Topic: JBidwatcher Help / Invisible bidder??

Thanks Michael. A very interesting and useful app – I’m going to have lots of fun learning to use it. :)

BTW I could be wrong about the “invisible bidder” thing and perpaps eBay occasionally just messes up the bid times.

FWIW I’m not an experience eBayer and because it was the first time I noticed this strange pattern of not appearing in the bidders list (after making the highest bid) – I really found it very puzzling!?

Regards
Robert

Topic: JBidwatcher Help / Invisible bidder??

I thought so too until I checked a few other auctions “rocket_parts” was in and the same thing happens.

Here’s one in which 3 other people are bidding against each other. “rocket_parts” remains invisible throughout the auction then wins with a bid that pre-dates them but isn’t listed until the end.
http://offer.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewBids&item=6720029558

May be some strange eBay glitch but it doesn’t happen when I proxy bid. :(

Cheers
rob

Topic: JBidwatcher Help / Invisible bidder??

I used JBidwatcher to bid on an item in the last 10 seconds

The auction ended:
16-Feb-05 19:57:59 AEDST
JBidwatcher sniped at:
16-Feb-05 19:57:47 AEDST
yet rocket_parts7 ( 8 ) won and that bid was dated:
16-Feb-05 00:38:04 AEDST
19 hours earlier?? … yet during all that time the hightest bidder appeared to be redz30 ( 6 ) from:
15-Feb-05 23:23:50 AEDST
until my bid:
16-Feb-05 19:57:47 AEDST

Has anyone seen this kind of invisible bidding? and how is it done?

rocket_parts7 ( 8 ) AU $22.00 16-Feb-05 00:38:04 AEDST
monkymind ( 3 ) AU $21.55 16-Feb-05 19:57:47 AEDST
redz30 ( 6 ) AU $15.50 15-Feb-05 23:23:50 AEDST

URL for Bid History
http://offer.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewBids&item=5164143676

Cheers
Robert