Speechless auction

Seller being trolled?

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/151945724213?_trksid=p2055119.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

That must be one really special 2 annas.

the bid history is quite odd, people bid several times in a row?

weirdly that winning bid was placed 2 days ago on the 18th, low feedback scores as well make it a lot more dodgy.

Citeer: "redsmithstudios"the bid history is quite odd, people bid several times in a row?

Not only that, the bid goes directly from 40 £ to 999.99 £ How odd is that???????

http://offer.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewBids&item=151945724213&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2565

From what I'm told, scarce mint (Bombay) in that date... worth about 200... the rest are bids gone bad... seller probably will not collect

Citeer: "Essor Prof"​

Citeer: "redsmithstudios"the bid history is quite odd, people bid several times in a row?

​Not only that, the bid goes directly from 40 £ to 999.99 £ How odd is that???????
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​http://offer.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewBids&item=151945724213&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2565

​Exactly! That is what I thought. I swear my jaw almost hit the desk.

I hate the not knowing, so I just sent the seller a message to ask why it went that way. I would assume though it is troll bidding with no intention of paying. I will post it if I find out.

Usually when it shows the same person bidding multiple times in a row it means they've entered a maximum amount for the automatic bidding system, but it's just the same amount over and over.

Citeer: "MonaSeaclaid"​Usually when it shows the same person bidding multiple times in a row it means they've entered a maximum amount for the automatic bidding system, but it's just the same amount over and over.

​Yes. You can check the little box on the listing page to show all the automated bids which will give you a more accurate picture of how the bidding progressed.

Its the sudden leap that didn't make sense as the auto bid wasn't actually responding to a large bid, there is a gap and duplicates, even if you include automatic bids. not really important.

The seller told me they are from the U.S and of course trolled the auction with no intention of buying the coin.

Some people bid astronomically high bids just to be sure they get the coin, trusting that no-one else does the same. That's called "nuclear bidding". So the winning bidder entered maybe 2,000 pounds or more on 18-Jan-16.

The weird thing is only the two bidders six and four seconds before the end of the auction. Both enter similarly high amounts (apparently without knowing about each other, and the actual price was 41 pounds at that time) and that the system logs both bids several times.