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Dave - We think some Buck collectors (I use the term loosely) are doing an eBay Advanced Search for "Bidders" rather than items...and they're watching your bids...
Here's how it works...334dave does a search for "Buck 110" on eBay and gets 643 hits (that's how many I actually counted once)...334dave goes through all of them, looks at the pics, asks questions, and bids on what he thinks are collectable...334dave finds some gems, too - people who don't know what they have; old hunters getting rid of a 30-year old 110; mothers/wives who don't know brass from Nickel Silver; etc...
Our "Buck Collector" doesn't want to waste his time doing all that; he just goes to the Advanced Search page in his My eBay and searches out 334dave's bids...and he counterbids on what he wants from 334dave's bid-on auctions...If he waits until the last 5 seconds, he avoids 334dave's counter-counterbid...
That's what we think is happening...I took a look at the last 50 auctions that you bid on...your won 6 of them (IIRC)...and there were several common names bidding on those same knives...not always a winner, but enough of a spoiler that neither of you won... :grumpy:
As for the high bid...the winner will always be by $1.00...but they may be bidding way high...like $400 for a Buck 110 worth only $60.00...the winning bid will still be $61 (if you bid $60), but they know no one can check on their high bid...It's risky, but if you're buying & selling dozens at a time, it works out...
How do you guard against these people??? Wait until the last day/3 or 4 hours before the end...put in a low bid and see what happens...then, at the last second, put in your real [highest] bid...That is what I am doing now...
