Won by 1p - Are AuctionSniper.com putting in fake bids ?

markcarlineMember

I seem to have won an auction by "surprise surprise" one pence and its got me thinking. As AuctionSniper make their money by taking 1% of the final price then the higher the final price then the more they make.

I wondered how many people here have won an item by just outbidding the next highest bidder by a few seconds and also ended up paying their maximum amount.

If you look at my first example here:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&it...=STRK:MEWN:IT&ih=003

The auction finished at "18:46:38" and you'll see that there was a bid by "Bidder 4" at exactly one minute 18:45:38 before the end at £200 and my maximum amount was £200.01 (hmm!).

I have contacted the seller to see if they can provide me with more details of who "bidder 4" is.

I dont think i'll be using AuctionSniper until I get to the bottom of it.

9/17/075:05 AM

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