bid it up you can be sure he'll cancel the deal. I'm saving the listing and fully expect it to be re-listed within a short time.


 


Dave

 

[Real1]

<a name="start_16447.175602">I'd bet that the seller was the 'winning' bidder. That happens when a seller thinks that the bids he or she is getting for their item is too low. They might have two eBay accounts and bid against themselves in hopes that other people who are interested in that item will loose all sense and try to out bid the 'high bidder'. It's common. I can't believe that the sellers would be THAT STUPID, but what can you do?
Justin</a>


 


It's called 'shrill bidding' and is illegal on ebay. You can get a seller's account pulled if you can prove it. Report it and ebay will look into it. What could have happened is 'snipe bidding', which is legal and everything happens in the last minute automatically by proxy. When ebay started making the bids anonymous, it became easier to shrill bid. But, you can see a history of the anonymous bidder; how many items they bought recently, how many times they bid and if they defaulted out of a bid.


 


Kevin 

 

[stricklybojack]

shill bidding

see link for Ebay policy concerning this practice.

http://pages.ebay.com/help/policies/seller-shill-bidding.html

 

[Real1]

Sorry...

meant to write 'shill'...not 'shrill'.

 


Kevin