So how did this POD sell for $700?

[lespaulreedsmith]

just curious...?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Line-6-Pod-...D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557

 

[SteveO]

The best guess that I can come up with is that the bidder(s) thought it was something else (like maybe a Helix).

 

[kiki_90291]

Wow - the bid history is bizarre. It just jumps up from under two hundred to $675 . . . crazy.

 

[elron hoover]

I think the seller knows, or is, the bidder.

 

[ilyslue2]

I think the seller knows, or is, the bidder.

I have allways wondered if this is a common scam?......

 

[partytrain]

I'm willing to let my hd500 go for $600...that's a TGP exclusive deal, pm me.........​

 

[JohnB]

I think the seller knows, or is, the bidder.

could be the losing bidder found a bid bot without a cap (or a ridiculously high one)

 

[Technica]

I have allways wondered if this is a common scam?......

Absolutely. On EBay this has been common since the very beginning. Sadly, it happens more than most people realize. And since EBay's privacy policies seem to work both ways, this scam has only increased.

 

[ivanh3]

Absolutely. On EBay this has been common since the very beginning. Sadly, it happens more than most people realize. And since EBay's privacy policies seem to work both ways, this scam has only increased.

Out of curiosity, what is the scam?

 

[dirk_benedict]

Someone lists an item, and then has a buddy bid on it to get some action on the item. If there is a real bidder in the works the buddy bidder just keeps inflating it. If the buddy overbids and crowds out the real buyer by accident, the item just gets relisted.

 

[Alex Kenivel]

Maybe it was owned by Steve Vai and has all his presets in it..

 

[Technica]

Someone lists an item, and then has a buddy bid on it to get some action on the item. If there is a real bidder in the works the buddy bidder just keeps inflating it. If the buddy overbids and crowds out the real buyer by accident, the item just gets relisted.

This, and the false bidder can retract his bids if they overbid. Then the seller knows what the highest bid is, so they'll have a second bidder bring the item up to the highest bid.

 

[gkinder]

just curious...?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Line-6-Pod-XT-Live-Multi-Effects-Guitar-Effect-Pedal-xt-live-/111903520376?hash=item1a0df83678:g:8zUAAOSwuAVWvqtR&nma=true&si=PzF9fRqkbSjEshiZJdwvbXL3orI%3D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557

It's "vintage" so must be worth it

 

[CharlyG]

Maybe it's Pesos...or yen, or lira.

 

[green72]

Maybe it has Kemper guts.

 

[Guitar1969]

Someone lists an item, and then has a buddy bid on it to get some action on the item. If there is a real bidder in the works the buddy bidder just keeps inflating it. If the buddy overbids and crowds out the real buyer by accident, the item just gets relisted.

Called Shill bidding...

 

[Semitone]

Looks like a steal to me. I think I saw that listed in the emporium for $2000.

 

[dirk_benedict]

Looks like a steal to me. I think I saw that listed in the emporium for $2000.

Hahahah. A whole 5% off MSRP!!!

 

[MKB]

Called Shill bidding...

It's fairly easy to spot a shill bidder, often there will be a zero feedback bidder running the price up. Then you get an email from the seller with a second chance offer at your highest amount. I absolutely refuse second chance offers, and will not bid on an item with a shill bidder, as the seller is doing some shady stuff. Who knows what you'll end up with.

 

[chrisjnyc]

Yea, look like a scam... What is odd is that only two bidders on this one, when you have 20 other XT Lives for sale, and you can "buy it now" for $118 shipped.