One coupon sold for over $200??? Really????

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This is a mystery to me. Can someone explain to me what went on in this auction? The seller said they were selling one coupon, that has a value of $5.99. Yet it was bid to over $200.

Of course I think this seller must have had a few hundred of them, but no mention of that was made in the ad. What did I miss in the copy, that would lead me to believe more than one coupon was offered. There has to be a hint somewhere or why would all those bids have come in? LOL!

I've never seen anything like this. I know coupons are sold on ebay, but this auction is beyond the norm. Can anyone shed some light on this for me? Thanks :biggrin:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/FREE-PRODUC...831?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2318385317


Oh, I am not the seller nor the buyer. But i just don't understand this auction, was something underhanded going on?
 
#2
My guess? 99.99999% chance that the private bidding is hiding shill bidding. There's no way this seller is selling an item worth a maximum of $4 for that price.
 
#4
This is really, really strange. I don't understand it either. I smell shill bidding as well. There's no way someone sane would bid that much on a $6 coupon unless of course they're trying to help the seller in this case: shill bidding.
 
#5
And unless there's something shady going on, there's no valid reason for private bidding. It's not as though the seller has sex toys or fetish items.
 
#6
This is just crazy. Something wrong is going on here. I wonder what they are really selling, I have never seen anything like this.

But even if it was shilling, I can't seriously believe anyone would pay that price. There has to be something else going on here.
 
#7
Some of seller's completed listings are a bit shady also. One is a coupon for a free 2 litre bottle of soda that sold for about $45.! Has anyone figured out WTH is going on? I wonder what they actually are selling!
 
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Rai said:
This is just crazy. Something wrong is going on here. I wonder what they are really selling, I have never seen anything like this.

But even if it was shilling, I can't seriously believe anyone would pay that price. There has to be something else going on here.
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that's my thought as well, even if it's shilling what sane bidder would get into a bidding war over a $5 coupon? there is definitely something going on...my first thought is that it's something illegal but then again I watch too much CSI!!!
 
#12
interesting how most of her auctions are private so you don't know how much they sold for...
maybe i need to be selling coupons on ebay haha i didn't know they had such a high profit margin hahaha
 
#14
Do you think they are selling some kind of drugs and the coupons are code words for that?? Seriously, what else could they be selling that someone would pay 200 for a $5 coupon??
 
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