Found this on ebay.co.uk (HHKB@£35)

[fossala]

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/110730707469?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649
Not bothered about it myself so I thought I would share it with you guys.

[bigpook]

nice.

"i bought this as a backup in case my black one broke. 4 years later, my black one is still going strong. so i decided to sell the backup."

[fossala]

I would want one but cannot afford the price it will end up.

[Jim66]

These sections are a blessing and a curse.

[mbc]

These sections are a blessing and a curse.

that's why they work

[Jim66]

Yeah, without this section (and DT) I would have missed out on some very rare keyboards.

[Playtrumpet]

Mm. Two days left. Price will be driven up. I understand that people are willing to bid a certain amount on things, but when the first bidder decides to drive up the price on their own, I just feel like that's idiotic.

[Jim66]

but when the first bidder decides to drive up the price on their own, I just feel like that's idiotic.

Explain...

[Playtrumpet]

The point of an auction for the buyer is to try to get a good deal on an item or simply FIND the item they're looking for. If you want to get a deal, then you don't want to immediately increase the price that YOU will end up paying.

Even if the item is popular, the price will be driven up at the end of the auction by everyone thinking they'll get a great deal. If the person is willing to pay a high price for the item (as indicated by their willingness to drive up the price at the START of the auction), then they would be smart to wait near the end of the auction where the item might still be cheap and then bid well above what people are bidding, more near the expected price to drive away the last minute low bidders whom the low price attracted.

If their goal is to drive away people earlier, then it'd make more sense to just drive the price up much closer to the expected price rather than to a price that wouldn't necessarily drive away low bidders but just make it look like more than a useless throwaway item. The more bids on an item, the more potential bidders can see the product is probably WORTH getting. I can only see this benefiting the seller.

[Jim66]

Yeah, it's difficult to see what happened as the bid history that ebay displays doesn't present an accurate picture.

http://offer.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewBids&_trksid=p4340.l2565&item=110730707469

Here is what happened. The first bid was entered; a different bidder entered 26 as their high bid straight away. The first bidder the repeatedly entered a number of bids to see how much the second bidder had but as his high bid. A third bidder entered a bid of 34 which drove the first bidders bid up to 35...

The only thing odd that has happened here is that the second bidder entered a max bid of 26 in straight away.

None of this matters, as anyone who has an interest in this auction will be using an auction sniper at the last second anyway.

[QualityMechKeyboards]

Cool stuff on european ebays.

[domin8r]

Too bad, doesn't ship to the netherlands.. Ah well, it would have gotten too expensive anyway

[Playtrumpet]

Yeah, it's difficult to see what happened as the bid history that ebay displays doesn't present an accurate picture.

http://offer.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewBids&_trksid=p4340.l2565&item=110730707469

Here is what happened. The first bid was entered; a different bidder entered 26 as their high bid straight away. The first bidder the repeatedly entered a number of bids to see how much the second bidder had but as his high bid. A third bidder entered a bid of 34 which drove the first bidders bid up to 35...

The only thing odd that has happened here is that the second bidder entered a max bid of 26 in straight away.

None of this matters, as anyone who has an interest in this auction will be using an auction sniper at the last second anyway.

This is actually good to know for me. I'm not an avid ebay user and I'm sure I don't really need to justify that, but it's good to have more knowledge on the mechanics and tactics people use..