eBay bots?

Hey guys, last week (ending on Sunday) I was auctioning some stuff off on eBay.

All of the items sold to legit buyers that have either paid and/or contacted me, except one.

3 days before that particular auction ended, I got a bid from a 0 feedback new user named " kurtbuckeridge81"

The night the auction ended, I got another bid from a 0 feedback new user, that actually won, named "aaronsuper14"

It has been 3 days since the auction ended, I have sent him messages asking for replies etc, but nothing has happened.

I have contacted the 2nd highest legit bidder and offered to sell it to him if this "bot" doesn't reply by tomorrow.

Has anyone else had these weird 0 feedback new users bid on their stuff?

I'm assuming if they are actually bots, their motivation would be to get your paypal email/bank account details etc, but I'm not sure if it's a bot, or just someone that doesn't check their messages often.

What I find odd is they put the bid on in the last few seconds, so when I emailed them after it finished, they should have still been online ..

If it does turn out to be a bot, what should I do? Report as item not paid, and give the 2nd highest bidder a 2nd chance offer?

Dan

If the bid was in the last few seconds isn't that usually a snipe bot? So no one may have been online at the time then.
Are there really account details they get by winning that are useful for scams? I thought snipping is just to increase chances of winning an auction out from under other bidders by hiding your max bid (& intentions to bid at all) till the last sec.

I block 0 feedback bidders.

Problem solved.

Yeah, but usually if you're using a snipe bot, it's still a seller with a legit account.

I should have blocked 0 feedback bidders, but it went past me at the time.

When I decide to bid on an item I can get the bid in within
the last 2-3 seconds. It doesn't mean that I am a Bot.

You have 4 days for the buyer to pay then you can open a
"Non paying bidder" complaint through "Resolve a problem".
The buyer then has a few more days to send payment.

If the buyer does not send payment in the allotted time
you can Close the complaint and the buyer will get a
"Non paying Bidder" Strike against his account and you
get your Insertion fees and Final Value Fees back.

Three "NPB" strikes and his account is suspended.


Jerry

You can contact us at any time on our Website: J.BAUER Electronics

I know you can easily get bids in the last few seconds, though the odd thing here is the last 2 bids were from 0 feedback users, with similar looking names.

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I know you can easily get bids in the last few seconds, though the odd thing here is the last 2 bids were from 0 feedback users, with similar looking names.

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They were probably bots, it's happened to me once, now I got some restrictions were 0 feedback users can't bid on my stuff & I've never had a problem since